Appeal No. 1998-0741
Application 08/194,279
a form of a connective pattern of reference pixels adjoining
to a marked pixel”. Nor does Nakajima meet the limitation of
independent claim 8 which recites “detecting means for
detecting a connective pattern of reference pixels adjoining
to the marked pixel in the input image data”.
Still further, as to independent claims 2 and 3, Chen
does not teach “pattern detecting means detecting forms of
four directions of a black-pixel connective pattern of 1 : 1
and forms of eight directions of black-pixel connective
patterns of 1 : 2 to 1 : n (n being a positive integer)”.
Chen merely discloses that in place of 4-connected components,
analysis using 8-connected components is possible (column 8,
lines 17-19). Analysis using both components together as in
appellants’ device is not taught by Chen.
Whereas we will not sustain the rejections of independent
claims 2, 3 and 8, we will not sustain the rejections of
dependent claims 4-7 and 9-11.
REVERSED
STANLEY M. URYNOWICZ, JR. )
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