Appeal No. 1998-1389 Page 13
Application No. 08/553232
appellants conclude, Smith is not in the field of image
composition.
At the outset, we make reference to our findings, supra,
with respect to the teachings of Brotsky. We additionally
find that in Brotsky, (col. 12, lines 49-62) the ACG is a
"single mechanism" that provides a user interface and an
implementation model. The user interface presents a simple
"erector set" view of images. Brotsky further discloses (col.
9, lines 60-66) that to construct an ACG in the graph view
window (Figure 2), commands are issued, e.g., by mouse clicks
to indicate where the nodes are desired. Commands, such as
dragging a cursor between two nodes can form an edge between
the two nodes. After the ACG is constructed, it is executed
and the output is displayed in the viewer window. However,
the viewer window cannot be directly edited (col. 13, lines
53-57). Additionally, we find (col. 7, lines 27 and 28) that
the viewer window labeled "Viewer A" (Figure 2) corresponds to
the sink node A in the ACG (Figure 2). From the teachings of
Brotsky, we find that the ACG is constructed in a single
mechanism, and is subsequently displayed in a passive viewer
window.
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