Appeal No. 1999-0142
Application 08/542,330
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from the
final rejection of claims 29-40.
We reverse.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention relates to an image conversion system
and method for electronically processing an original image signal to
add a "cross screen filter" effect to a still image after it is
photographed. With a "cross screen filter" effect, bright beams can
be generated radially from a high luminance portion of an image, as
shown in figure 14. A still image, such as figure 13, is converted
into an electrical image signal. The bright portion of the image is
extracted and a bright line having a predetermined length is formed
by shifting the bright signal in a predetermined direction(s) for a
predetermined distance. The bright line signal is synthesized with
the image signal to produce the cross screen filter effect, as shown
in figure 14.
Claim 38 is reproduced below.
38. An image processing method comprising:
an extracting step for extracting a bright portion of
an image signal;
a shifting step for shifting the bright portion in a
predetermined direction to form a bright line signal; and
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