Appeal No. 1999-0858
Application 08/562,429
Representative claim 17 is reproduced below:
17. An apparatus for converting a first image signal having a first resolution into a
second image signal having a second resolution greater than the first resolution by
producing pixels of the second image signal in accordance with pixels of the first image
signal, said apparatus comprising:
means for detecting an amount of a characteristic near a picture element of the
second image signal to be produced using picture elements of the first image signal near
the picture element to be produced;
means for selecting surrounding picture elements corresponding to the detected
amount of the characteristic, the surrounding picture elements of the first image signal
being adjacent to the picture element of the second image signal to be produced;
means for determining a class corresponding to the picture element to be produced
in accordance with the selected surrounding picture elements;
means for generating predicted data from the determined class and a reference
image signal having the second resolution; and
means for producing the picture element of the second image signal to be
produced in accordance with the predicted data.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Coward et al. (Coward) 5,363,213 Nov. 8, 1994
Claims 17, 18, 20-28, 30-38, 40-48, 50-58, 60-68 and 70-76 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by Coward.
For the examiner's position, we make reference to the final rejection of May 27,
1997 and the answer, and appellants' brief and reply brief for appellants' positions.
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