Appeal No. 2000-2208
Application No. 08/874,287
photographic image with at least two cursor overlays
superimposed thereon;
a measuring device for measuring the distance between
two locations in the video image at which said at least two
cursor overlays are superimposed; and
a calibrating device for selectively calibrating either
vertical or horizontal distance between said two locations
in the video image at which said at least two cursor
overlays are superimposed to generate a calibrated distance
between said two locations; wherein said calibrating device
automatically compensates for unequal physical distance
between pixels in the vertical and horizontal direction to
permit said measuring device to determine the distance in
uncalibrated orientation as a function of said calibrated
distance.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Schumacher 4,315,282 Feb. 9, 1982
Nonami et al. (Nonami) 4,935,810 Jun. 19, 1990
Claims 35-37, 42 and 44 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Nonami in view of Schumacher.
Rather than reiterate the viewpoints of the Examiner and
Appellants regarding the above-noted rejection, we make reference
to the answer (Paper No. 26, mailed June 6, 2000) for the
Examiner’s reasoning, the appeal brief (Paper No. 25, filed
April 18, 2000) and the reply brief (Paper No. 28, filed August
1, 2000) for Appellants’ arguments thereagainst.
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