Ex Parte ANDRESEN et al - Page 18



          Appeal No. 1999-2040                                                        
          Application No. 08/475,023                                Page 18           

          correction matrix calculation (col. 2, lines 35-43).  As shown in           
          figure 1, a human subject image is taken by a color TV camera.              
          A/D converter 14 converts the R, G, B signals to digital form               
          (col. 3, lines 25-40).  CG images are inputted from diskette 17             
          (col. 3, lines 43-45).  Color correction circuit 21 performs                
          color correction of human subject images, CG images, and                    
          character images using a color correction matrix (col. 4, lines             
          3-6).  As shown in figure 3, table data 50a representing pure               
          color R,G,B CG images are not corrected in gradation, and human             
          subject image table data 51a is non-linear.  As shown in figure             
          7, compound color CG images have a bent-line table (col. 5, lines           
          52-62).  Characters such as names are entered through the                   
          keyboard and are subjected to the same image processing as CG               
          images (col. 8, lines 7-11).  The gradation-corrected image                 
          signals are transmitted to color-correction circuit 21 (col. 7,             
          lines 41 and 42).  Figure 8 displays a printed identification               
          card having the composite image.  In addition, Oshikoshi                    
          discloses that the human subject image and the CG image can be              
          composed "at one of before and after" correction of gradation               
          (col. 9, lines 44-48).                                                      
               We note that appellants do not provide any specific reasons            
          to support their conclusionary statement (brief, page 13) that              






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