Appeal No. 1999-2315
Application No. 08/742,432
Shinohara 5,606,376 Feb. 25, 1997
(filed June 02,
1995)
M. Kilger, “A shadow Handler in a Video-based Real-time
Traffic Monitoring System,” IEEE Workshop on Application of
Computer Vision 11-18 (May 1992).
Claims 1-3, 7, 8, 11 and 13-17 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the examiner
offers Shinohara in view of Kajiwara with respect to claims 1-
3, 11, 13, 15 and 17, adds Kilger to this combination with
respect to claim 16, and adds Lo to the basic combination with
respect to claims 7, 8 and 14.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellant or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We have carefully considered the subject matter on
appeal, the rejections advanced by the examiner and the
evidence of obviousness relied upon by the examiner as support
for the rejections. We have, likewise, reviewed and taken
into consideration, in reaching our decision, the appellant’s
arguments set forth in the briefs along with the examiner’s
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