Appeal No. 1999-2315
Application No. 08/742,432
wide by m pixels long), and that there is no disclosure of
converting this box into a one-dimensional strip as claimed
(reply brief).
We agree with the position argued by appellant. Kajiwara
does not teach or suggest the conversion of a two-dimensional
object image into a one-dimensional strip of the object image
for reasons explained by appellant. Since Kajiwara does not
provide this teaching, it also does not teach or suggest the
steps of converting the reference image into a one-dimensional
strip, producing a difference strip and processing the
difference strip to identify moving objects as recited in
claim 1. Therefore, we do not sustain the examiner’s
rejection of independent claim 1.
With respect to independent claims 11 and 13, appellant
argues that both Shinohara and Kajiwara process the magnitudes
of the pixel values in the input images and do not teach or
suggest the claimed generation of an energy difference value
or any form of energy computation (brief, pages 11-12). The
examiner responds that Shinohara discloses the generation of a
brightness difference value, an energy difference value, and
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