Appeal No. 1999-2640
Application 08/918,267
to us, how Fig. 6B (or anywhere else in Kato) shows generating
sets of numbers specifying the coordinates of the line
segments.
The Examiner finds that generating positions is shown by
the mapping operation of Fig. 1, step 204. We do not
understand this finding. Part of the problem is that we do
not find the previous step of generating a plurality of line
coordinates specifying the line segments and, thus, do not see
how Kato generates a position value for each position "in
response to said line coordinates," as claimed. The term
"position value" in claim 1 refers to a value for each
position of the line segment, presumably every pixel location
of the line segment, not every for every position in the
coordinate range. The mapping step 204 in Fig. 1 maps
(transforms) a point on the texture picture of Fig. 6B to a
point on the surface of the object as shown in Fig. 6C. It is
not known how this relates to, or could be considered to
disclose, generating a position value in response to line
coordinates.
The Examiner appears to find that Kato discloses
generating texture in Fig. 6C. Figure 6C shows the result of
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