Appeal No. 1999-2691
Application No. 08/590,348
that “changes either said read timing signal or said hold timing
signal so that the same data from the starting point of the output
of the image data is held, when changing the output period of the
image data for image enlargement or reduction processing.” For
such a teaching, the examiner turned to Higashitsutsumi. According
to the examiner (answer, page 5), “Higashitsutsumi ‘445 teaches the
use of the timing generator (i.e., 111, 112 and 113) for changing
the read timing signal so that the same data from the starting
point of the output of the image data is held during the image
reduction process (see Figs. 7, 8, 10 and 22, col. 6, line 50 -
col. 8, lines [sic, line] 68.” The examiner is of the opinion
(answer, pages 5 and 6) that the combined teachings of the
references would “produce a high-quality reproduced picture by
using a solid-state image apparatus having a small number of pixels
as taught by Higashitsutsumi.”
Appellant argues (brief, page 11) that Higashitsutsumi “does
not utilize any A/D conversion of CCD image signals, but to the
contrary inputs the CCD image signals directly to a display,” and
is completely irrelevant to the invention set forth in claim 4. We
agree with appellant’s arguments. Higashitsutsumi is directed to
an image pickup apparatus 110, and to the circuitry 111, 112 and
113 (Figure 7) for controlling the operation of the image pickup
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