Appeal No. 2001-0877
Application 08/530,434
relates to an examination of size as claimed. Since all the
recitations of claim 1 can be found within the disclosure of
Fujii, we sustain this rejection of claim 1.
With respect to separately argued claim 2, appellants
argue that Fujii does not determine an outline in order to
calculate the size of the document [brief, pages 23-24]. The
examiner responds that the height profile of Fujii constitutes an
outline determined by detecting an edge of the document.
We will also sustain the examiner’s rejection of claim 2.
The height profile of Fujii constitutes an outline as discussed
above with respect to claim 1. Since the height profile is
obtained by measuring the top edge of the book on the table, we
find that the edge detection of claim 2 is fully met by the
disclosure of Fujii.
With respect to separately argued claim 7, appellants
argue that Fujii does not disclose that the document height is
corrected in accordance with the position of the document.
According to appellants, there is no document position
recognizing means in Fujii [brief, pages 24-27]. The examiner
disagrees and responds that Figures 6a, 6b and 8 of Fujii show
the document position relative to a reference plane [answer, page
17]. Appellants respond that Fujii does not include a disclosure
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