Appeal No. 2001-1230
Application No. 08/759,346
imager for capturing the image of the object. The NFOV imager is
responsive to the location information provided by WFOV imager
and has a higher resolution than the WFOV imager.
Representative independent claim 7 is reproduced below:
7. A fully automatic object recognition system which
obtains and analyzes images of at least one object in a
scene comprising:
a wide field of view imager which is used to capture an
image of the scene and to locate the object; and
a narrow field of view imager, distinct from the wide
field of view imager, which is responsive to the location
information provided by the wide field of view imager and
which is used to capture an image of the object, the image
captured by the narrow field of view imager having a higher
resolution and a narrower field of view than the image
captured by the wide field of view imager.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Flom et al. (Flom) 4,641,349 Feb. 3, 1987
Tomono et al. (Tomono) 5,016,282 May 14, 1991
Holeva 5,365,597 Nov. 15, 1994
Claims 1, 7-9 and 11-16 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Holeva in view of Flom.
Claims 2-6 and 10 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Holeva and Flom and further in view of
Tomono.
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