Appeal No. 2001-1929
Application 09/167,994
130. The data there is selectively upsampled, interpolated and
compensated, then downsampled before resubmission to the summer
128.
As explained between columns 11-14 of Boyce, it appears to
us that the interpolation operation does not generate an
additional or interpolated frame from a first and second frame.
Indeed, the generation of a single anchor frame from two anchor
frames that are averaged together as discussed at column 14
yields only the generation of single picture output by the MCP
circuit rather than the ultimate ability to display the first
frame, the interpolated frame and lastly the second frame as
required by each of the independent claims 1, 13 and 19 on
appeal. As indicated earlier, the discussion between columns 11
and 14 of Boyce clearly is directed at reducing the amount of
data from a high definition TV signal to permit the decoding of
HD-TV pictures at approximately the resolution of a standard
definition television picture. The examiner's overfocused view
upon drift in these noted columns in the answer loses sight of
the basic requirements of each of the independent claims on
appeal as urged by the appellant. The examiner’s extensive
rationale from the final rejection through the answer does not
make up for the technical deficiencies present in Boyce itself.
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