Appeal No. 2002-1550
Application No. 09/158,884
peak and valley count within a window containing the pixel to be classified, and the
local roughness.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An apparatus for classifying image data comprising:
an input device that receives the image data;
a peak/valley detection device that receives the image data and
determines one of a peak count and a valley count within a window of the
image data around a pixel under consideration, wherein the window
includes a plurality of subwindows, and the peak/valley detection device
detects the greater of the peak count and the valley count for each
subwindow; and
a classification device that determines a class of the pixel under
consideration based on the greatest of the peak counts of the peaks
within the subwindows and the valley counts of the valleys within the
subwindows.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Ohuchi 5,025,481 Jun. 18, 1991
Claims 1-9 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102 (b) as anticipated by Ohuchi.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the respective positions of
appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art reference discloses,
expressly or under the principles of inherency, each and every element of a claimed
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