Appeal No. 2002-2064
Application No. 08/902,330
"selecting a value pattern including the values from a plurality
of value patterns based on the random numbers."
Appellant argues that this claim language must be read in
light of the Appellant's specification. Appellant points to
page 8, lines 22-26, of the specification which show four
patterns. For each pattern, there is a pixel intensity value for
pixel position N. Appellant's specification further discloses
that a random number is used to select each of these pixel
position patterns. Appellant argues that this scheme is
analogous to a so-called "table look up" approach, wherein the
random number is only used to define one of four positions in the
"table" of the value pattern to be used for a particular
correction operation. See page 8 of Appellant's reply brief.
We note that the Examiner is relying on Moronaga for the
teaching of selecting a value pattern including said values for a
plurality of value patterns based upon a random number. See page
4 of the Examiner's answer.
We find that Moronaga teaches the use of a random number to
generate random noise. Moronaga teaches that "[t]he coefficient
setting section 310 and a random number generating section 312
are connected to the multiplier 304. . . . [T]he random number
generating section 312 generates a random number. . . . The
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