Appeal No. 2003-1375
Application No. 09/035,425
a solid-state imaging element having a plurality of pixels
arranged in a matrix form, a color filter being arranged with
respect to each of said pixels;
image signal processing means for producing image information
constructed of luminance information and color information based on
the respective pixel information outputted from said solid-state
imaging element;
averaging means for averaging a predetermined amount of the
respective pixel information;
pseudo-luminance information producing means for multiplying
the averaged pixel information which is outputted from said solid-
state imaging element and is acquired before being inputted into
said image signal processing means to thereby produce a pseudo-
luminance information signal; and
iris control means for performing an iris control based on
said pseudo-luminance information signal.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Arai et al. (Arai) 5,128,769 July 7, 1992
Kondo 5,526,046 June 11, 1996
Tamura 5,999,215 Dec. 7, 1999
(effective filing date Sept. 8, 1993)
Claims 1, 2 and 5 through 8 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103(a) as being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Arai.
Claims 3 and 4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as
being unpatentable over Kondo in view of Arai and Tamura.
Reference is made to the final rejection (paper number 7, the
briefs (paper numbers 11 and 13) and the answer (paper number 12)
for the respective positions of the appellant and the examiner.
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