Appeal No. 2002-1460
Application 09/040,510
Appellant’s independent claim 1 is representative of the
claimed invention and is hereby reproduced as follows:
1. An image acquisition system, comprising:
an image sensor for sensing an image and generating an image
signal therefor;
a histogram computation mechanism for generating, on-line, a
computed histogram from said image signal;
a storage mechanism for persistently storing said image
signal and said computed histogram; and
a linking mechanism for linking said image signal and said
computed histogram associated therewith.
References
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Alkofer 4,677,465 Jun. 30, 1987
Zhang et al. (Zhang) 5,635,982 Jun. 3, 1997
Daly 5,150,433 Sep. 22, 1992
Rejections at Issue
Claims 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13 through 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, and
23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by
Alkofer. Claims 7, 12, 16, 21, 24 and 25 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Alkofer in view of
Zhang. Claims 10 and 19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
being unpatentable over Alkofer in view of Daly. Claims 26
through 29 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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