Appeal No. 2003-0228
Application 09/118,572
THE INVENTION
The appellants claim a method, semiconductor chip and
computer graphics system for texture mapping. Claim 1, directed
toward the apparatus, is illustrative:
1. Apparatus for texture mapping in a computer graphics
system, using a predetermined set of standardized textures, the
apparatus having an input to receive via a network identifying
data identifying one of the set of standardized textures, and
means for processing the data to generate output texels of the
identified texture, wherein each texture of the standardized et
is a procedural texture, the identifying data comprise one or a
sequence of program commands, the execution of which will result
in the generation of a respective procedural texture with the
means for processing data comprising a processor operable to
implement all such input program commands or sequences of input
program commands as required to generate the procedural textures
of the standardized set.
THE REFERENCES
Kamen et al. (Kamen) 5,812,141 Sep. 22, 1998
(effective filing date Apr. 1, 1993)
Griffin et al. (Griffin) 5,880,737 Mar. 9, 1999
(effective filing date on or before Jun. 27, 1996)
Tremblay et al. (Tremblay) 5,925,123 Jul. 20, 1999
(effective filing date on or before Jan. 23, 1997)
Jenkins 6,111,582 Aug. 29, 2000
(filed Jul. 23, 1997)
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claims 1-4, 7, 9 and 10 over Kamen in view of Jenkins, claims 5,
6 and 8 over Kamen in view of Jenkins and Griffin, and claim 11
over Kamen in view of Jenkins and Tremblay.
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