Appeal No. 2003-1550
Application No. 09/365,209
brief) feature, the examiner points to Figure 2 of Gillard for an
illustration that the color frames U and V (i.e., color
components in a TV signal) are divided (11C) into subframes,
i.e., fields within a frame, prior to motion compensation
processing. We are not convinced, by the examiner’s explanation,
that Gillard teaches the invention described by instant claim 1.
Looking at Figure 2 of Gillard, and the attendant
description thereof, at column 3, lines 10-11, and at column 8,
line 66 through column 12, line 34, it appears that Figure 2
describes a television standards converter for converting a 625
line 50 fps standard (input into demultiplexer 31) to a 525 line
60 fps standard (output at multiplexer 34). This is performed by
separating the input video signal into Y (luminance), SYNC (synch
signals) and UV (chrominance) components (see output of
demultiplexer 31). The Y and UV components are later recombined
to provide a new video signal and this new video signal displays
all image components simultaneously in each field or frame. The
Y and UV components might be considered to be different
components of an image frame, and this is admitted by appellants
at page 3 of the reply brief, but these components are still not
displayed at different times within a frame period, as required
by claim 1.
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