Appeal No. 2003-1692
Application No. 09/835,347
providing a digitized picture having pixels, the digitized
picture having at least one picture object with associated object
pixels located in the at least one picture object;
dividing the digitized picture at least partly into picture
blocks;
determining the at least one picture object in the digitized
picture;
determining at least one object picture block, the at least one
object picture block being at least one picture block with at
least one object pixel;
performing the step of determining the at least one object
picture block such that a relative position of an edge of an
object picture block of the digitized picture in relation to the
digitized picture corresponds to a relative position of an edge
of an object picture block of a chronologically preceding picture
in relation to the chronologically preceding picture; and
coding the digitized picture by using the at least one object
picture block.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Yamaguchi et al. (Yamaguchi) 5,978,514 Nov. 2, 1999
(filed Oct. 1, 1997)
Claims 1-19 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as
anticipated by Yamaguchi.
Reference is made to the briefs and answer for the
respective positions of appellant and the examiner.
OPINION
Anticipation is established only when a single prior art
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