Appeal No. 2004-0130
Application No. 09/083,601
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a method of communication between a digital camera
and a computer. The method maintains a requested frame rate regardless of the
available bandwidth between the camera and the computer. Representative claim 19 is
reproduced below.
19. A method for communicating between a camera and a computer,
comprising:
determining whether it is possible to transmit data that is associated with a
requested image parameter at a requested frame rate; and
if not, adjusting the image parameter and transmitting the data.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Thro et al. (Thro) 6,037,991 Mar. 14, 2000
(filed Nov. 26, 1996)
Claims 19-38 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over
Thro.
We refer to the Final Rejection (Paper No. 17) and the Examiner’s Answer
(Paper No. 20) for a statement of the examiner’s position and to the Brief (Paper No.
19) and the Reply Brief (Paper No. 21) for appellants’ position with respect to the claims
which stand rejected.
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