Appeal No. 2004-0204
Application No. 09/231,128
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. An apparatus for detecting content based defects in a video stream
comprising:
means for detecting a specified content characteristic in the video stream;
means for determining whether the specified content characteristic meets
a predetermined alarm criterion; and
means for reporting an error when the predetermined alarm criterion is
met.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Tamer 4,430,671 Feb. 7, 1984
Rao et al. (Rao) 6,041,142 Mar. 21, 2000
(Filed Apr. 8, 1996)
Hasegawa 6,075,552 Jun. 13, 2000
(Filed Jun. 11, 1997)
Dimitrova et al. (Dimitrova) 6,100,941 Aug. 8, 2000
(Filed Jul. 28, 1998)
Van De Schaar-Mitrea et al.
(Van De Schaar-Mitrea) 6,175,386 Jan. 16, 2001
(Filed Jun. 2, 1998)
Japanese Patent Application
Hirokawa JP9-266567-A Oct. 7, 1997
Claims 1 and 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §102 (e) as anticipated by
Hasegawa.
Claims 1-3, 7-11, 14, 16 and 18-20 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Hasegawa with regard to claims 2, 16 and
19, adding Rao with regard to claims 1-3, 8, 9, 11/8 and 18-20. The examiner offers
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