Appeal No. 2003-1420
Application No. 09/338,202
object to represent each region of the video information. The V-
object also includes a shape mask of its corresponding region
(column 7, lines 57 through 60). According to Courtney (column
12, lines 33 through 35), “[t]he mask is efficiently run-length
encoded; the V-object image data is then JPEG-encoded as well.”
Appellants argue (request, pages 3 and 4) that:
Courtney discloses the region mask is “run-length
encoded.” This is appropriate for a compressed image
free of contrast information. However, Courtney does
not disclose display of this region mask. Instead
Courtney discloses that the V-object image data is
displayed. This V-object image is JPEG encoded and
then decoded. JPEG encoding is appropriate for full
contrast image information. Such JPEG encoding and
decoding is employed to recover the original image.
Mapping this decoded image data corresponding to a
detected object to the reference image substantially
recovers the original image with all its original
contrast. Accordingly, Courtney fails to teach display
of the compressed image free of contrast information as
claimed.
We agree with the appellants’ statement that the region mask
“is appropriate for a compressed image free of contrast
information,” however, we disagree with the appellants’ argument
that Courtney does not display the region mask. Courtney clearly
explains (column 12, lines 35 through 38) that on playback the V-
object region masks are used in the process of mapping the V-
object images onto the reference frame. The monitor 19 (Figure
5) is used for the display of the image information. With
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