Appeal No. 2004-2297 Page 11
Application No. 10/196,817
“[s]pecifically, GME calculates displacements for frame sequences
as frame-to-frame displacements in the tracking data calculated
for each frame. GME then adjusts the coordinate axes of
succeeding frames to overlay the tracking data derived from
earlier frames.” However, as asserted by appellants (brief, page
7) “there is no detecting of edges in the motion vector field and
the comparing of (these) edge locations in successive field
periods to identify foreground and background.” Although
Rosenberg additionally discloses that the optional GME would be
useful in systems having portable cameras or zoom to correct for
the large image displacements they produce (col. 12, lines 23-27
and 52-55), we find no disclosure that the ObjectMask routine 21
would utilize detected edges in successive motion vector field
periods to identify both background and foreground, as Rosenberg
discloses that pixels that have not varied in intensity by more
than a threshold amount within a given number of previous frames
are included as background pixels.
From all of the above, we find that even if we combined the
teachings of Brailean and Rosenberg, the resultant combination
would fall short of the claimed invention. Accordingly, we find
that the examiner has failed to establish a prima facie case of
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