Appeal No. 2005-0435
Application No. 09/359,523
an image sensor may need to be manipulated to adjust a white
color balance in the image or to compensate for other effects
introduced by the camera or the data such as stray lighting
effects, lens flare effects and the nonlinearity of the image
sensor (specification, page 1). Appellants use a look-up table
for modifying raw pixel data wherein the values of the table may
be updated in an iterative calibration process instead of
establishing the values of the table (specification, page 3). An
understanding of the invention can be further derived from a
reading of exemplary independent claim 1, which is reproduced
below:
1. A method comprising:
capturing an optical image to form raw data indicative of
the optical image;
using values in a look-up table to transform the raw data
into transformed data indicative of a second image;
computing a white color balance of the second image; and
modifying the values in the look-up table based on the
computed white color balance and the values.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting
the claims:
Tamura 4,335,397 Jun. 15, 1982
Takakura 6,421,083 Jul. 16, 2002
(filed Mar. 27, 1997)
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