Appeal No. 2005-0439 Page 7
Application No. 09/106,994
The appellants’ specification discloses that "to capture a multi-color image, the
control unit 66 might first assert (drive high, for example) the SAMPR signal (at time T0)
to close the switch 73a. . . ." (Spec. at 6.) "The control unit 66 keeps the SAMPR signal
asserted for an integration interval (called T11) from time T0 to time T1 during which the
signal (a current signal, for example) from the node 91 is integrated by the storage unit
70a to form the stored red color value." (Id. at 6-7.) "Next, the control unit 66 . . .
asserts the SAMPG signal during another integration interval (called TI2) from time T1 to
time T2 to store the green color value in the storage element 70b in a similar manner.
The control unit 66 then . . . asserts the SAMPB signal during another integration
interval (called TI3) from time T2 to time T3 to store the blue color value in the storage
unit 70c." (Id. at 6.)
Reading claims 1, 6, and 18 in light of the specification, the claimed "integration
interval" is the time during which a switch is closed to transfer charges formed by a
sensor to storage. Reading claim 22 in light of the specification, the claimed "integration
device" is a storage to which charges formed by a sensor are transferred. By referring
to storage capacitors 2a and 2b as "first and second charge-integration means 2a and
2b," col. 5, ll. 49-50, Baker confirms the reasonableness of our interpretation.
Therefore, claims 1, 6, 18, and 22 require transferring charges formed by a
photosensitive sensor to storage locations designated for different primary colors of an
image.
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