Appeal No. 2005-0524
Application No. 10/028,124
1. A method of composing an image, the method comprising
the steps of:
establishing a set of image samples [IS] from a set of image
sample values [SV] and geometrical parameters [V];
initialization [INIT] in which a mask [MSK] is generated
from the geometrical parameters [V];
mapping [MAP] in which a set of image sample values [SV] is
mapped on a set of image samples [IS], in which the mask [MSK]
intervenes in this mapping.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Noyama et al. (Noyama) 5,594,850 Jan. 14, 1997
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as
anticipated by Noyama.
Claims 2-4 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as
unpatentable over Noyama.
Reference is made to the brief and answer for the respective
positions of appellants and the examiner.
OPINION
At the outset, we note, in accordance with appellants’
grouping of claims at page 3 of the brief, that all claims will
stand or fall together. Accordingly, we will focus on claim 1.
An anticipatory reference is one which describes all of the
elements of the claimed invention so as to have placed a person
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