Appeal No. 2006-1695
Application No. 10/649,277
system of Takeda to further rotate or flip the displayed image to
preclude the need for the user to preview and rotate the images
manually [answer, page 12].
Appellants argue that although Kagle discloses maintaining
the orientation of a camera along with an original image captured
by the camera, the reference fails to disclose storing an
indication of whether a compressed image was rotated or flipped
compared to its corresponding original image as claimed [brief,
page 16]. The examiner responds that every image is stored in
Kagle in a landscape orientation and flags are embedded with each
stored image that indicate the degree that each image was rotated
when stored as compared to its corresponding original image as
captured [answer, page 22]. Appellants argue that Kagle's flags
do not indicate the degree to which each image was rotated when
stored as compared to the corresponding original image as
captured [reply brief, page 8]. Appellants contend that Kagle
does not teach nor suggest (1) storing data indicative of whether
a compressed image was rotated/flipped as compared to its
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