Appeal No. 2006-2658
Application No. 09/790,334
The invention is directed to a system and method for using
computer image processing for selectable task-based digital video
compression.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A system for compressing one or more video streams
comprising:
one or more image input devices creating the one or more
video streams; and
a selector process that selects a semantic compression
process out of a set of semantic compression processes, the
selected semantic compression process compressing the one or more
video streams based on a task that required the compression of
the one or more video streams and that utilizes content of the
one or more video streams.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Gates et al (Gates) 5,073,819 Dec. 17, 1991
Weiman et al (Weiman) 5,103,306 Apr. 07, 1992
Lee 5,805,221 Sep. 08, 1998
Moura et al (Moura) 5,854,856 Dec. 29, 1998
Beretta et al (Beretta) 5,883,979 Mar. 16, 1999
Sato et al (Sato) 6,249,324 June 19, 2001
(Filed Dec. 30, 1996)
Koyanagi et al (Koyanagi) 6,323,898 Nov. 27, 2001
(Filed Dec. 14, 1996)
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