Appeal 2006-3266
Application 10/418,405
signal. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as
follows:
1. A method of displaying problem areas in a picture represented by a
video signal comprising the steps of:
analyzing the video signal for out-of-limit conditions to determine
problem areas;
determining from the picture according to an attention model an area
of viewer significance; and
highlighting the problem areas in the picture that are within the area of
viewer significance.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Edelson US 2002/0054211 A1 May 09, 2002
Osberger US 6,670,963 B2 Dec. 30, 2003
(filed Jan. 17, 2001)
Appellants' Admitted Prior Art, Figures 1-3 and corresponding description,
Specification pages 1-2. (APA)
Claims 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over APA in view of Edelson or Osberger.
We refer to the Examiner's Answer (mailed December 22, 2005) and
to Appellants' Brief (filed July 10, 2006) for the respective arguments.
SUMMARY OF DECISION
As a consequence of our review, we will reverse the obviousness
rejection of claim 1.
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