Appeal 2006-3266
Application 10/418,405
which require his immediate attention" (emphasis added). Thus, Edelson
also relates to an attention model.
The Examiner asserts (Answer 4) that "it would have been obvious …
that the 'cross-hatched areas' [that show the signal errors in Appellants' Fig.
1] is the claimed 'area of viewer significance' because the viewer would pay
close attention to these 'cross-hatched areas' significantly." This assertion
suggests that the Examiner does not grasp the two distinct concepts
disclosed in APA and recited in claim 1. The video signal is analyzed to
determine problems with the signal, or signal errors. The attention model
relates to portions in the content of a display that attract a viewer's attention.
For example, in a picture of a batter in a baseball game, a viewer will focus
on the batter, and more specifically on the batter's upper torso, not on the
stands in the background. Therefore, if a signal error were to occur in the
background area of the corresponding display, the viewer would not pay
close attention to that error. Accordingly, the cross-hatched area of Fig. 1
does not necessarily correspond to the area of viewer significance.
The Examiner (Answer 5) asserts that Edelson's areas of unexpected
motion are equivalent to the problem areas, or "out-of-limit conditions," and
that "Fig. 3 shows the unexpected motion picture being detected according
to an attention model an area of viewer significance." However, the areas of
unexpected motion in Edelson relate to the content of the display, and, thus,
to the areas of viewer significance. The areas of unexpected motion do not
indicate signal errors. Therefore, Edelson provides no teaching or
suggestion concerning highlighting signal errors in the areas of viewer
significance.
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