Appeal 2007-0017
Application 10/074,179
of the image photo quality is performed by components contained in the
camera (Reply Br. 5).
Analysis
As a matter of claim interpretation, we agree with Appellant that
"checking, in-camera, the photo quality of the captured image to determine
if the photo quality is acceptable" means that checking the photo quality is
done by components in the camera and does not include the user
determining the photo quality. The Examiner has not attempted to provide a
different interpretation of the limitation. The processor 92 merely combines
two digital images, and does not check the quality of the captured images,
e.g., by comparing the two images. The controller 100 calculates parameters
for taking the images, and does not check the quality of the captured images.
No elements in Ina calculate any quantity that corresponds to a photo quality
of captured image. In Ina, it is the human user that must look at the
combined image (e.g., 134 in Fig. 14) to determine the photo quality, where
the photo quality is "blurring." The Examiner, in fact, finds that "the
feedback image is display[ed] on the LCD 40 of the camera so . . . the
quality of the image can be determined by the user during the image
capturing process" (Final Rejection 6), indicating that checking the photo
quality is not done "in-camera." Ina does not disclose "checking, in-camera,
the photo quality of the captured image to determine if the photo quality is
acceptable."
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