Appeal 2007-1203
Application 10/420,140
SUMMARY OF DECISION
We AFFIRM the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-24.
THE INVENTION
Appellant claims to have invented a method and system for controlling
image transparency. In one embodiment of the disclosed invention, a method for
controlling the transparency of an image of an object includes modulating the
transparency of the image as a function of an angle of incidence of a vector normal
to a viewing surface and the surface of the object (Specification 2).
The appeal contains claims 1-24. Claims 1, 6, 12, 16, and 20 are
independent claims. Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention:
1. A method, comprising:
identifying a vector normal to a viewing surface and incident at a planar
surface of an object, the vector having an angle of incidence at the planar surface;
and
modulating a transparency of an image of the object as a function of the
angle of incidence.
THE REFERENCE
The Examiner relies upon the following reference as evidence of
anticipation:
Shinohara U.S. Pat. 5,880,735 Mar. 9, 1999
THE REJECTION
Appellant seeks our review of the Examiner’s rejection of claims 1-24
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Shinohara.
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