Appeal 2007-1251
Application 09/451,097
Appellant's invention relates to a method of associating frame feature
values with plural image frames and to the storing apparatus for storing the
associated frame feature values. (See Specification 9-10.) Claims 1 and 37
are illustrative of the claimed invention, and they read as follows:
1. An image retrieval information storing apparatus for storing frame
feature values in association with a plurality of frames of image data,
comprising:
a calculating unit for calculating statistics of motion vector
information related to said image data;
a frame feature value generating unit for generating a frame feature
value which is numerical information representing quantity of a feature
contained in a frame of said image data using the calculated statistics; and
a frame feature value storing unit for storing said frame feature value
in correlating form with the frame of said image data, the frame feature
value storing unit being connected to said frame feature value generating
unit.
37. A method of associating frame feature values with a plurality of
frames of image data, comprising the steps of:
calculating statistics of motion vector information related to said
image data; and
generating a frame feature value comprising numerical information
representing a quantity of a feature contained in a frame of said image data
using the calculated statistics.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the Examiner in
rejecting the appealed claims are:
Takashima US 5,754,233 May 19, 1998
Nagasaki US 6,400,890 B1 Jun. 04, 2002
(filed May 11, 1998)
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