Appeal 2007-1544
Application 09/984,227
ISSUE
The principal issue in the appeal before us is whether the Examiner
erred in holding that Henderson teaches setting a predetermined area in a
photograph image as an area for a test print, and applying image processing
in which the value of the image processing parameters to be changed is
varied, within set ranges, to obtain image data for a plurality of test print
images of the predetermined area.
FINDINGS OF FACT
The following Findings of Fact (FF) are shown by a preponderance of
the evidence.
The Invention
1. Appellant invented a method of producing a plurality of test
prints of a photographic image, in which image processing parameters are
varied (Specification 1:5-10).
2. An image is displayed on a display screen. An operator
designates an area of the image for the test print, using a keyboard and/or
mouse (Specification 26:11-15).
3. An operator also specifies the image processing parameters to
vary, what upper and lower values of those parameters to use, and a step
amount between these values (Specification 28:5-8).
4. One or more test prints are printed out, in which the designated
area is reproduced several times, each image being produced with one set of
values of the image processing parameters that were varied (Specification
30:17-31:8).
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