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Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
Information Disclosure Statement
1. The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 04/04/2025 has been considered by the examiner.
Claim Objections
2. Claims 1, 8 and 14 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 1 recites a limitation “defining, for each mixed color patch, the IQV metric for the for the mixed color patch as a function of the distance metrics of each mixed color texture pixel in the mixed color patch”. The combination of words as in bold as cited “for the for the” should read as “for the”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 8 recites a limitation “defining, for each mixed color patch, the IQV metric for the for the mixed color patch as a function of the distance metrics of each mixed color texture pixel in the mixed color patch”. The combination of words as in bold as cited “for the for the” should read as “for the”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim 14 recites a limitation “defining, for each mixed color patch, the IQV metric for the for the mixed color patch as a function of the distance metrics of each mixed color texture pixel in the mixed color patch”. The combination of words as in bold as cited “for the for the” should read as “for the”. Appropriate correction is required.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
3. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph:
The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
4. Claims 4, 7, 9, 12, 17 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA ), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention.
Claim 4 recites the limitation "pixel values in the flat area pure color patch". There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the flat area pure color patch” in the claim.
Claim 7 recites the limitation " P^i is the mixed color pixel in the color mixed texture area". There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the color mixed texture area” in the claim.
Claim 9 recites the limitation " P^i is the mixed color pixel in the color mixed texture area". There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the color mixed texture area” in the claim.
Claim 12 recites the limitation "pixel values in the flat area pure color patch". There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the flat area pure color patch” in the claim.
Claim 17 recites the limitation "pixel values in the flat area pure color patch". There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the flat area pure color patch” in the claim.
Claim 20 recites the limitation " P^i is the mixed color pixel in the color mixed texture area". There is insufficient antecedent basis for “the color mixed texture area” in the claim.
5. Claims 1-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11, 13-16 and 18-19 are allowed.
The following is an examiner’s statement of reasons of allowance:
The instant invention is directed to quantifying the severity of false color (color distortion). The closest prior art of record (e.g. Han et al., January 2024, “No-Reference Color Dot Artifact Assessment for Remosaiced Images” (pp. 265-1 - 265-6)) teaches receiving a digital image and processing in an ISP to generate RGB image (1st para of right column of page 265-1 and figure 1); and further teaches calculating the Euclidean/Chromatic distances in the CIELAB between color regions/pixels (section 2) and further teaches quantifying the severity of false color (color distortion) which is defining the IQV metric (section 3 – Score Calculation); but does not explicitly teach performing directional adjustments on each of the Euclidean/Chromatic distances and further adding Han does not explicitly teach calculating Euclidean/Chromatic distances between pixels of mixed color patch and a center of flat pure color patch, as recited in the claims 1, 8 and 14. Therefore, claims 1, 8 and 14 are allowable. Claims 2-3, 5-6, 8, 10-11, 13-16, and 18-19 are allowable for just being dependent on claims 1, 8 and 14.
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/Manav Seth/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2672
January 21, 2026