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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 .
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of papers submitted under 35 U.S.C. 119(a)-(d), which papers have been placed of record in the file.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1, 11 and 20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by US 2019/0110052 A1 (“Liu”).
Regarding claim 1, Liu discloses a video decoding method, comprising: generating a prediction value of a current sample in a current block by using a value of a first reference sample and a value of a second reference sample (e.g. see in 1008 in Fig. 10, a pixel in the current block is predicted using a weighted average of two boundary pixels along the prediction direction, paragraph [0122]); and generating a prediction block of the current block based on the prediction value of the current sample in the current block (e.g. see prediction pixels, e.g. 704 in Fig. 7, in the current block, e.g. 700 in Fig. 7, are predicted, paragraphs [0093]-[0101], [0122]), wherein the first reference sample is a reference sample adjacent to a left side of the current block and having a same y-axis coordinate as the current sample (e.g. see reference pixels that represent the row or column pixels from the neighbor blocks, e.g. 502 in Fig. 5 or 702 in Fig. 7, immediately to the left or above, paragraphs [0076], [0093]-[0101]), and the second reference sample is a reference sample based on a top-right reference sample of the current block (e.g. see interpolated reference pixels, e.g. 708 in Fig. 7, including right boundary pixels based on top-right reference sample, paragraphs [0093]-[0101]) when an intra prediction mode of the current block is in a horizontal mode (e.g. see in 1002 in Fig. 10, a prediction direction is determined for a current block that correspond to one of the prediction modes in Fig. 4 including horizontal mode, e.g. mode 10 in Fig. 4, paragraphs [0120]-[0122]; thus, if the mode is determined to be horizontal mode, then the reference pixels used to predict a pixel in the current block would be one of the left neighboring reference samples and one of the right boundary interpolated reference samples along the prediction direction, i.e. on the same y-axis coordinate); and wherein the first reference sample is a reference sample adjacent to a top of the current block and having a same x-axis coordinate as the current sample (e.g. see reference pixels that represent the row or column pixels from the neighbor blocks, e.g. 502 in Fig. 5 or 702 in Fig. 7, immediately to the left or above, paragraphs [0076], [0093]-[0101]), and the second reference sample is a reference sample based on a bottom-left reference sample of the current block (e.g. see interpolated reference pixels, e.g. 708 in Fig. 7, including bottom boundary pixels based on bottom-left reference sample, paragraphs [0093]-[0101]) when the intra prediction mode of the current block is a vertical mode (e.g. see in 1002 in Fig. 10, a prediction direction is determined for a current block that correspond to one of the prediction modes in Fig. 4 including vertical mode, e.g. mode 26 in Fig. 4, paragraphs [0120]-[0122]; thus, if the mode is determined to be vertical mode, then the reference pixels used to predict a pixel in the current block would be one of the above neighboring reference samples and one of the bottom boundary reference samples along the prediction direction, i.e. on the same x-axis coordinate).
Regarding claims 11 and 20, the claims recite analogous limitations to the claims above and are therefore rejected on the same premise.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments with respect to claim(s) 1, 10 and 20 have been considered but are moot because the new ground of rejection does not rely on any reference applied in the prior rejection of record for any teaching or matter specifically challenged in the argument.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
US 2021/0243447 A1, Li et al., Planar prediction mode for visual media encoding and decoding
US 2013/0301709 A1, Lim et al., Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video using bidirectional intra prediction
Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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/Francis Geroleo/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3619