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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)(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.
Claims 1-3, 10-14 and 16-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Lee (US 2016/0,239,148).
Referring to claims 1 and 12, Lee discloses an image processing system (fig. 4A, device 201) comprising
a display portion (fig. 4A, display 260, input device 250),
an arithmetic portion (fig. 4A, application processor 210), and
an image processing portion (fig. 4A, application processor 210),
wherein the display portion comprises an input portion (fig. 4A, input device 250),
wherein the input portion comprises a touch sensor (fig. 4A, touch panel 252),
wherein the touch sensor comprises an organic photodiode (para.0050, organic LED),
wherein the input portion is to obtain positional information (fig. 8, shaping view window 20) on pointing operation by a user (fig. 8, operation 500),
wherein the arithmetic portion is to define a first region (fig. 8, view window 20 outside area) where the user performs a swipe operation (fig. 8, drag start/end 800/801) on the display portion (fig. 8, cover 200) and a second region (fig. 8, view window 20 inside area) other than the first region on the display portion in accordance with the positional information,
wherein the image processing portion is to execute image processing (fig. 9, recognizing view window) for reducing a definition (fig. 11, TSP low resolution) of a first image (fig. 12, image 1200; paras.0118-0119) in the first region to generate a second image (fig. 11, heart-shaped view window 20 high resolution), and
wherein the display portion is to display the second image (fig. 9, view window 20; para.0115-0116).
As to claims 2-3 and 13-14, Lee discloses the system of claim 1, comprising
a communication portion (fig. 6, communication module 140), wherein the communication portion is to communicate with a server (fig. 6, server 400), and
wherein the image processing portion and arithmetic portion are provided in the server (fig. 7, recognize view window with server 702).
As to claims 10 and 16, Lee discloses the system of claim 1, wherein pixel density of the display portion is higher than or equal to 50 ppi and lower than or equal to 1500 ppi (fig. 11, touch screen panel resolution; examiner’s official notice: the 50-1500 ppi is a typical touch screen panel display resolution range).
As to claims 11 and 17, Lee discloses the system of claim 1, wherein the image processing is not performed in the second region (fig. 7, activating view window area 703 only).
As to claims 18-19, Lee discloses the system of claim 1,
wherein the display portion comprises a light-emitting element (para.0050, organic light-emitting diode), and
wherein an active layer (para.0050, active-matrix OLED) of the organic photodiode is on a same surface as a light-emitting layer of the light-emitting element.
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/CHENG YUAN TSENG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2615
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