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Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim(s) 1-3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Lim et al. US 2014/0226717.
As to claim 1, Lim teaches an image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining image information including intra prediction mode information of a current block indicating an intra prediction mode of the current block; [fig. 2; fig. 4; fig. 7; ¶ 0049; ¶ 0063-0064; ¶ 0078; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0106-0110] determining an intra prediction mode candidate of the current block based on a top neighboring block of the current block; [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0112-0122] determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the intra prediction mode candidate and the intra prediction mode information; [¶ 0063-0064; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0106-0110] and deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block; [¶ 0078; ¶ 0089-0093] deriving a residual sample of the current block based on a quantization parameter of the current block; [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0047-0053; ¶ 0065-0078] and generating a reconstructed picture based on the prediction sample and the residual sample, [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0056-0059; ¶ 0068-0074; ¶ 0089] wherein the intra prediction mode candidate of the current block is determined based on whether the top neighboring block of the current block is out of a row boundary of a current coding tree block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] wherein based on the top neighboring block of the current block being out of the current coding tree block row of the current block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] the quantization parameter of the current block is derived based on a quantization parameter of a previous coded block of the current block, and wherein the current block belongs to the current coding tree block. [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0048-0052; ¶ 0070-0071; ¶ 0081-0084]
As to claim 2, Lim teaches an image encoding method performed by an encoding apparatus, the method comprising: determining an intra prediction mode candidate of a current block based on a top neighboring block of the current block; [fig. 2; fig. 4; fig. 7; ¶ 0049; ¶ 0063-0064; ¶ 0078; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0106-0110] determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the intra prediction mode candidate; [¶ 0063-0064; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0106-0110] deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block; [¶ 0078; ¶ 0089-0093] deriving a residual sample of the current block based on the prediction sample; [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0056-0059; ¶ 0068-0074; ¶ 0089] deriving a transform coefficient based on the residual sample and a quantization parameter of the current block; [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0047-0056] and encoding image information including residual information for the transform coefficient and intra prediction mode information of the current block indicating the intra prediction mode of the current block, [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0047-0059; ¶ 0068-0074; ¶ 0089] wherein the intra prediction mode candidate of the current block is determined based on whether the top neighboring block of the current block is out of a row boundary of a current coding tree block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] wherein based on the top neighboring block of the current block being out of the current coding tree block row of the current block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] the quantization parameter of the current block is derived based on a quantization parameter of a previous coded block of the current block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] an wherein the current block belongs to the current coding tree block. [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0048-0052; ¶ 0070-0071; ¶ 0081-0084]
As to claim 3, Lim teaches a transmission method for image data, the method comprising: obtaining a bitstream of encoded image information, [fig. 1; ¶ 0047-0054] wherein the encoded image information is generated based on determining an intra prediction mode candidate of a current block based on a top neighboring block of the current block, [fig. 2; fig. 4; fig. 7; ¶ 0049; ¶ 0063-0064; ¶ 0078; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0106-0110] determining an intra prediction mode of the current block based on the intra prediction mode candidate, [¶ 0063-0064; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0106-0110] deriving a prediction sample of the current block based on the intra prediction mode of the current block, [¶ 0078; ¶ 0089-0093] deriving a residual sample of the current block based on the prediction sample, [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0056-0059; ¶ 0068-0074; ¶ 0089] deriving a transform coefficient based on the residual sample and a quantization parameter of the current block, [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0047-0056] and encoding the image information including residual information for the transform coefficient and intra prediction mode information of the current block indicating the intra prediction mode of the current block; [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0047-0059; ¶ 0068-0074; ¶ 0089] and transmitting the image data comprising the bitstream, [¶ 0052-0053] wherein the intra prediction mode candidate of the current block is determined based on whether the top neighboring block of the current block is out of a row boundary of a current coding tree block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] wherein based on the top neighboring block of the current block being out of the current coding tree block row of the current block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] the quantization parameter of the current block is derived based on a quantization parameter of a previous coded block of the current block, [¶ 0012; ¶ 0089-0093; ¶ 0135-0149] and wherein the current block belongs to the current coding tree block. [fig. 1; fig. 3; ¶ 0048-0052; ¶ 0070-0071; ¶ 0081-0084]
Conclusion
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