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 .
The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
Claim(s) 1-4, 11-14, 19-20 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over GAMEI et al. Pub. No.: US 2016/0198194 Al, “GAMEI”, in view of SHARMAN ET AL: "AHG 5 and 18: Profiles for Range Extensions",14. JCT-VC MEETING; 25-7-2013 - 2-8-2013; VIENNA; (JOINT COLLABORATIVE TEAM ON VIDEO CODING OF ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29/ WG11 AND ITU-T SG.16 ); URL: HTTP://WFTP3.ITU.INT/AV-ARCH/JCTVC-SITE/,,no. JCTVC-N0191, 16 July 2013 (2013-07-16), XP030114682, “SHARMAN” (IDS)
Regarding claim 1, GAMEI discloses a method for decoding video data values (GAMEI, abstract), the method comprising: the first extended precision functionality being related (GAMEI, ¶ 108) to a transform processing (GAMEI, ¶ 114).
It is noted that GAMEI is silent about selectively decoding, by a processing circuity, control flags in a hierarchy of control flags, the hierarchy of control flags comprising a first control flag and second control flag, the second control flag being an extended precision flag; and decoding, by the processing circuity, dependent upon whether the first control flag is set, the extended precision flag and video data values, wherein the extended precision flag and video data values were encoded according to a first extended precision functionality and a second extended precision functionality as claimed.
However, SHARMAN discloses electively decoding, by a processing circuity, control flags in a hierarchy of control flags, the hierarchy of control flags comprising a first control flag (SHARMAN, pg. ) and second control flag, the second control flag being an extended precision flag (
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note here, 2^6 =64, compared to SHARMAN, pg. 14, Appendix A); and decoding, by the processing circuity, dependent upon whether the first control flag is set, the extended precision flag (SHARMAN, pg. 8, sect. 5.2) and video data values, wherein the extended precision flag and video data values were encoded according to a first extended precision functionality (see citation above, and SHARMAN, pg. 9, sect. 5.2) and a second extended precision functionality (as cited above, i.e. dynamic range extention SHARMAN, pg. 9, sect. 5.2)
Both GAMEI and SHARMAN teach systems with video compression by matrix operation, and those systems are comparable to that of the instant application. Because the two cited references are analogous to the instant application, it would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains, to include in the GAMEI disclosure, DCT matrix, as taught by SHARMAN. Such inclusion would have increased the usefulness of the system by improving interoperability standpoint, and would have been consistent with the rationale of combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield predictable results to show a prima facie case of obviousness (MPEP 2143(I)(A)) under KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 127 S. Ct. 1727, 82 USPQ2d 1385, 1395-97 (2007).
Regarding claim 2, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, further discloses the method of Claim 1, wherein the first control flag is related to an extended operation of the encoder (SHARMAN, pg. 9, sect. 5.2).
Regarding claim 3, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, further discloses the method of Claim 2, wherein the first control flag is set to indicate an operation in excess of a 10 bit operation (as cited above, i.e. SHARMAN, pg. 15).
Regarding claim 4, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, further discloses the method of Claim 1, wherein the second extended precision functionality are related to an alternate value decoding functionality (See, SHARMAN, pg. 13, section. 5. see instant application, i.e. para. 118“The overall high bit depth control flag allows other functionality relating to high bit depth (for example with video data greater than 10 bits) operation (such as, at least in principle, a higher precision quantiser or an alternate coefficient coder for transform or non-transform blocks) to be switched on or off and so provides a mechanism for coding and enabling future encoding tool modifications.”).
Regarding claim 11, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, discloses a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable computer code components which, when executed on a computer, cause a computer to perform the method according to claim 1 (see rejection of claim 1).
Regarding claim 12, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, discloses a data decoding apparatus for decoding video data values, the apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: selectively decode control flags in a hierarchy of control flags, the hierarchy of control flags comprising a first control flag and second control flag, the second control flag being an extended precision flag (see rejection of claim 1); and decode, dependent upon whether the first control flag is set, the extended precision flag and a video data values, wherein the extended precision flag and video data values were encoded according to a first extended precision functionality and a second extended precision functionality, the first extended precision functionality being related to a transform processing (see rejection of claim 1.
Regarding claim 13, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, further discloses the apparatus of Claim 12, wherein the first control flag is set to indicate an extended operation in excess of a 10 bit operation (as cited above, i.e. SHARMAN, pg. 15).
Regarding claim 14, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, further discloses the apparatus of Claim 12, wherein the second extended precision functionality is related to an alternate value decoding functionality (See, SHARMAN, pg. 13, section. 5. see instant application, i.e. para. 118“The overall high bit depth control flag allows other functionality relating to high bit depth (for example with video data greater than 10 bits) operation (such as, at least in principle, a higher precision quantiser or an alternate coefficient coder for transform or non-transform blocks) to be switched on or off and so provides a mechanism for coding and enabling future encoding tool modifications.”).
Regarding claim 19, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, discloses a video data capture, transmission, display and/or storage apparatus comprising the apparatus of claim 12 (see rejection of claim 12).
Regarding claim 20, GAMEI/SHARMAN, for the same motivation for combination, discloses a method of encoding video data values, the method comprising: selectively encoding, by a processing circuity (see GAMEI, abstract), control flags in a hierarchy of control flags, the hierarchy comprising a first control flag and second control flag, the second control flag being an extended precision flag; and encoding, by the processing circuity, dependent on whether the first control flag is set, the extended precision flag and video data values, wherein the encoding of the extended precision flag and video data values is performed according to a first extended precision functionality and a second extended precision functionality, the first extended precision functionality being related to a transform processing (see rejection of claim 1).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 5-10 and 15-18 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
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