WILLIAM A. KIDD
`Program Manager
`PhotoTelesis ... a business of Texas Instruments Incorporated
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`Mr. Kidd joined Texas Instruments in June 1988. While assigned to the Airborne
`department of the Defense Systems and Electronics Group, Mr. Kidd was a member of
`the Light Helicopter program where he was the Program Control manager and cost
`account manager for several hundred data item submittals. Follow-on assignments
`included management support to numerous projects. Most recently Mr. Kidd was
`transferred to PhotoTelesis, a business of Texas Instruments, where he was assigned the
`program management responsibility for
`the u.S. Army's Light Weight Video
`Reconnaissance System (L VRS).
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`Mr. Kidd developed an excellent understanding of DoD acquisition while on active duty
`with the U.S. Air Force from 1967-1988. During his military career he gained more than
`20 years direct experience in DoD Systems Acquisition Management. At the time of his
`retirement, Mr. Kidd was the Commander of Air Force Systems Command's, Systems
`Acquisition School. Previous Air Force program management assignments included the' ,
`Pave Tack Pod program, the Pave Tack Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) subsystem, and
`the Pave Tiger Mini-Drone program. Other relevant Air Force assignments include
`schedule planning and control for launch, on-orbit I support, and recovery of satellite
`payloads, and Air Force Plant Representative Officer at a defense contractor's facility,
`responsible for on-site engineering management ofDEMIV AL and production programs.
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`Mr. Kidd has an MS degree in Engineering Management from Arizona State University,
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`Grove City College, Grove City, P A.
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`Serial No.: 10/336,470
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`Filed: January 3,2003
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`In re Application of:
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`David A. Monroe
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`TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
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`Group Art Unit: 2622
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`Examiner: Joseph R. Pokrzywa
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`Docket No. 121817.0002.042
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`David A. Monroe
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`METHOD OF PAYMENT (check aI/ that apply)
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`Application Number
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`10/336,470
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`Filing Date
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`January 3, 2003
`
`First Named Inventor David A. Monroe
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`Examiner Name
`
`Joseph P. Pokrzywa
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`Art Unit
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`2622
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`Attorney Docket No.
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`121817.0002.042
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`FEE CALCULATION (continued)
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`Small Entltv
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`Fee Description
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`2052
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`Fee
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`25
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`Fee
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`1051
`1052
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`1053
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`1804
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`130
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`920'
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`Fee
`Fee
`Fee
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`Code
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`($)
`770
`1001
`2001
`385
`340
`1002
`2002
`170
`1003
`530
`2003
`265
`1004
`770
`385
`2004
`1005
`160
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`80
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`Fee Paid
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`Design filing fee
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`Utility filing fee § 1401
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`55
`210
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`475
`740
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`110
`420
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`950
`1,480
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`2,010
`330
`330
`290
`
`2251
`2252
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`2253
`2254
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`2255
`2401
`2402
`2403
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`1.510
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`1451
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`1251
`1252
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`1253
`1254
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`1255
`
`1402
`1403
`
`1451
`
`1452
`1453
`1501
`1502
`1503
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`Surcharge· late filing fee or oath
`Surcharge· late provisional filing fee
`or cover sheet.
`Non-English specification
`130
`1053
`2,520 For filing a request for reexamination
`1812
`1804 920' Requesting publication of SIR prior to
`Examiner action
`1,840' Requesting publication of SIR after
`Examiner action
`ExtenSion for reply within first month
`ExtenSion for reply within second
`month
`Extension for reply within third month
`Extension for reply within fourth
`month
`1,005 Extension for reply within fifth month
`165
`Notice of Appeal
`165
`Filing a brief in support of an appeal
`145
`Request for oral hearing
`1,510 Petition to institute a public use
`proceeding
`Petition to revive - unavoidable
`Petition 10 revive - unintentional
`Utility issue fee (or reissue)
`Design issue fee
`Plant issue fee
`Petitions to the Commissioner
`Processing fee under 37 CFR 1.17 (q)
`Submission of Infonnation Disclosure
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`Recording each patent assignment
`per property (times number of
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`Filing a submission after final rejection
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`For each additional invention to be
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`2452
`2453
`2501
`2502
`2503
`1460
`1807
`
`55
`665
`665
`240
`320
`130
`50
`
`1606
`
`180
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`6021
`
`40
`
`2609
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`385
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`2810
`
`385
`
`110
`1,330
`1,330
`480
`640
`130
`50
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`180
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`40
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`1609
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`770
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`1810
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`770
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`1806
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`6021
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`Fee
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`1202
`16
`1201
`86
`290
`1203
`
`1204
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`1205
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`86
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`18
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`Small Entltv
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`Fee
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`2202
`9
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`2201
`43
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`2204
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`2205
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`43
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`United States Patent and Trademark Office
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`APPLICATION NO.
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`10/336,470
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`FILING DATE
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`01/0312003
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`FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
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`ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
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`CONFIRMATION NO.
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`David A. Monroe
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`121817.0002.042
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`8448
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`03/31/2005
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`7590
`Robert C Curfiss
`JACKSON WALKER L.L.P.
`112 E. Pecan Street, Suite 2100
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`EXAMINER
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`POKRZYW A, JOSEPH R
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`ART UNIT
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`DATE MAILED: 03/31/2005
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Notice of Non-Compliant Amendment (37 CFR 1.121)
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`The amendment document filed on '~05 is considered non-compliant because it has failed to meet the requirements of
`37 CFR 1.121: In order for the amennt document to be compliant, correction of the following item(s) is required. Only the
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`C. Each claim has not been provided with the proper status identifier, and as such, the individual status of each
`claim cannot be ideritified. Note: the status of every claim must be indicated after its claim number by using
`one of the following 7 status identifiers: (Original), (Currently amended), (Canceled), (Withdrawn), (Previously
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`since the amendment appears to be a bonafide attempt to be a reply (37 CFR 1.I35(c), applicant is given a TIME PERIOD of
`ONE MONTH from the mailing of this notice within which to re-submit the corrected section which complies. with 37 CFR 1.121
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`Serial No.: 10/336,470
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`Filed: January 3, 2003
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`In re Application of:
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`David A. Monroe
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`For: APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING, §
`CONVERTING AND
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`TRANSMITTING A VISUAL
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`IMAGE SIGNAL VIA A DIGITAL §
`TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
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`Group Art Unit: 2622
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`Examiner: Joseph R. Pokrzywa
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`Docket No. 121817.0002.042
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`RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF NON-COMPLIANT AMENDMENT DATED 3/31/2005
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`Sir:
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`This is a response to the Notice Of Non-Compliant Amendment mailed on 3/31/2005
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`and is timely filed. Please amend the application as follows:
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`Amendments to the Specification begin on page 2 of this paper.
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`Amendments to the Drawings begin on page 4 of this paper.
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of the claims which begin on
`page 5 of this paper.
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`Remarks begin on page 14 of this paper.
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`Amendments to the Specification
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`Please amend the specification as follows:
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`Please amend paragraph [0051] as follows:
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`[00511 The embodiment of Fig. 2 is similar to Fig. 1, but incorporates a memory and
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`optional operator viewer system. The image is captured by the camera 10 and
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`conditioned by the gray scale bit map 16, as in Fig. 1. In this embodiment, the output
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`44 of the bit map 16 is input into a standard digital memory device 46 for later recall.
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`This configuration is particularly well suited for applications where near real time
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`transmission of the image either is not required or is not desirable. It will be noted that
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`with the exception of the insertion of the memory device 46 and the optional viewer
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`device 48, the capture and transmis_sion system of Fig. 2 is identical to that stiownJmd
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`described in Fig. 1. Once the image is captured by the camera 10 and is presented. at 44
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`to the memory device 46, it is stored for later recall and transmission. The specific type
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`of memory device is optional and may include, for example, an SRAM device, a .
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`DRAM, Flash RAM, hard drive, floppy disk, PCMCIA format removable memory (see,
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`for example, the PCMCIA card [50] 72 in Fig. 7A), writeable optical media or other
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`storage device. The memory may selectively capture images, as indicated by the
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`operator interface/capture interface 52, or may be programmed to selectively capture
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`periodic images or all images. In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, an optional viewer
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`device 48 is provided. This permits the operator to recall and view all or selective
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`images before transmission, as indicated by the operator interface/recall interface 54.
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`This permits the operator to review all images retained in the memory 46 and transmit
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`selective images, as desired, to the Group-III transmission system. The remainder of the
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`system of Fig. 2 operates in the same manner as the configuration shown and described
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`in Fig. 1.
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`Please amend paragraph [0054] as follows:
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`[0054] An exemplary circuit supporting the configurations of Figs. 1-4 is shown in
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`Fig. 5. With specific reference to Fig. 5, an analog camera is indicated by the "video
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`in" signal at 70. Typically, the video signal is a composite video/sync signal. The
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`diagram shows all of the signal processing necessary to sync up to an NTSC signal 70
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`coming out of the analog camera and processed for introduction into an integral RAM
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`memory 71 and/or a portable RAM memory via interface 73. An analog to digital
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`(AID) converter 74 converts the video portion of the analog signal from the camera and
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`produces the digital signal for output at line 76. The digital output data on path 76 is
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`introduced into a data multiplexer circuit 81~ and into the RAM memory unit(s) 71, 72.
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`In the exemplary embodiment, the portable RAM memory 72 is an image card such as,
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`by way of example, a PCMCIA SRAM card or a PCMCIA Flash RAM card. However,
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`it will be readily understood that any suitable RAM memory configuration can be used
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`within the teachings of the invention. It is desirable to store compressed rather than raw
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`data in ~ard 72 because of space and transmission speed factors.
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`Please amend paragraph [0055] as follows:
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`[0055] :< As the signal at 70 is introduced into the circuit, the sync detector 78 strips the
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`sync signal portion off of the video signal. The sync signal drives the video address
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`generator 80 for providing a signal used to generate an address signal at the address
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`multiplexer circuit 82 for synchronizing the scanned in video signal with the locations
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`in RAM to define each frame to be captured. The read/write control 84 controls the
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`coordination of the sync signal 93 with the video signal to define a full frame.
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`Basically, when the camera is activated either by the operator or by automation, the
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`system processor 86 detects the initiation of the camera and capture sequence and sends
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`a signal via line 88 to the read/write control 84. The read/write control then monitors
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`the incoming video signal 83 f! to find the horizontal and vertical sync pulse to identifY
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`the beginning of a frame. The read/write control then initiates writing to memory at the
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`RAM devices to initiate capture of the frame. The read/write control continues to
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`"write" to memory until the appropriate sync signal is received, indicating the end of the
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`frame. At this point a single frame is captured in RAM 71 and/or on the portable
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`medium RAM 72.
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`Please amend paragraph [0066] as follows:
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`[0066]
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`In order to send a facsimile transmission over a typical Group-III Facsimile
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`system, the multiplexer 82 is switched to the processor 86 such that the RAM address
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`is generated by the processor 82 instead of the video address generator signal. In the
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`facsimile transmitting mode, the processor accesses the RAM and manipulates the data
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`representing each frame image. For example, the processor will perform the gray scale
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`to half tone conversions described in connection with Figs. 1-4 to prepare the signal for
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`facsimile transmission. The processor can also perform image compression and output
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`the image as a gray scale. In the facsimile transmission mode, once the half tone
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`conversion is completed, the processor executes a code for performing a bi-Ievel
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`compression of the data and the signal representing the frame data is output over line
`90,"tirrough the multiplexer 81~ and o'ver the processor bus 87 to the processor 86, then
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`to modem 104 for transmission. Other memory an'~ processor configurations could be
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`use~ without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention, as will be recognized
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`by those skilled in the art.
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`Amendments to the Drawings
`Please amend Fig. 5 as follows: Please change reference numeral 81 to reference
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`numeral 81 a.
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`A letter to the Office Draftsman and the amendments to Fig. 5 were previously
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`presented. This letter and the amended drawing are attached to this paper.
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
`application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Original) A self-contained image processing system for capturing a visual image and
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`transmitting it to a remote receiving station, the image processing system comprising:
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`an image capture device;
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`a processor for generating a data signal representing the image;
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`a communications device adapted for transmitting the data signal to the
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`remote receiving station;
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`d:
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`a wireless transmission system between the communications device and the
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`compatible receiving station.
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`2.
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`(Original) The image processing system of claim 1, further including a memory for
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`receiving and storing the data signal, and wherein the communications device is adapted for
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`recalling the stored data signal from memory.
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`3.
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`(Currently amended) The image processing system of claim [1] 2., wherein said
`memory is a removable random access medium and wherein the system is adapted for
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`selectively charging and discharging the memory.
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`(Original) The
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`image processing system of claim 1, wherein the image capture
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`device is an analog camera for generating an analog camera for generating an analog image
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`signal and there is further included an analog to digital converter for converting the analog
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`image signal to a digital signal.
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`7.
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`(Original) The image processing system of claim 1, wherein there is further included
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`an integrated wireless telephone associated with the communications device.
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`(Original) The image processing system of claim 1, further comprising a housing for
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`housing all of the elements of the system in an integrated body.
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`9.
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`(Original) The image processing system of claim 1, wherein said image capture
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`device is a digital camera.
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`(Cancelled)
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`11.
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`(Original) The image processing system of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted
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`-for generating a signal in any of :~a plurality of selected protocols and wherein the(cid:173)
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`. communications device is adapted for transmitting the signal in the proper protocol to a
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`remote, compatible receiving station.
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`- 13.
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`(Original) The image processing system of claim 1, wherein:
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`signal;
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`the image capture device is an analog video camera for generating a video
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`the processor further comprises:
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`an analog to digital converter;
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`a sync detector and a video address generator for synchronizing the
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`digital signal with the analog signal for defining the beginning and end of the signal to define
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`a still frame;
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`a random access memory for receiving and storing the converted,
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`synchronized signal frame-by-frame;
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`a processor routine for converting the signals stored in the memory to
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`a protocol adapted for transmission to a remote, compatible protocol receiving station;
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