Appeal No. 95-4151
Application 08/158,342
The invention relates to the generation of virtual images
in portable communication receivers such as radios, cellular
and cordless telephones, pagers and the like. Appellants
disclose on page 2 of the specification that because of finger
size and visual perception, the keyboard and its display are
often the limiting factor in determining the size of the
receiver. Appellants disclose on page 3 of the specification
that the problem is at least partially solved by providing a
virtual display which provides a virtual control panel image
and a manually controllable cursor virtual image. Appellants
disclose on pages 5, 15 and 16 of the specification that
Figure 8 is a view in perspective illustrating a typical view,
including a virtual image control panel, as seen by operator
of the portable communication receiver.
The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In combination with portable electronics
equipment including a virtual display, electronics
coupled to the virtual display for producing a
manually controllable virtual cursor image viewable
in the virtual display when activated and a virtual
control panel image including alpha-numeric keys
viewable in the virtual display when activated, and
the electronics being connected so that the
alpha-numeric keys of the virtual control panel
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