Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
scene imagery substantially the same size as said scene would
be viewed in the real world." The "whereby" clause in
claim 24 is interpreted to limit the structures which produce
equal angles of views to those where the camera has a real
field angle of view which produces an image the same as the
image viewed by a person. Claim 12 does not require that the
unity magnification ratio "provide said person wearing said
combination with scene imagery substantially the same size as
said scene would be viewed in the real world" as in claim 24.
The term "real view field angle" in claim 12 is interpreted
broadly to mean the view of the real world as seen by the
camera, not that the angle of view of the camera is the same
as the angle of view of a human. Having said this, the
distinction does not matter to the rejection.
Moss discloses (col. 3, lines 48-52): "The helmet visor
display of the present invention provides a field of view
which is 30E in elevation by 40E in azimuth with full overlap
between the two images fields displayed on the visor, hence,
both eyes view the same image. Moss further discloses
(col. 4, lines 1-2): "The display field of view is closely
matched to the normal horizontal field of view." We interpret
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