Appeal No. 96-3577
Application 08/419,064
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates to a head mounted display system for viewing the
displayed images/text using both eyes, but using a single display. The system uses a
binocular optical system for both the right and the left eyes where the optical centerline
paths for each eye are angled towards the single virtual image perceived by the user of the
system. Multiple embodiments of the system are claimed emphasizing different aspects of
the invention. A second embodiment is directed to a structural relationship between the
display, optics and a keyboard.
Appellants have indicated that the claims do not stand or fall together and have
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provided separate arguments to the varied embodiments in the claims. (See brief at
pages 13-14.)
Independent claim 1 is representative of a first embodiment of the invention and
reproduced as follows:
1. A head mounted display system comprising a support to mount the display
system on a user's head;
a single display mounted on said support for displaying video
information;
allowable if rewritten into independent form.
4Appellants filed a supplemental appeal brief, February 10, 1999, (Paper No. 19) to supplement
the non-compliant appeal brief filed December 18, 1995, (Paper No. 12). We will refer to the arguments in
the original appeal brief as simply the brief. Appellants filed a reply brief on June 24, 1996, (Paper No. 14).
We will simply refer to this as the reply.
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