Appeal No. 1997-3977
Application No. 08/267,579
Appellants' invention relates to a disc recording and
reproducing apparatus in which an amount of digital data
stored in memory is displayed. Claim 7 is illustrative of the
claimed invention, and it reads as follows:
7. A disc recording apparatus in which an input digital data
signal is encoded and recorded on a disc, comprising:
first encoding means for compressing the input digital
data signal;
memory means for temporarily storing compressed data from
said first encoding means;
second encoding means for intermittently receiving the
compressed data stored in said memory means and outputting
encoded data as recording data to be recorded on said disc at
a predetermined position;
control means for controlling said memory means such that
said compressed data from said first encoding means is
continuously written in said memory means and said compressed
data stored in said memory means is intermittently read out
from said memory means; and
display means for providing a graphic representation of
an amount of said compressed data stored in said memory means
to thereby permit a visual confirmation of a change in said
amount.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Wakabayashi, deceased et al. 4,391,530 Jul.
05, 1983
(Wakabayashi)
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