Appeal No. 1998-2554
Application 08/527,334
This is a decision on appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134 from
the final rejection of claims 2-5 and 7-12.
We reverse, but enter a new ground of rejection.
BACKGROUND
The disclosed invention relates to a method and device
for video-assisted remote control of machines, especially
vehicles, to allow real-time viewing of an environment of the
machine. In particular, the machine has a plurality of
cameras and the images are "mixed" so they can be displayed on
a single screen.
Claim 12 is reproduced below.
12. A device for video-assisted remote control of a
machine to enable real-time viewing of an environment of
said machine, said device comprising:
a remote control center including a transmitter of
remote control data, a video and audio receiver and at
least one video monitor; and
wherein said machine includes a video and audio
transmitter, a remote control receiver, a plurality of
video cameras and a video mixing device.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art:
Oliver, Jr. (Oliver) 4,814,869 March 21, 1989
Katz 5,216,502 June 1,
1993
VanZeeland 5,448,290 September 5, 1995
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