Appeal 2007-0802
Application 10/317,930
modulating said stimulus delivery at different said points for selective
actuation including applying variable differential pressure stimulus at said
points; and
controlling said modulation responsive to selected input to control
which portion of the virtual display should be tactilely simulated at said
points to simulate sensation of lateral motion across the selected body
location thereby to communicate to the user a detailed impression of either
movement of a patterned surface across the selected body location or
movement of the selected body location across the patterned surface without
relative movement between said set of points and the selected body location
of the user.
The prior art references relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the
claims on appeal are:
Lake US 2002/0080111 A1 Jun. 27, 2002
Kravtsov US 6,462,840 B1 Oct. 8, 2002
Sharder US 6,639,582 B1 Oct. 23, 2003
(filed Aug. 10, 2000)
The Examiner rejected claims 1-3 and 5-19 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
based upon the teachings of Sharder and Lake.
The Examiner rejected claims 4 and 20 under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
based upon the teachings of Sharder, Lake, and Kravtsov.
Rather than reiterate the opposing arguments, reference is made to the
Briefs and the Answer for the respective positions of Appellants and the
Examiner.
We affirm-in-part.
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