Appeal 2007-1290
Application 09/861,548
size from 80'a and 80'b. Yamamoto discloses (col. 7, ll. 9-25) that left and
right video images are formed in regions 80'a and 80'b. Further, as shown in
Figure 18, the images formed in the display regions do not necessarily cover
the entire region and, thus, cannot be equated with the images formed
therein. Since display regions 80'a, 80'b, and 80c are not images, they
cannot satisfy the claimed indicator images. In addition, Yamamoto does
not disclose plural sizes for vehicle image 36. In fact, we find no images in
Yamamoto that have different sizes. Therefore, Yamamoto fails to disclose
the claimed indicator images.
The Examiner admits (Answer 4) that Yamamoto fails to disclose a
counting part or a step of counting, as recited in the independent claims.
The Examiner, however, asserts (Answer 4-5) that Verbinski's counter
counts pixel densities of a moving vehicle object "for generating the image
of the moving vehicle object. Counting the number of pixels of the display
image being generated also counts the number of generations of the display
image … because the number of pixels for one display image frame is fixed
for a fixed resolution of a display device." Further, according to the
Examiner (Answer 5-6), Yamamoto discloses selecting display images based
on vehicle speed which, in turn, is determined based on a counting means.
Thus, "Yamamoto implicitly discloses a counter for determining which
images to be displayed based on the vehicle speed. . . . The number of
generations of the display image is at least based on the (counter for) vehicle
speed . . . because as the vehicle speed exceeds a predetermined value,
different display images are displayed." The Examiner concludes that
Yamamoto discloses the claimed counting part (and step) and also that it
would have been obvious to incorporate Verbinski's counting part into
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