Appeal No. 96-0550
Application 07/960,148
Appellants appealed subject matter is a vehicle
instrumentation apparatus. Claim 10 is illustrative of the
subject matter on appeal:
10. A vehicle instrumentation apparatus comprising a
deformable mirror device having a matrix of mirrors, each mirror
in the matrix individually controllable between at least two
states to provide information to a vehicle operator wherein a
windshield projects an image of a display created by the
deformable mirror device, wherein the image is projected as a
double image due to reflection of the image off of both an inside
reflecting surface and an outside reflecting surface of the
windshield, the apparatus also comprising, means for modulating
first mirrors of the array around a periphery of second mirrors
of the array generating the display, thereby surrounding the
periphery of the second mirrors on the deformable mirror device
with the first mirrors that are activated a smaller fraction of
the time than the second mirrors are activated, thereby softening
the edges of the display and the projected image to reduce
perception of the double image by the vehicle operator.
THE REFERENCES
The following references were relied on by the
examiner:
Gross 2,750,833 June 19, 1956
Lasher et al. (Lasher) 4,486,785 Dec. 4, 1984
Ott 4,680,579 July 14, 1987
Iino 4,804,836 Feb. 14, 1989
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 10, 29 and 33 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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