Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
heat" as shown by shield 100 in figure 9, because claim 9
further limits claim 1 to add further protection. Fifth,
claim 1 does not recite any details of the display, so the
display can be for one eye or two and can be any kind of
display. Sixth, although claim 1 recites that the display and
camera are mounted "to said helmet," the "helmet" is not
necessarily the hard shell, but can be an inner helmet liner
(e.g., the "inner deformable cap" in claim 3 or the "shroud"
mounted to the inner deformable cap in claim 4). Seventh,
there is no recitation that the camera is located to the side
of the user's face.
Hanson discloses a head mounted video display coupled
with a camera which may be remotely located (e.g., "on a
weapon, a vehicle or also on a tripod," col. 9, lines 57-58)
or head mounted. A head mounted camera can be mounted to the
top of a helmet, as shown in figures 3 and 12, or to a face
frame as shown in figure 9. Figure 2 of Hanson shows
attachment of a display 14 to a helmet 40 with a strap 42.
Figure 6 of Hanson shows a particular display arrangement with
the display screen 44 formed integral with the video
display 14 and mounted for rotation about screw 67. "The
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