Appeal No. 95-4152
Application 08/042,044
as a substitute for his or her own vision would need the
virtual image to match the real view image as closely as
possible to be able to walk around and function successfully.
For the reasons stated above, we sustain the rejection of
claims 12 and 24.
Claim 16 -- Hanson, Coombs, and Rodway
Claim 16 recites fire protective insulated jackets for
covering the camera and the display. The examiner finds that
Rodway teaches a thermally insulated jacket 109 for protecting
a camera from intense heat of a basic oxygen furnace (BOF)
(col. 4, lines 37-56) and concludes that it would have been
obvious to cover a camera and display with insulated jackets
to protect them from heat if used in an environment of extreme
heat (EA10). We agree. In our opinion, one skilled in the
art adapting the camera and display system of Hanson to a fire
fighting environment (one of the different uses taught for
Hanson's system at col. 15, line 39) had sufficient knowledge
both to recognize the problem that the camera and display
would be exposed to high temperatures and flames and the
solution of using fire protective insulated jackets.
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