Appeal No. 96-0139
Application 08/037,683
state that the color difference and luminance signals sent
from camera body 1 to the detachable unit are analog rather
than digital, that appears to be the case (the examiner does
not contend otherwise). However, Maemori’s cable clearly is
bidirectional because it passes video signals in one direction
and remote control signals in the other.
The examiner contends that (1) it would have been obvious4
in view of Maemori to replace Kondo’s CRT 20 with an LCD
device and (2) in Kondo thus modified the color video display
circuit 10 and the substituted LCD device will function as the
claimed "viewfinder": "[A]lthough Kondo does not name the CRT
20 and display circuit 10 as a viewfinder, one of ordinary
skill in the art would recognize the combination as a
viewfinder, because a viewfinder is nothing but a CRT and
display circuit is [sic, omit ‘is’?] attached to a video
camera for viewing an image object being taken by the camera"
(Answer at 8). We agree with the examiner and appellants that
the term "viewfinder" as used in appellants’ claims requires
an electronic display which is mounted (either permanently or
4Answer at 6.
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