Appeal No. 96-1445
Application 08/371,684
image is transmitted substantially simultaneously to convey an
entire field of information or a total image.
The three dimensional display system of the preamble of
independent claim 1 on appeal is shown in essence in both
Hirsch and Collender. A three dimensional display is
essentially conveyed to a viewer in both references by means
of rotating a two dimensional image by the action of
stereoscopy. In reaching this conclusion of obviousness of
the subject matter of the claims on appeal we are mindful that
in the middle of page 2 of the specification appellants have
defined the term "simultaneously" as "appearing to the viewer
to be simultaneous-- even though the points of light are not
initially generated simultaneously in time." Hirsch’s flash
lamp 110 conveys a beam of light to film 135, each frame 146
of which yields a x-y planar image of light beams convey
through various mirrors and optics to a coaxial rear
projection screen 56 in Fig. 1. This screen 56 rotates in
unison with the rest of the optics and mirrors to display in a
three dimensional form the planar image from each film frame
146.
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