Appeal No. 96-3212
Application 07/826,699
of the elements of each claim on appeal to the structural
configuration of the disclosed invention in Figure 1. The
operation of this figure is further detailed in exemplary
operational figures showing the outputs of various circuit
elements of Figure 1 in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 1 shows
discrete, well-known circuit elements which are described to
operate together in a certain manner. It is beyond the scope of
the present claimed subject matter what device is controlled and
what inputs are derived from such a controlled device to affect
the operation of the microcomputer 16 in Figure 1. Similarly,
the microcomputer 16 is not directly claimed.
The disclosure makes clear that the microcomputer 16 in
Figure 1 must be programmed to perform certain operations to
yield the various outputs to affect the various circuit elements
shown in Figure 1. The overall aim of the invention is to lessen
the amount of program dependency to yield a variable output on
output 1. Thus, the invention represents a design tradeoff
between hardware/software dependencies. The details of the
microcomputer program and the inputs thereto are not necessary
for the artisan to enable the presently claimed invention since
the details of all this is beyond the scope of the present
claims. Furthermore, what outputs exit from the microcomputer to
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