Appeal No. 95-4539 Page 4
Application No. 08/205,394
casing at opposite ends thereof and projecting said first and
second images toward each other;
first and second mirrors respectively arranged along the
respective optical axes of said first and second viewfinder
lenses and in front of said first and second display elements
at an angle of 90 relative to each other whereby said first0
and second images from said first and second display elements
respectively reflect off said first and second mirrors to said
first and second viewfinder lenses;
a drive circuit for said first and second display
elements for alternately supplying image data to said first
and second display elements at every field of an input image
signal such that, when one field is being supplied to one of
said first and second display elements, the image data of the
field previously supplied to the other of said first and
second display elements is maintained by said other of said
first and second display elements;
wherein said input image signal can comprise either a
three dimensional video signal or a conventional video signal
and wherein said images from said first and second display
elements are supplied directly to said first and second
mirrors, respectively; and
wherein said first and second display elements comprise
liquid crystal display panels.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims follow
Butterfield 3,818,125 Jun. 18, 1974
Yang 4,542,960 Sep. 24, 1985
Schoolman 4,706,117 Nov. 10, 1987
Park (‘890) 4,954,890 Sep. 4, 1990
Park (‘555) 5,001,555 Mar. 19, 1991
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