Appeal No. 96-1727
Application 08/130,575
Because the CPU 2 is in overall control over the entire operation, it necessarily
includes or would have been obvious to include the claimed data start register means for
controlling the transmission start timing of the image data for each unit of stored rasters,
that is, for each region for which image data will be moved, in accordance with the data
block movement figures of Nishi such as Figure 2. Necessarily inherent within the artisan’s
understanding of the manner in which raster scanned devices such as CRT unit 5 operates
in Nishi and obvious in view of this understanding, particular regions such as defined in
Nishi’s prior art Figure 2 to be moved are clearly identified based upon the raster scanned
position set forth by X and Y addressibilities within the noted memories. The address from
which data is to be read or to be written into in a given transfer operation necessarily
determines the positional location of the image to be moved on the video display 5. See
again Figures 4 through 7, 11, 12, and 14.
With respect to the features of dependent claim 8, the discussion of prior art Figure
1 at column 1 in Nishi indicates that both still and animation patterned images are to be
displayed in the context of video games. The title of Nishi clearly indicates that Nishi’s
device is directed to moving display images. Even the arrow between the image locations
R1 and R2 indicates that there is a vertical movement or scrolling action to the extent
recited in dependent claim 8 on appeal even in the prior art of Nishi.
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