Ex parte MANO et al. - Page 8




             Appeal No. 96-1855                                                                                   
             Application 07/953,807                                                                               



                          wherein said halftone pattern generating means                                          
             includes:                                                                                            
                          ON data generating means for generating ON data in                                      
             response to the input display data which represents said                                             
             display-ON for a pixel;                                                                              
                          OFF data generating means for generating OFF data in                                    
             response to the input display data which represents said                                             
             display-OFF for a pixel;                                                                             
                          halftone data generating means for generating ON                                        
             data and OFF data alternately in successive frames as halftone                                       
             data in response to the input display data which represents                                          
             the halftone display for a pixel;                                                                    
                          comparing means for comparing the input display data                                    
             for a pertinent line with the input display data for a                                               
             preceding line stored in said line memory for every line, the                                        
             preceding line being in a same frame as the pertinent line;                                          
             and                                                                                                  
                          inverting means for inverting a phase of changing-                                      
             over said ON data and said OFF data of said halftone data in                                         
             accordance with an output of said comparing means.                                                   

                          The Examiner relies on the following reference:                                         
             Bassetti, Jr. et al.             5,185,602                         Feb. 9, 1993                      
             (Bassetti)                       (filed Apr. 10, 1989)                                               

                          Claims 1 through 8 and 10 through 17 stand rejected                                     
             under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bassetti.                                           




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