Ex parte OTA et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 97-1198                                                          
          Application No. 08/245,954                                                  


               The disclosed invention relates to a disk player that                  
          reproduces audio and image information on a disk.  The disk                 
          player includes a reset means that initializes a signal                     
          processing means in response to disk ejection.                              
               Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it               
          reads as follows:                                                           
               1.   A disc player for reproducing a disc on which image               
          information and audio information are recorded, the disc                    
          player comprising:                                                          
               disc ejecting means for ejecting the disc from the disc                
          player:                                                                     
               drive means for rotating the disc;                                     
               disc drive control means for stopping the drive means of               
          the disc in response to the disc ejecting means;                            
               signal processing means for processing the audio                       
          information and the image information reproduced from the                   
          disc; and                                                                   
               reset means for initializing the signal processing means               
          in response to the disc ejecting means ejecting the disc.                   
               The references relied on by the examiner are:                          
          Shimada et al. (Shimada)           4,979,048           Dec. 18,             
          1990                                                                        
          Otsubo et al. (Otsubo)        5,177,728           Jan.  5, 1993             
                                                  (filed Feb. 20, 1990)               




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