Appeal No. 97-1198
Application No. 08/245,954
that stops the drive circuit in response to disk ejection, a
signal processor 5 that processes the image information
reproduced from the disk, and a signal processor 6 that
processes the audio information reproduced from the disk.
The examiner acknowledges (Answer, page 4) that Shimada
"does not specifically disclose[s] reset means or a reset
circuit for initializing the signal processing means . . . in
response to the disc ejecting means or disc ejector ejecting
the disc."
The admitted prior art discloses (specification, page 2)
that:
[W]hen the CD-I disc is removed during the
reproducing process, the last displayed image
remains and the sound is jammed. A reset switch is
typically used to manually reset the CD-I player to
the initial state so that the processing steps can
be again sequentially executed according to the
contents of the new CD-I disc.
The examiner is of the opinion (Answer, page 5) that
"[i]t would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the
art at the time of the invention to provide Shimada et al.’s
system with the reset switch in a manner as taught in the
admitted prior art."
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