Appeal No. 1997-2585
Application 07/930,880
This is a decision on appeal from the rejection of
claims 1 through 10 and 12 through 20. Claim 11 has been
canceled.
Appellant’s invention relates to video displays for
motor vehicles using a single silicon detector which can
detect
different wavelengths corresponding to the visible colored
light and short wavelength infrared radiation. More
specifically, Appellant on pages 10 and 11 of the
specification and Figs. 4a, 4b, and 5 shows a series of
columns of filters over a single silicon detector to
distinguish between red, blue, green, and infrared
wavelengths. Electrical signals corresponding to each
detected wavelength or color are processed through matrix 56
and encoder 58. The final image is black and white based on
the infrared signal enhanced with the colored information for
objects such as tail lights and stop lights obtained from the
visible colored light signals.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
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