Appeal No. 1998-0662
Application No. 08/561,223
is stored in display memory 14 for writing into rows of pixel
elements on spatial light modulator (SM) 16 for display on
screen 20. At least two adjacent rows of SM 16 are enabled
simultaneously to display the same row of pixel data.
Representative independent claim 8 is reproduced as
follows:
8. A method of using a spatial light modulator to
display a video frame comprised of pixel data of a field of an
incoming video signal, said spatial light modulator comprising
an array of pixel elements arranged in display rows,
comprising the steps of:
processing all of said pixel data in a common analog-to-
digital converter;
receiving a row of pixel data into an input register of
said spatial light modulator; and
changing the state of pixel elements in two adjacent
display rows in response to said row of pixel data in said
input register, wherein said two adjacent display rows receive
said row of pixel data simultaneously.
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Hanmura et al. 4,481,511 Nov. 6, 1984
Masumori et al. 5,168,270 Dec. 1, 1992
Stoltz 5,231,388 Jul. 27, 1993
Claims 1 through 6 and 8 through 16 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Masumori in view of
Hanmura.
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