Ex parte ELLENBY et al. - Page 2




          Appeal No. 1998-0678                                                        
          Application No. 08/411,299                                                  





               This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of               
          claims 1-8, all of the claims pending in the application.                   

               The invention is directed to providing an image of a scene             
          wherein the image is a composite image comprised of information             
          relating to the scene realized from a plurality of                          
          perspectives.                                                               

               Independent claim 1 is representative and is reproduced as             
          follows:                                                                    
                    1.   An apparatus operable for providing an image of              
          a scene, the image being a composite image comprised of                     
          information relating to the scene realized from a plurality of              
          perspectives, the apparatus comprising:                                     
               a) a first vision system; and                                          
               b) a second vision system in electro-magnetic                          
          communication with the first vision system,                                 
               said first vision system having a first perspective of the             
          scene and said second vision system having a second perspective             
          of the scene, the second perspective being a different                      
          perspective than the first perspective.                                     
               The examiner relies on the following references:                       
          Diner et al. (Diner)     5,182,641           Jan. 26, 1993                  


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