Appeal No. 1998-0871
Application No. 08/406,301
To overcome the deficiency of Lim, the examiner notes (final rejection, page 2) that in the
television art, using a tuner as a video source is old and well-known. The examiner relies on
Dunlap, asserting (answer, page 6) that to reinforce the teachings of Lim, Dunlap is used to show that
switching means to switch video signals from a tuner is old and well- known and that more alternative
video signals can be enjoyed by a user in doing so. We note that claim 1 requires a tuner, VCR means,
projector means and switch means connected to the tuner, VCR means and projector means for
selecting a projecting function, without a jack between the projector means and either of the VCR
means or the tuner. We find that Lim discloses a camcorder-projector system including a VCR (53,
54) directly recording the signals from a camera (52) and reproducing the recorded broadcast signals
or other recorded signals as from a VCR tape (fig. 5 and col. 7, lines 14-21). A projector (56) directly
processes and projects the signals from the camera (figure 7) or other reproduced recorded signals
from the VCR. Switching means (55a) and (55b) are connected to the VCR and the projector for
selecting a projection function, without a jack between the projector means and either of the VCR
means or the camera. We find that Dunlap discloses a VCR system in which a VCR (12) has multiple
inputs including both a TV tuner (20) for receiving signals from an antenna (fig. 2) and a camera (24);
both of which connect to VCR (12) and which may be displayed on a video output monitor by a switch
(col. 2, lines
41-62).
(6)
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