Appeal No. 1998-2895
Application No. 08/430,173
Claim 23 is the only independent claim on appeal, and it
reads as follows:
23. An endoscopic image display system capable of
always and simultaneously displaying (1) endoscope moving
images under current examination obtained by an
endoscope, (2) a plurality of reduced still endoscope
images from former examinations which were conducted before
the current examination, (3) non-reduced still images
selected from among said plurality of reduced still
endoscope images, and (4) character information related to
at least one of said endoscope moving images, said reduced
still images, and said non-reduced still images, in a
predetermined region on a single monitor, comprising:
a recording apparatus for recording image signals;
a first image memory for storing only said endoscope
moving images in the form of said recorded image signals;
a second image memory for storing only said reduced
and non-reduced still images in the form of said
recorded image signals;
a third image memory for storing only said character
information as a retrieval-character image signal; and
display control means for switching outputs of said
memories of each of said images between said first,
second and third image memories in every corresponding
display region sequentially and for outputting the plurality
of image signals to said monitor in accordance with the
switching operation.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Kantor et al. (Kantor) 4,877,016 Oct. 31,
1989
Nakamura et al. (Nakamura) 4,920,413 Apr. 24,
1990
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