Appeal No. 1999-0296 Page 10
Application No. 08/483,552
6, 9-11, and 14 as being obvious over Robinson in view of
Anderson. We proceed to claims 3, 7, 8, 12, 15, and 16.
II. Claims 3, 7, 8, 12, 15, and 16
The examiner asserts, “the Neutral Plane is clearly a
point within the ‘”Tolerance Of Fusion Of Images’ [of
Robinson].” (Examiner's Answer at 9.) The appellants argue,
"Robinson has no teaching whatsoever of controlling the
neutral plane when changing distance to the target image being
captured." (Reply Br. at 3.)
Claim 3 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: "means for adjusting the distance between said
optical axes while adjusting focal length of the zoom lenses
to hold a location of the neutral plane substantially
constant." Similarly, claim 7 specifies in pertinent part the
following limitations: "a control mechanism which adjusts
disparity while adjusting focal length of the zoom lenses to
hold a location of the neutral plane substantially constant.”
Also similarly, claim 8 specifies in pertinent part the
following limitations: “a control mechanism which adjusts
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