Appeal No. 1999-0296 Page 11
Application No. 08/483,552
disparity to hold a location of the neutral plane
substantially constant when the distance of the camera to the
scene changes.” Further similarly, claim 12 specifies in
pertinent part the following limitations: “adjusting camera
separation while adjusting the zoom lenses to hold a location
of the neutral plane substantially constant.” Similarly,
claim 15 specifies in pertinent part the following
limitations: “adjusting disparity while adjusting focal length
of the zoom lenses to hold a location of the neutral plane
substantially constant.” Also similarly, claim 16 specifies
in pertinent part the following limitations: “ adjusting the
effective distance between the optical axes of the objective
lenses to hold a location of the neutral plane substantially
constant when the distance of the objective lenses to the
scene changes.” Accordingly, claims 3, 7, 8, 12, 15, and 16
require inter alia holding a location of the neutral plane
substantially constant.
The examiner fails to show a teaching or suggestion of
the limitations in the applied prior art. He admits,
“Robinson fails to provide the particular wording of Neutral
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