Appeal No. 1999-0301
Application No. 08/156,541
15. A digital display system comprising:
a digital display device for receiving a series of binary image data
words and displaying an image representative of said data words, each said
image data word comprised of at least two bits, each said bit in said image
data words displayed sequentially for a display duration representative of the
weight of said bit;
at least one input image modification signal representing a desired
image contrast; and
a display system controller, said system controller oppositely altering
the display duration of at least two said bits based on said image
modification signal.
The references relied upon by the examiner are:
Popowski et al. (Popowski) 4,709,230 Nov. 24, 1987
Kohgami et al. (Kohgami) 5,187,578 Feb. 16, 1993
Yomiya JP 2-212881 Aug. 24, 1990
Claims 21, 22, 24 and 25 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the
subject matter which the applicants regard as the invention.
Claims 15 and 23 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable
over Kohgami.
Claim 19 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over
Kohgami in view of Popowski.
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