Appeal No. 1999-2698
Application 08/560,108
one or more monitors (18), responsive to one or more
corresponding actions of the viewer acting as a cameraman in
the object space, for providing the plurality of monitor
signals; and
a head mounted display (28) for mounting on the head of
the viewer, responsive to the integrated image signal 26), for
providing integrated images of the object space with real and
virtual objects for viewing by the viewer with the images of
the real objects in registration with the real objects from
the moving point of view of the viewer and for viewing by the
viewer with the images of the virtual objects integrated
therewith, wherein the moving virtual objects move with
respect to the real objects positioned in the spatial model
for interacting with the viewer and whereby the lag of the
images of virtual objects after the sensed actions of the
viewer is reduced.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Ritchey 5,130,794 Jul. 14,
1992
Ruoff 4,513,317 Apr. 23,
1985
Bajura Michael “Merging Virtual Objects with the Real World”
in: Computer Graphics (1992), pp 203-210.
Ivan Sutherland “A head-mounted three dimensional display”
(1968), pp 757-763.
M. Deering “High Resolution Virtual Reality” Computer Graphics
(1992), pp 195-202.
Claims 1, 4-7, 9, 13 and 19-20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Bajura in view of
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