Appeal No. 1998-0872
Application No. 08/438,479 Page 11
pages 10 and 11) that the combined teachings of Smart and
Williams would result in separate panels of switches to
lock/unlock doors, with lists that the operator must look up to
determine which switch operates which door. We find that Smart
discloses that the map is continuously displayed (page 3);
objects such as doors and windows are shown on the map as icons
or symbols denoting their actual positions in the real world
(page 3); to obtain more information about an object on the map,
the operator selects the particular icon on the pap with the
mouse (id.). In addition, the mouse is used to zoom in/out of
selected portions of the map, and the operator may display camera
images by selecting the appropriate camera icon from the graphics
display (page 3, col. 1).
From these teachings of Smart we find that an artisan would
have been taught to lock/unlock a door by using the mouse from
the graphics display. In addition, we find no suggestion that an
artisan would have separate panels of switches to open or unlock
doors, with lists that the operator must look up to determine
which switch operates which door, as advanced by appellant.
Since Smart teaches the icons representing objects such as doors
"are shown on the map as icons ... denoting their actual position
in the real world" (page 3, col. 2) there would be no reason to
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