Appeal No. 1999-2339
Application No. 08/598,098
spaced apart from each other. A signal processor receives the
electrical signals and produces a specific direction and width
sound signal by processing the electrical signals according to a
specific sound direction.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A sound processing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of microphones spaced apart from each other,
each microphone producing electrical signals representative of
sound signals incident thereon; and
a signal processing unit receiving the electrical signals
and producing a specific direction and width sound signal by
processing the electrical signals according to a specific sound
direction.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Elko et al. (Elko) 4,802,227 Jan. 31, 1989
Yanagawa et al. (Yanagawa) 5,233,664 Aug. 03, 1993
Gale 5,291,556 Mar. 01, 1994
Chang et al. (Chang) 5,581,036 Dec. 03, 1996
(filed May 23, 1994)
Claims 1, 7 and 13 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(b) as
anticipated by Elko.
Claims 1-6 and 8-14 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103. As
evidence of obviousness, the examiner offers Elko with regard to
claim 8, adding Gale with regard to claim 9, and further adding
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