Appeal No. 2001-0338
Application No. 08/932,953
screen. In this condition, when the eyes move from the screen to
a point off the screen, a time interval of, preferably, 1/10 of a
second (625) is set. If that time expires without the eyes
returning to the screen, the screen will slowly fade the display
intensity to black (626).
Claim 5 present in the application is reproduced as follows:
5. A computing device comprising:
a. a processor;
b. a display having a controllable intensity connected to said
processor;
c. an eyetracker providing a signal indicating where a user's
eyes are looking to said processor; and
d. a control for changing intensity of said display based on
said signal.
REFERENCES
The references relied on by the Examiner are as follows:
Oyagi et al. 4,713,659 Dec. 15, 1987
Schoolman 5,281,957 Jan. 25, 1994
Ninomiya et al. 5,532,935 Jul. 2, 1996
Tonosaki 5,635,948 Jun. 3, 1997
Claims 5-7, 9-12, 17, 21 and 23 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Schoolman and
Tonosaki.
Claims 8, 18, 19 and 22 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103
as being unpatentable over Schoolman, Tonosaki and Ninomiya.
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