Appeal No. 2003-1121
Application 09/189,179
depiction of the body part with a virtual object. Claim 17,
directed toward the apparatus, is illustrative:
17. An apparatus for providing a stimulus to a human
operator, the apparatus for use in a virtual reality system in
which a part of the body of the human operator is depicted as a
virtual body part in a visual display, the apparatus comprising:
a position sensing subsystem configured to track a position
of the part of the body of the human operator;
a signaling unit coupled to the position sensing subsystem
and configured to provide an indication in response to the
virtual body part contacting a virtual object; and
a vibrating member for providing a tactile stimulus to the
part of the body of the human operator in response to the
indication from the signaling unit.
THE REFERENCES
King et al. (King) 4,565,999 Jan. 21, 1986
Fallacaro et al. (Fallacaro) 4,771,344 Sep. 13, 1988
(filed Nov. 13, 1986)
Leysieffer et al. (Leysieffer) 4,791,620 Dec. 13, 1988
(filed Mar. 21, 1986)
S.S. Fisher et al. (Fisher), “Virtual Environment Display
System”, ACM 1986 Workshop on Interactive 3D Graphics, Chapel
Hill, North Carolina 1-11 (Oct. 23-24, 1986).
THE REJECTIONS
The claims stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as follows:
claim 17 over Fisher in view of Fallacaro, claims 18-28, 32-37
and 39 over Fisher in view of Fallacaro and Leysieffer, and
claims 30 and 31 over Fisher in view of Fallacaro, Leysieffer and
King.
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