Appeal No. 2005-2766
Application No. 09/682,659
OPINION
We reverse the aforementioned rejection.
The appellant’s independent claims are claims 14, 41 and 42.
Claim 14 requires means for improving the stereoscopic match
between the two images in a conventional stereoscopic pair of
images as viewed, by distorting at least one of the images.
Claim 41 requires deliberately distorting at least one of the
images in a conventional stereoscopic pair of images prior to
display, to counteract distortion caused by the viewer’s
perspective relative to the image. Claim 42 requires
deliberately distorting at least one of the images in a
conventional stereoscopic pair of images prior to display, to
counteract distortion caused by the viewer’s perspective relative
to the image.
Craig discloses a split screen video display divided by a
horizontal line to produce upper and lower images of a
stereoscopic pair (col. 2, lines 49-52). When a viewer looks
straight at the display through two substantially identical
optical wedges (refracting prisms), one eye sees the upper image
and the other eye sees the lower image (col. 3, lines 48-53;
col. 5, lines 21-39).
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