Appeal No. 2006-2736 Page 8
Application No. 10/038,167
computer 32 includes a keyboard (not shown), a monitor 36 with a display screen 36a
and a graphical input device 38 such as a single button mouse. . . ." (Col. 4, ll. 7-10.)
"[D]igitized information . . . may be processed by a display module 92 in
response to input received from graphical input device 38 so that a three-dimensional
image of the target volume can be displayed on the screen 36a of the monitor 36 and
manipulated. . . ." (Col. 5, ll. 34-41.) For example, "FIGS. 8a to 8c show the model and
three-dimensional image within the main window display undergoing a rotation about a
vertical axis as the graphical input device 38 is moved to drag the cursor across the
main display window from mid-right to mid-left." (Col. 13, ll. 22-26.) For another
example, "FIGS. 9a to 9c show the model and three-dimensional image undergoing a
rotation about an axis, angled at about 30° to the horizontal and sloping up and to the
right, as the graphical input device 38 is moved to drag the cursor across the main
display window from top-left to bottom-right." (Id. at ll. 26-31.)
Because we agree with the examiner's finding that rotating an image about a
vertical axis and rotating an image about a 30° axis constitute different control functions,
we also agree with his finding that Fenster teaches changing the display of an image via
different control functions respectively associated with different movement
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