Appeal No. 2006-3033
Application No. 10/748,992
in Manchester that can accommodate any variations in the user’s orientation
[reply brief, page 2, cont’d page 3]. At the outset, we note that appellant’s
arguments are directed toward a first exemplary embodiment of
Manchester’s invention where a monitor automatically orients the display
image provided by the monitor according to the physical orientation of the
monitor [¶ 0019]. However, we note that an alternate embodiment of
Manchester’s invention can sense the physical orientation of “objects” where
an “object” to be sensed broadly encompasses not only a display device, but
also a person [page 2, ¶0019]. In particular, we note that Manchester
explicitly discloses sensor 16 is capable of sensing the orientation of a
display device and/or the orientation of a person viewing the display device
[¶0021]. Significantly, we note that Manchester further discloses that
three-dimensional display image 14 is oriented to provide a desired
perspective to the viewer (i.e., a “user perspective”) that may be
accomplished by the viewing person “simply turning and/or shifting her head
to view the desired perspective” [¶0028]:
[0028] In another embodiment, the three dimensional display
image 14 is oriented to provide a desired perspective to the
viewer. This may be accomplished by the viewer simply turning
and/or shifting her head to view the desired perspective, turning
the display device 12 to view the desired perspective, or a
combination thereof. As explained in more detail below, sensors
16 can be positioned on the viewer 36 and/or on the display
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