Appeal 2007-0595
Application 09/822,855
1 12. Thus, Trumbull shows transmitting commands to a robotic pan/tilt head.
2 13. Trumbull shows that a camera is part of the Giant Display Assembly
3 (Trumbull, Fig. 4:58), which is controlled by the Show Director System
4 (Trumbull, Fig. 3:38, 40).
5 14. Trumbull shows
6 FIG. 3 illustrates in schematic form functional components of the
7 Show Controller 20. While the Activity Server 18 provides logical
8 control by directing a show, the Show Controller 20 provides physical
9 control by controlling physical devices. A Show Director System 38
10 comprises real-time software running on a computing platform such
11 as a Silicon Graphics Onyx class computer. The Show Director
12 System 38 generates show control signals for controlling a Giant
13 Display Assembly 40, an Audio Assembly 42 and a Lighting
14 Assembly 44. The Show Director System 38 thereby controls
15 physical devices involved in a show, such as doors, lights, and image
16 and sound playback apparatus, and thus "performs" the show. By
17 varying the actions of the Giant Display Assembly 40, Audio
18 Assembly 42 and Lighting Assembly 44, the Show Director System
19 38 can perform a variety of different shows.
20 FIG. 4 shows the Giant Display Assembly 40 in greater detail. A
21 Video Playback and Mixing Station 48 receives signals indicative of
22 video images from video sources such as a television signal receiver
23 46, a video camera 58 and a video tape player 50. In the preferred
24 embodiment, the Video Playback and Mixing Station 48 can receive
25 signals from twenty sources.
26 (Trumbull, col. 6, ll. 37-58).
27 15. Trumbull therefore shows that the Show Controller controls and varies
28 the action of the physical devices, including the Giant Display
29 Assembly, of which a camera is a component.
30 16. Thus, Trumbull shows transmitting commands to a camera.
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