Appeal 2007-0831
Application 10/417,656
Appellants have invented a method and apparatus for displaying a
reduced-pixel, whole image that comprises fewer active pixels than an
original, complete image that can be displayed on the display (Specification
2). The reduced-pixel, whole image is displayed to conserve power
(Specification 11).
Claim 1 is representative of the claims on appeal, and it reads as
follows:
1. A method for controlling a display, comprising:
monitoring the state of a computing device associated with the
display;
determining if pixel reduction is warranted in view of the monitoring;
and
if pixel reduction is warranted, displaying a reduced-pixel, whole
image that comprises fewer active pixels than an original, complete image
previously presented in the display.
The prior art relied upon by the Examiner in rejecting the claims on
appeal is:
Smith US 5,167,024 Nov. 24, 1992
Chee US 5,886,689 Mar. 23, 1999
Ranganathan US 6,801,811 B2 Oct. 5, 2004
(filed Dec. 27, 2001)
The Examiner rejected claims 1 to 7, 9, 10, 12 to 19 and 21 to 24
under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) based upon the teachings of Smith and
Ranganathan, and the Examiner rejected claims 8, 11 and 20 under 35
U.S.C. § 103(a) based upon the teachings of Smith, Ranganathan and Chee.
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