Appeal 2007-1100
Application 10/384,642
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
Appellant invented an apparatus for displaying multiple images on a
relatively small display screen. Specifically, an image display strip is
provided that includes multiple image display areas in a straight horizontal
or vertical line. The sizes of the image display areas progressively diminish
as the distance from one of the display areas increases. As a result, smaller
screens can display a larger number of images.1 Claim 1 is illustrative:
1. An apparatus for controlling display of index images,
comprising:
a first display controller for controlling a display device so as to
display an image display strip on a display screen, said image display
strip including a plurality of mutually adjacent image display areas
formed in a straight line in either a horizontal direction or a vertical
direction, the sizes of the adjacent display areas diminish as a distance
in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction from one of the
image display areas increases;
an image data reading device for reading a plurality of frames
of image data that have been recorded on a recording medium;
a second display controller for controlling the display device in
such a manner that a plurality of frames of images represented by the
plurality of frames of image data recorded, which have been read by
said image data reading device, are displayed in corresponding ones
of the image display areas of the image display strip.
The Examiner relies on the following prior art references to show
unpatentability:
Angiulo US 2002/0135621 A1 Sep. 26, 2002
(filed Mar. 20, 2001)
1 See generally Specification at 2:2 – 3:18.
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