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Notice to Applicant
1. The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
2. Claims 1-20 are pending.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
3. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b):
(b) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
4. Claims 14-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention.
Per claim 14, the limitation “the first image data path” in line 10 lacks sufficient antecedent basis. Appropriate correction is required. To note, it appears that the limitation “a first image processing circuit” in line 9 of claim 14 should be revised to “a first image data path.” Claims 15-20 are consequently rejected due to their dependence on claim 14.
Allowable Subject Matter
5. Claims 1-13 are deemed allowable. The following subject matter substantially disclosed in independent claims 1 and 10 is not believed to be taught or suggested by the prior art of record: test the plurality of image data paths in a first state in which a first setting is set on each of the plurality of image data paths, wherein the testing of the plurality of image data paths in the first state is based on a comparison of respective outputs of the plurality of image data paths; and test the plurality of image data paths in a second state in which a second setting is set on each of the plurality of image data paths, wherein the testing of the plurality of image data paths in the second state is based on a comparison of respective outputs of the plurality of image data paths, wherein the first image data path is configured to process a first image data stream with the first setting to provide a first processed image data stream to a first display device during a display operation; and wherein the second image data path is configured to process a second image data stream with the second setting to provide a second processed image data stream to a second display device during the display operation. To note, independent claim 14 which is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b), substantially includes the allowable subject matter disclosed in independent claims 1 and 10.
Pertinent Prior Art
6. Okubo et al. – US 2018/0074778
This document discloses an image display system comprising a multi-window processor 130 having a test pattern generator 135 configured to generate test patterns that are provided to a plurality of displays 111. Different displays 111 display different test pattern images (Figs. 1-2; ¶35, 62). However, this document is silent on, in particular, the following feature substantially disclosed in independent claims 1, 10, and 14 of the present application: testing the plurality of image data paths in a first state in which a first setting is set on each of the plurality of image data paths, wherein the testing of the plurality of image data paths in the first state is based on a comparison of respective outputs of the plurality of image data paths; and testing the plurality of image data paths in a second state in which a second setting is set on each of the plurality of image data paths, wherein the testing of the plurality of image data paths in the second state is based on a comparison of respective outputs of the plurality of image data paths.
Conclusion
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/WALTER L LINDSAY JR/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 2852
/JAS A SANGHERA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2852
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