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`14/644,052
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`03/10/2015
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`Yasuo Yomogida
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`731156.414
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`6556
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panasonic
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5400
`Seattle, WA 98104
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`ANDERSON= SCOTT C
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`ART UNIT
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`3688
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`PAPER NUMBER
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`NOTIFICATION DATE
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`DELIVERY MODE
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`03/21/2017
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`ELECTRONIC
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`017709 A0110” Summary
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`Application No.
`14/644,052
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`Examiner
`SCOTT C ANDERSON
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`Applicant(s)
`Yomogida et al.
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`Art Unit
`3688
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`AIA Status
`Yes
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`earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 10 March 2015
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`D A declaration(s)laffidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
`2a)[:| This action is FINAL.
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`This action is non-final.
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`3)|:| An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview on
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`4)I:| Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Exparfe Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims"
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`5). Claim(s) 1-20 is/are pending in the application.
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`5a) Of the above Claim(s)
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`is/are withdrawn from consideration.
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`6)I:| Claim(s)
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`is/are allowed.
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`7). Claim(s) 1-20 is/are rejected.
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`8)[:| Claim(s)
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`is/are objected to.
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`are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`DETAILED CORRESPONDENCE
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`This Office action is in reply to application no. 14/644,052, filed 10 March 2015. Claims
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`1-20 are pending and are considered below.
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`Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112
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`2.
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`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.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph:
`The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly
`claiming the subject matter which the applicant regards as his invention.
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`3.
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`Claims 4 and 5 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA),
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`second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly
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`claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor, or for pre-AIA the
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`applicant regards as the invention. There is insufficient antecedent basis for the phrase
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`“regarding the home" in claim 4 (from which claim 5 depends) and the Examiner cannot
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`fathom what this is supposed to mean within the context of the claim. For the purpose
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`of compact prosecution the Examiner must ignore the phrase, as it makes no sense.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
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`4.
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`35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
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`Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or
`composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent
`therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
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`Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because the claimed invention is
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`directed to a judicial exception (Le, a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an
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`abstract idea) without significantly more. Claim(s) 1-20 is/are directed to the abstract
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`idea of counting people, one of the most basic mathematical operations and one which
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`can be, and routinely is, done mentally; it is similar in use of technology to the data
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`recognition and storage of Content Extraction. Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, which is
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`believed to have been written approximately 2,600 years ago, taught the importance of
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`estimating the size of one’s enemy’s forces, for example. The process, collecting and
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`analyzing information in order to produce a desirable information-based result, is similar
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`to the concept identified as abstract by the court in Electric Power Group.
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`Taking claim 1 as representative, capturing images, whatever the content of the
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`images, is simply collecting information, as in EPG. Counting them in no particular way
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`as they leave an area is simply barely-specified analysis of information, also as in EPG.
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`Storing information, whatever its contents, is simply provision of a desirable information-
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`based result, also as in EPG.
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`The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount
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`to significantly more than the judicial exception because the additional claim elements,
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`considered individually and as an ordered combination, do not amount to significantly
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`more than the abstract idea. The claim includes a counting unit, for which a general
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`purpose computer will suffice, a camera and a server. These elements are recited at a
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`high level of generality and only perform generic computer functions of collecting and
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`manipulating information. The camera only performs its customary function of capturing
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`image data and making the image data available. Generic computers performing
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`generic computer functions, without an inventive concept, do not amount to significantly
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`more than the abstract idea.
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`The “moving objec " or “railway vehicle” limitations are simply fields of use that
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`attempt to confine the invention to a certain environment without in any way changing its
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`structure or function. The type of information being manipulated does not impose
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`meaningful limitations or render the idea less abstract. The claim elements when
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`considered as an ordered combination, that is, the generic computers and camera
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`appended to a series of abstract steps arranged chronologically, does nothing more
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`than when analyzed individually. The other independent claims are simply different
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`embodiments or take place in different environments but in each case are directed to
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`generic computers performing the same or a very similar process.
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`The dependent claims further do not amount to significantly more than the
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`abstract idea: claims 3, 8 and 10 consist entirely of a mere duplication of parts, of no
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`patentable significance but in any case which does not render the idea less abstract;
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`claims 4, 6, T, 9 and 11-18 simply recite additional manipulation of information and in
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`some cases a second camera; claim 5 consists entirely of nonfunctional printed matter,
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`of no patentable significance but in any case which does not render the idea less
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`abstract. The claims simply recite the use of common, routine data processing
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`techniques implemented on generic computers in order to carry out the abstract idea.
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`This is insufficient to meet the requirement of the title.
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`For additional guidance please see the USPTO Announcement 2014 Interim
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`Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility (Fed. Reg. 79:241 74618,?4633) and the
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`July 2015 Update: Subject Matter Eligibility (available at uspto.gov).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`5.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all
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`obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action:
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`A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed
`invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the
`claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have
`been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to a person having
`ordinary skill in the art to which the claimed invention pertains. Patentability shall not be
`negated by the manner in which the invention was made.
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`6.
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`Claims 1, 2, 6, 8, 15, 16, 19 and 20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being
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`unpatentable over Yakobi et al. (U.S. Patent No. 6,697,104) in view of Chun et al. (U.S.
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`Patent No. 5,176,082).
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`ln-line citations are to Yakobi.
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`With regard to Claim 1:
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`Yakobi teaches: A monitoring system comprising:
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`a number-of-people counting unit that is provided... and counts the number
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`of people... [abstract; “3 video based system” which “increment[s] at least one of
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`the plurality of counters with an indication of the number of persons that have
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`passed through the area being monitored”]
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`a first camera [Col. 5, lines 49-51; “stand alone end unit 10 comprises a CCD
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`type video camera 12 and an A/D converter 14 for converting the analog
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`information from the camera to digital information”] that is provided in a
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`location... [Col. 9, lines 10-11; "Reference is now made to FIG. 5, which
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`illustrates the assembly of the unit 10, within in a ceiling”] and captures images
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`of people... [Col. 10, lines 1-5; “the CCD camera within end unit 10 can be
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`locked in the precise position--parallel to the floor surface 140. The camera is
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`fixed so that the predicted direction of flow of people (arrow 148) over the area
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`140 will generally in parallel with one of the side of the rectangular FOV 142”]
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`and
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`a server that stores information [Col. 8, lines 7-12; “four end units 80, 82, 84
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`and 86 are installed in four sites for viewing the areas of interest 70, 72, 74 and
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`76 (mall’s entrances, for example). The units are linearly connected to each
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`other, and the data, which extracted from it, are transferred to a central computer
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`78, which is located relatively near to the end units”; the central computer which
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`collects data from the video cameras reads on a server] regarding the number
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`of people counted by the number-of-people counting unit and video data
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`regarding the people captured by the first camera in correlation with each
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`other. [Col. 8, lines 23-27; “a regional office manager (of a chain of malls), can
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`review the raw data of a specific entrance to a specific mall, and also the View
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`the reports produced by the local mall management computer 78”; Col. 12, lines
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`23-27; "the end unit starts operating in a cycle fashion, of detection 204 and
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`matching 206 (with a count update 208, if necessary), wherein at any time, it is
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`possible to remotely access the non-volatile data memory 22 (FIG. 1) and extract
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`data from it”; the raw data is the video captured by the cameras]
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`Yakobi explicitly teaches capturing images of people who are entering or leaving
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`an area. [Col. 4, lines 30-37; “comparing the digitized images of objects detected
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`in the area being monitored with digitized images stored in the working memory
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`unit to determine whether the detected object is a new figure that has entered the
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`area being monitored or whether the detected object is a known figure, that has
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`remained within the area being monitored and to determine that a figure which
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`was not detected has left the area being monitored”] However, Yakobi does not
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`explicitly teach that the cameras are inside a moving object, that they capture
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`images of people who are deboarding the moving object, or that the people
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`deboard the moving object which has arrived at a predetermined position
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`of the location or has arrived at the location, but in addition to being of no
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`patentable significance as explained below, this is known in the art.
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`Chun teaches a subway passenger loading control system [title] in which “Three
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`passing passenger sensing (PPS) posts 9 are installed at the subway train
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`entrance gate 7 and two boarding passengers are shown to be entering the
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`subway train by passing between a pair of PPS posts 9 which will be used for
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`counting the number of passengers entering into the subway train through this
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`entrance. At the centrally located exit gate 8, five PPS posts 9 are installed and
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`four deboarding passengers 10 are shown to be exiting the subway train parallel
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`by passing between pairs of PPS posts 9 which serve for counting the number of
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`passengers deboarding the subway train through this gate”. [Col. 4, lines 16-27]
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`Chen and Yakobi are analogous art as they are both directed to the use of
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`electronic data capture devices to count the number of people entering or leaving
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`an area.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the artjust prior to
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`the filing of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of Chen with that of
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`Yakobi, as it is merely a substitution of one known part for another with
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`predictable results, simply using Yakobi’s camera-based, system exactly as it is
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`configured, at the subway station in place of Chen’s passenger-sensing posts;
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`the substitution produces no new and unexpected result.
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`In this and the subsequent claims, that the camera is counting people as they
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`exit a moving object rather than one fixed is of no patentable significance; the
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`object itself is only a platform to which the device is attached and serves no other
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`purpose, and making something portable, without more, does not distinguish
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`over the art. MPEP 2144.04(V)(A). That they are deboarding a vehicle when it
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`has stopped is nearly inherent; on all transit systems known to the Examiner, the
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`vehicle doors remain closed when the vehicle is not at a designated stop location
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`or is in motion. The reference is provided for the purpose of compact
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`prosecution.
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`With regard to Claim 2:
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`Yakobi teaches: A monitoring system comprising:
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`a number-of-people counting unit that is provided... and counts the number
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`of {people}... [abstract “a video based system" which "increment[s] at least one
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`of the plurality of counters with an indication of the number of persons that have
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`passed through the area being monitored”]
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`a first camera [Col. 5, lines 49-51; “stand alone end unit 10 comprises a CCD
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`type video camera 12 and an A/D converter 14 for converting the analog
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`information from the camera to digital information”] that is provided... [Col. 9,
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`lines 10-11; “Reference is now made to FIG. 5, which illustrates the assembly of
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`the unit 10, within in a ceiling”] and captures images of {people}... [Col. 10,
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`lines 1-5; “the CCD camera within end unit 10 can be locked in the precise
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`position--parallel to the floor surface 140. The camera is fixed so that the
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`predicted direction of flow of people (arrow 148) over the area 140 will generally
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`in parallel with one of the side of the rectangular FOV 142”] and
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`a server that stores information [Col. 8, lines 7-12; “four end units 80, 82, 84
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`and 86 are installed in four sites for viewing the areas of interest 70, 72, 74 and
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`76 (mall’s entrances, for example). The units are linearly connected to each
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`other, and the data, which extracted from it, are transferred to a central computer
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`78, which is located relatively near to the end units”; the central computer which
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`collects data from the video cameras reads on a server] regarding the number
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`of {people} counted by the number-of-people counting unit and video data
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`regarding the {people} captured by the first camera in correlation with each
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`other. [Col. 8, lines 23-27; “a regional office manager (of a chain of malls), can
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`review the raw data of a specific entrance to a specific mall, and also the view
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`the reports produced by the local mall management computer 78”; Col. 12, lines
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`23-27; "the end unit starts operating in a cycle fashion, of detection 204 and
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`matching 206 (with a count update 208, if necessary), wherein at any time, it is
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`possible to remotely access the non-volatile data memory 22 (FIG. 1) and extract
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`data from it”; the raw data is the video captured by the cameras]
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`Yakobi explicitly teaches capturing images of people who are entering or leaving
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`an area. [Col. 4, lines 30-37; “comparing the digitized images of objects detected
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`in the area being monitored with digitized images stored in the working memory
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`unit to determine whether the detected object is a new figure that has entered the
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`area being monitored or whether the detected object is a known figure, that has
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`remained within the area being monitored and to determine that a figure which
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`was not detected has left the area being monitored”] However, Yakobi does not
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`explicitly teach that the unit is inside a railway vehicle, that the people it counts
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`are deboarding passengers who deboard the railway vehicle, that a camera
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`is in a stop of the railway vehicle or that the passengers deboard the railway
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`vehicle which has arrived in a home of the stop or has arrived at the stop, but in
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`addition to being of no patentable significance as explained above in regard to
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`claim 1, it is known in the art.
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`Chun teaches a subway passenger loading control system [title] in which “Three
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`passing passenger sensing (PPS) posts 9 are installed at the subway train
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`entrance gate 7 and two boarding passengers are shown to be entering the
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`subway train by passing between a pair of PPS posts 9 which will be used for
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`counting the number of passengers entering into the subway train through this
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`entrance. At the centrally located exit gate 8, five PPS posts 9 are installed and
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`four deboarding passengers 10 are shown to be exiting the subway train parallel
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`by passing between pairs of PPS posts 9 which serve for counting the number of
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`passengers deboarding the subway train through this gate”. [Col. 4, lines 16-27]
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`Chen and Yakobi are analogous art as they are both directed to the use of
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`electronic data capture devices to count the number of people entering or leaving
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`an area.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the artjust prior to
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`the filing of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of Chen with that of
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`Yakobi, as it is merely a substitution of one known part for another with
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`predictable results, simply using Yakobi’s camera-based, system exactly as it is
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`configured, at the subway station in place of Chen’s passenger-sensing posts;
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`the substitution produces no new and unexpected result.
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`With regard to Claim 6:
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`The monitoring system of Claim 2, further comprising:
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`a statistical processing unit that generates first statistically processed
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`information indicating information regarding the number of deboarding
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`passengers for each time zone in a specific stop; [Col. 7, lines 43-47;
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`“Statistical analysis of the data received is carried by computer 56 and report are
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`produced as required. The reports, which are ‘friendly’ user reports, are now
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`positioned at an Internet site that is hosted by web server 58”; the data include
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`people moving out of an area, as has been cited above] and
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`a display unit that displays the first statistically processed information
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`generated by the statistical processing unit, [Col. 4, lines 57-59; "a device for
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`processing the data and generating reports therefrom, and a device for
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`displaying the reports”; Col. 7, lines 47-51; "In order to ‘surf’ the net and view the
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`reports, an encryption key 66 is needed which is only provided to authorized
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`users who have permission to visit the site. Thus, authorized users can receive,
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`via an Internet connection, the reports wherever he [sic] is located in the world”]
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`wherein the display unit displays video data regarding the deboarding
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`passengers in a designated time zone in response to an operation of
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`designating any time zone of the first statistically processed information in
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`the specific stop. [Col. 7, lines 37-39; “a command is received to extract data
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`(the number of ‘entrances’, the number of ‘exits’ and their clock time)”; the
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`number of entrances and exits based on analyzing the video reads on the
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`claimed video data]
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`In this and the subsequent claims, the applicant appears to be using the phrase
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`“time zone” to indicate a time of day or a time of the arrival of a train at a station,
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`or an interval during which trans arrive, rather than the common American
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`English use which indicates the coordinated time set over a large swath of a
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`region of the Earth, such as “Mountain Standard Time”, and the claims are
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`examined based on the applicant’s use of the phrase.
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`With regard to Claim 8:
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`The monitoring system of Claim 2,
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`wherein the number-of-people counting unit counts the number of boarding
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`passengers who board the railway vehicle which has arrived at the stop,
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`and
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`wherein the server stores information regarding the number of boarding
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`passengers counted by the number-of-people counting unit in correlation
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`with the data stored therein. [Col. 4, lines 30-37; "comparing the digitized
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`images of objects detected in the area being monitored with digitized images
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`stored in the working memory unit to determine whether the detected object is a
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`new figure that has entered the area being monitored or whether the detected
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`object is a known figure, that has remained within the area being monitored and
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`to determine that a figure which was not detected has left the area being
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`monitored”; the combination with Chun that enables the counting of passengers
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`entering a rail car rather than an area of a fixed building has already been
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`established above in regard to claim 2]
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`With regard to Claim 15:
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`The monitoring system of Claim 8, further comprising:
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`a statistical processing unit that generates second statistically processed
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`information indicating information regarding the number of boarding
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`passengers for each time zone in a specific stop; [Col. 7, lines 43-47;
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`“Statistical analysis of the data received is carried by computer 56 and report are
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`produced as required. The reports, which are ‘friendly’ user reports, are now
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`positioned at an Internet site that is hosted by web server 58”; the data include
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`people moving into an area, as has been cited above] and
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`a display unit that displays the second statistically processed information
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`generated by the statistical processing unit, [Col. 4, lines 57-59; “a device for
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`processing the data and generating reports therefrom, and a device for
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`displaying the reports”; Col. 7, lines 47-51; “In order to ‘surf’ the net and view the
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`reports, an encryption key 66 is needed which is only provided to authorized
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`users who have permission to visit the site. Thus, authorized users can receive,
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`via an Internet connection, the reports wherever he [sic] is located in the world"]
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`wherein the display unit displays video data regarding the boarding
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`passengers in a designated time zone in response to an operation of
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`designating any time zone of the second statistically processed
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`information in the specific stop. [Col. 7, lines 37-39; “a command is received
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`to extract data (the number of ‘entrances’, the number of ‘exits’ and their clock
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`time)”; the number of entrances and exits based on analyzing the video reads on
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`the claimed video data]
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`With regard to Claim 16:
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`The monitoring system of Claim 8, further comprising:
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`a statistical processing unit that generates third statistically processed
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`information indicating information regarding the number of boarding
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`passengers for each stop in a specific time zone; [Col. 7, lines 43-47;
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`“Statistical analysis of the data received is carried by computer 56 and report are
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`produced as required. The reports, which are ‘friendly’ user reports, are now
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`positioned at an Internet site that is hosted by web server 58”; the data include
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`people moving into an area, as has been cited above] and
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`a display unit that displays the third statistically processed information
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`generated by the statistical processing unit, [Col. 4, lines 57-59; “a device for
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`processing the data and generating reports therefrom, and a device for
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`displaying the reports”; Col. 7, lines 47-51; "In order to ‘surf’ the net and view the
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`reports, an encryption key 66 is needed which is only provided to authorized
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`users who have permission to visit the site. Thus, authorized users can receive,
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`via an Internet connection, the reports wherever he [sic] is located in the world”]
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`wherein the display unit displays video data regarding the boarding
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`passengers in a designated stop in response to an operation of
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`designating any stop of the third statistically processed information in the
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`specific time zone. [Col. 7, lines 37-39; “a command is received to extract data
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`(the number of ‘entrances’, the number of ‘exits’ and their clock time)"; the
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`number of entrances and exits based on analyzing the video reads on the
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`claimed video data]
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`With regard to Claim 19:
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`Yakobi teaches: A monitoring method in a monitoring system which
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`monitors people... in a location... the method comprising...
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`counting the number of people... [abstract; “a video based system” which
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`“increment[s] at least one of the plurality of counters with an indication of the
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`number of persons that have passed through the area being monitored"]
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`causing a first camera [Col. 5, lines 49-51; "stand alone end unit 10 comprises
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`a CCD type video camera 12 and an A/D converter 14 for converting the analog
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`information from the camera to digital information”] that is provided in the
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`location [Col. 9, lines 10-11; "Reference is now made to FIG. 5, which illustrates
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`the assembly of the unit 10, within in a ceiling”] to capture images of people...
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`[Col. 10, lines 1-5; “the CCD camera within end unit 10 can be locked in the
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`precise position--parallel to the floor surface 140. The camera is fixed so that the
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`predicted direction of flow of people (arrow 148) over the area 140 will generally
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`in parallel with one of the side of the rectangular FOV 142"] and
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`storing information regarding the counted number of people and video data
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`regarding the people captured by the first camera in correlation with each
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`other. [Col. 8, lines 23-27; “a regional office manager (of a chain of malls), can
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`review the raw data of a specific entrance to a specific mall, and also the view
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`the reports produced by the local mall management computer 78"; Col. 12, lines
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`23-27; “the end unit starts operating in a cycle fashion, of detection 204 and
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`matching 206 (with a count update 208, if necessary), wherein at any time, it is
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`possible to remotely access the non-volatile data memory 22 (FIG. 1) and extract
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`data from it”; the raw data is the video captured by the cameras]
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`Yakobi explicitly teaches capturing images of people who are entering or leaving
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`an area. [Col. 4, lines 30-37; “comparing the digitized images of objects detected
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`in the area being monitored with digitized images stored in the working memory
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`unit to determine whether the detected object is a new figure that has entered the
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`area being monitored or whether the detected object is a known figure, that has
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`remained within the area being monitored and to determine that a figure which
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`was not detected has left the area being monitored”] However, Yakobi does not
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`explicitly teach that the people are deboarding a moving object, that the
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`monitoring is done in a place at which the moving object arrives, or detecting
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`that the moving object has arrived at the location, but this is known in the art.
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`Chun teaches a subway passenger loading control system [title] in which “Three
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`passing passenger sensing (PPS) posts 9 are installed at the subway train
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`entrance gate 7 and two boarding passengers are shown to be entering the
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`subway train by passing between a pair of PPS posts 9 which will be used for
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`counting the number of passengers entering into the subway train through this
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`entrance. At the centrally located exit gate 8, five PPS posts 9 are installed and
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`four deboarding passengers 10 are shown to be exiting the subway train parallel
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`by passing between pairs of PPS posts 9 which serve for counting the number of
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`passengers deboarding the subway train through this gate". [Col. 4, lines 16-27]
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`That passengers are being counted entering and exiting the train reads on
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`having detected that the train has stopped.
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`Chen and Yakobi are analogous art as they are both directed to the use of
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`electronic data capture devices to count the number of people entering or leaving
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`an area.
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`It would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the artjust prior to
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`the filing of the claimed invention to combine the teaching of Chen with that of
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`Yakobi, as it is merely a substitution of one known part for another with
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`predictable results, simply using Yakobi’s camera-based, system exactly as it is
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`configured, at the subway station in place of Chen’s passenger-sensing posts;
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`the substitution produces no new and unexpected result.
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`With regard to Claim 20:
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`Yakobi teaches: A monitoring method in a monitoring system which
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`monitors deboarding passengers who deboard a railway vehicle in a stop
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`at which the railway vehicle stops, the method comprising...
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`counting the number of {people}; [abstract; “a video based system" which
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`“increment[s] at least one of the plurality of counters with an indi