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`16/814,666
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`Hiroki KASUGAI
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`MARKD. SARALINO (PAN)
`RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP
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`NAZRUL, SHAHBAZ
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`KASUGAI, Hiroki
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AlA or AIA Status
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the
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`first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103)is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form
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`the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
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`A person shall be entitled to a patent unless —
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`(a)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public
`use, on sale or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the
`claimed invention.
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`(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an
`application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or
`application, as the case may be, namesanother inventor and waseffectively filed before the
`effective filing date of the claimed invention.
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`Claims 1, 5-7 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) and/or 102(a)(2)as being
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`anticipated by Hirose etal. (WO 2013/146893; hereinafter Hirose. The referenceis
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`part of IDS submitted by applicant. Examiner uses the main reference and
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`translation provided by Applicant for citation).
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`Regarding claim 1, Hirose discloses an imaging apparatus (fig. 1) comprising:
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`an imager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data(fig.1,
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`units 11-12);
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`an audio input device configured to receive audio data indicating sound during
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`shooting using the imager (fig.1, unit 15);
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`a detector (CPU 14) configured to detect a subject and a type of the subject
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`based on the image data generated by the imager (fig.2, step S1: the scene
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`determination processing unit 14b of the CPU 14 performs a scene determination
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`process of determining a photographic scene at predeterminedintervals (for example,
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`several frames) based on the through image, and then proceeds to step S2. As the
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`shooting scene determinedin this scene judgment processing, for example, a shooting
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`scene "Portrait" where the subject is a person, a shooting scene "Child" where the
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`subject is a child, and a shooting scene "Landscape" where the subject is a landscape
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`are is there);
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`an audio processor (CPU 14, fig. 1) configured to process the audio data
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`received by the audio input device based on the type of subject detected by the detector
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`(Fig.2, step S3: switches the frequency characteristic to be changedin the frequency
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`characteristic changing unit 14d according to the scene determination result in step S1,
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`and proceeds Io step S4. In the present embodiment, the frequency characteristics of
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`the sound are predetermined for each photographic scene so as to obtain sound
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`suitable for the photographic scene (subject). When the shooting sceneis "child", the
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`frequency characteristic changing unit 14 d changes the frequency characteristic of the
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`voice so as to emphasize the voice of the child. For example, leave only the frequency
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`band of 300 Hz above and below the frequency of 1 kHz, which is the frequency of
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`voice of a general child, and cut off other frequency bands. When the photographic
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`scene is “portrait”, the frequency characteristic changing unit 14 d changes the
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`frequency characteristic of the sound so as to emphasize the voice of the person. For
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`example, we leave only 0. 15 to 13 kHz, which is a frequency band including voices of
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`general people in general, and cut off other frequency bands. When the shooting scene
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`is "landscape", the frequency characteristic changing section 14 d changes the
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`frequency characteristic of the sound so as to cut the wind noise and the high frequency
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`sound); and
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`an operation member (operation member 16, fig. 1) configured to set a target
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`type amonga plurality of types based on a user operation on the imaging apparatus, the
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`target type indicating a type to be processed by the audio processor,the plurality of
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`types includingafirst type and a second typedifferent from the first type (see fig.2, step
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`$1),
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`wherein the audio processor is configured to process the audio data to
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`emphasize or suppress specific sound corresponding to the target type in audio
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`data received when a subject of the target type is detected in the image data
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`(see fig.2, step S3).
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`Regarding claim 5, Hirose discloses the imaging apparatus according to claim 1,
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`wherein each ofthe first and second types is a type regarding any one of a person, an
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`animal other than a person, and an object having a background sound (“it is determined
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`whether or not the photographic scene is "child", "portrait", and "landscape", but the
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`photographic scene may be "pet" May be added” — 40043).
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`Regarding claim 6, Hirose discioses the imaging apparatus according to claim 1,
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`wherein the audio processor is configured to gradually increase an amplification factor
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`from a timing when the detector detects the subject of the target type, the amplification
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`factor emphasizing the specific sound corresponding to the target type (the frequency
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`characteristic change unit 14d sequentially changes the frequency characteristic of the
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`sound based on the determination result — (0034. The frequency characteristic
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`changing unit 14 d from the current frequency characteristic to the frequency
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`characteristic according to the shooting scene determined in step S6 It may be changed
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`gradually. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the frequency characteristic of tile sound of
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`the moving picture from suddenly cilanging between the frames and giving the viewera
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`feeling of strangenessat the time of reproduction — 40040).
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`Regarding claim 7, Hirose discloses the imaging apparatus according to claim 6,
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`wherein the audio processor is configured to gradually decrease the amplification factor,
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`when the subjectof the target type is no longer detected after the subject of the target
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`type is detected by the detector (the frequency characteristic change unit 14d
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`sequentially changes the frequency characteristic of the sound based on the
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`determination result — 40034. The frequency characteristic changing unit 14 d from the
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`current frequency characteristic to the frequency characteristic according to the
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`shooting scene determined in step S6 It may be changed gradually. Thereby,it is
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`possible to prevent the frequency characteristic of tile sound of the moving picture from
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`suddenly cilanging between the frames and giving the viewer a feeling of strangeness
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`at the time of reproduction — 40040).
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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`In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35
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`U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103)is incorrect, any
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`correction of the statutory basis for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of
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`rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be
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`the same under either status.
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`The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness
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`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 of thistitle, if the differences
`between the claimed invention andthe prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole
`would have been obvious before the effectivefiling 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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`Claim(s) 2, 3 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Hirose in view of Arrasvuori et al. (2014/0369506. Referenceis part of IDS).
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`Regarding claim 2, Hirose discloses the imaging apparatus according to claim 1,
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`except, further comprising a display configured to display an image indicated by the
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`image data, and target type information indicating the target type.
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`However, Arrasvuori discloses in figs. 4-8, and the corresponding parts in the
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`specification, that display 410 configured to display an image indicated by the image
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`data (e.g. 530, 540 etc.), and target type information indicating the target type (Hohn
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`doe, a dog etc.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention (AIA) to modify the invention of Hirose to
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`include the teaching of Arrasvuori, to obtain, apparatus further comprising a display
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`configured to display an image indicated by the image data, and target type information
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`indicating the target type, because, combining prior art elements according to known
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`method ready for improvement to yield predictable results is obvious. Furthermore, such
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`combination would enhancethe overall configurability and versatility of the system, by
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`providing the information to the user about current focused target type(s).
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`Regarding claim 3, Hirose in view of Arrasvuori discloses the imaging apparatus
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`according to claim 2, wherein the display is configured to further display information
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`indicating a detection result of the subject by the detector (e.g. John Doe and A dog, as
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`shownin figs. 6-8), and the operation member is configured to set the target type in
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`accordance with a user operation of specifying a subject to be focused in the imaging
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`apparatus based on the information displayed in the display (The user interface
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`controller 320 may be configured to receive an indication of a user action associated
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`with an item representing a sound source of the composite audio signal. The sound
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`source subjected to a user action may bereferred to as a selected sound source. The
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`user interface controller 320 may be further configured to determine an indication of a
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`user selected modification of the audio image on basis of the received indication of the
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`user action associated with the item representing the selected sound source of the
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`composite audio signal. The user selection may involve the user using a mouse, a
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`touchpad or a corresponding arrangementtogether with a respective action button to
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`makethe selection. Additionally or alternatively, the user selection may involve the user
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`using a finger, a stylus or a corresponding pointing device to perform an action on a
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`touchscreen to make the selection — 40079-0080).
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`Claim(s)4, 8, 9 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over
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`Hirose in view of Lee et al. (US 9,332,211; hereinafter Lee).
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`Regarding claim 4, Hirose discloses the imaging apparatus according to claim 1,
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`except, wherein the imaging apparatus has operation modes including a specific
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`operation mode presetone of the plurality of types, and the operation member is
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`configured to set the target type according to a user operation of selecting the specific
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`operation mode among the operation modes of the imaging apparatus.
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`However, Lee discloses, various capture modes and sound capture modes. In a camera
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`mode the audio zooming method is implemented. The capture modes include e.g. basic
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`mode, landscape mode, portrait mode, street mode etc. Also fig. 5 shows that sound
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`capture mode is a sub modeselected and configured by a user in capture mode, that
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`includes screen zoom link mode, a gun mode, a sound zoom variation mode, a gun
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`location change mode, a stereo mode, hearing aid mode andthe likes thereof (fig. 5,
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`Col. 12 line 60- Col. 13, line 6).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effectivefiling date of the claimed invention (AIA) to modify the invention of Hirose to
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`include the teaching of Lee of user settable capture mode and sound capture mode, to
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`obtain, wherein the imaging apparatus has operation modes including a specific
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`operation mode presetone of the plurality of types, and the operation member is
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`configured to set the target type according to a user operation of selecting the specific
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`operation mode among the operation modes of the imaging apparatus, because,
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`combining prior art elements according to known method ready for improvement to yield
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`predictable results is obvious. Furthermore, such combination would enhance the
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`configurability and versatility of the overall system, by giving the user to operate the
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`camera in additional mode based on audio and video capture and synchronization.
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`Regarding claim 8, Hirose discloses the imaging apparatus according to claim 1,
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`except, further comprising a sound collector configured to collect sound, wherein the
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`audio input device is configured to receive audio data indicating sound collected by the
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`sound collector.
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`However, Lee discloses w.r.t. fig. 7A and 7B, when a general capture mode or
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`landscape mode is selected, the sound capture angle is set to 180 degrees to capture
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`sounds in a broad range so as to contain surrounding sounds to the maximum. At this
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`time, the sound capture range 50 is set to the maximum, and whena portrait mode is
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`selected, the controller 180 configures the sound capture angle to be small so as to
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`capture only a specific user's voice, and displays the sound capture range 50 ina
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`narrow range on the automatically recognized face (figs. 7A, 7B, Col. 13, line 60-Col.
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`14, line 12).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention (AIA) to modify the invention of Hirose to
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`include the teaching of setting capturing mode based on varying sound capture angle,
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`to obtain, apparatus further comprising a sound collector configured to collect sound,
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`wherein the audio input device is configured to receive audio data indicating sound
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`collected by the sound collector, because, combining prior art elements according to
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`known method ready for improvement to yield predictable results is obvious.
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`Furthermore, such combination would enhancethe configurability and versatility of the
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`overall system by allowing a user select his or her desired capture mode according to
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`the environmental situation and the kind of a captured subject to control the sound
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`capture angle, thereby automatically controlling the sound capture range (Lee, Col. 14,
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`lines 8-12).
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`Regarding claim 9, Hirose in view of Lee discloses the imaging apparatus according to
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`claim 8, further comprising a beam former configured to change a range in which the
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`sound collector collects sound in accordance with a detection result of the detector (figs.
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`7A, 7B, Col. 13, line 60-Col. 14, line 12).
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`Claim 10-12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Hirose
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`in view of Lee and Arrasvuori.
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`Regarding claim 10, Hirose discloses an imaging apparatus (fig.1) comprising:
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`an irnager configured to capture a subject image to generate image data(fig.1,
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`units.11-12);
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`an audio input device configured to receive audio data indicating sound during
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`shooting using the imager (fig.1, unit15);
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`a detector configured to detect a subject and a type of the subject based on the
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`image data generated by the imager (fig.2, step S1: the scene determination processing
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`unit 14 b of the CPU 14 performs a scene determination process of determining a
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`photographic scene at predeterminedintervals (for example, several frames) based on
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`the through image, and then proceeds to step S 2. As the shooting scene determinedin
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`this scene judgment processing, for example, a shooting scene "Portrait" where the
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`subject is a person, a shooting scene "Child" where the subjectis a child, and a
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`shooting scene "Landscape" where the subject is a landscape are is there);
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`a display configured to display an image indicated by the image data (0016:
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`displayed on an LCD monitor (not shown));
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`an operation member configured to select a focus subject in the image from
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`subjects detected by the detector (0018: AF (auto focus) setting ... the CPU 14
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`switches the photographing setting so as to focus on the child's face recognized by the
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`face recognition processing);
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`an audio processor configured to process the audio data received by the audio
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`input device based on a type of selected subject by the operation member (Fig. 2, step
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`$3: switches the frequency characteristic to be changed in the frequency characteristic
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`changing unit 14 d according to the scene determination result in step S1, and proceeds
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`to step S4. In the present embodiment, the frequency characteristics of the sound are
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`predetermined for each photographic scene so as to obtain sound suitable for the
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`photographic scene (subject). When the shooting scene is "child", the frequency
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`characteristic changing unit 14 d changes the frequency characteristic of the voice so as
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`to emphasize the voice of the child. For example, leave only the frequency band of 300
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`Hz above and below the frequency of 1 kHz, which is the frequencyof voice of a
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`general child, and cut off other frequency bands. When the photographic sceneis
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`"portrait", the frequency characteristic changing unit 14 d changes the frequency
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`characteristic of the sound so as to emphasize the voice of the person. For example, we
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`leave only 0. 15 to 13 kHz, whichis a frequency band including voices of general people
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`in general, and cut off other frequency bands. When the shooting sceneis "landscape",
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`the frequency characteristic changing section 14 d changes the frequency characteristic
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`of the soundso as to cut the wind noise and the high frequency sound).
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`The subject-matter of claim 10 therefore differs from this known imaging apparatus in
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`that: (1) select a focus subject .
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`.. based on a user operation on the imaging apparatus:
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`and (2) a processor configured to cause the display to display target type information
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`indicating the type of the focus subject as a target type to be processed by the audio
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`processor.
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`There is no apparent synergy between features (1) and (2). The subject-matter of claim
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`10, therefore, consists merely in the juxtaposition or association of both known and
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`common measures functioning in their normal way and not producing any non-obvious
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`working interrelationship. The combined features do not mutually support each other in
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`their effects to such an extent that any unexpected or surprisingly advantageous result
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`is achieved.
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`Lee discloses feature (1) in Col. 1, lines 43-48, as a user inputted AF demand selected
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`on the subject to be focused.
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`Arrasvuori discloses teature (2) in figures 4-8 and corresponding parts of the
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`description. E.g. Arrasvuori discloses in figs. 4-8, and the corresponding parts in the
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`specification, that display 410 configured to display an image indicated by the image
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`data (e.g. 530, 540 etc.), and target type information indicating the target type (Hohn
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`doe, a dog etc.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the
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`effective filing date of the claimed invention (AIA) to modify the invention of Hirose to
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`include the teachings of Lee and Arrasvuori, to obtain, select a focus subject .
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`.. based
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`on a user operation on the imaging apparatus: and a processor configured to cause the
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`display to display target type information indicating the type of the focus subject as a
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`target type to be processed by the audio processor, because, combining prior art
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`elements according to known method ready for improvement to yield predictable results
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`is obvious. Furthermore, such combination would enhancethe overall configurability
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`and versatility of the system, by providing the information to the user about current
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`focused target type(s). Combination would also allow user to apply automatic focusing
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`feature on a desired subjectof interest.
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`Regarding claim 11, Hirose in view of Lee and Arrasvuori discloses the imaging
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`apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to further cause
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`the display to display emphasis level information indicating a level at which the audio
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`processor emphasizes or suppresses specific sound of the selected subject (Hirose:
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`Fig. 2, step S3. In step S3, the frequency cllaracteristic change unit 14d of tlle CPU
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`14 switches the frequency characteristic of the sound to be recorded in accordance with
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`the determined voice (cry) of the pet (animal). For example, when the type of pet
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`(animal) is a dog, the frequency band of the soundto be recorded is switched to 500 to
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`-1000 Hz so that the dog's bark can be emphasized. Whenthe type of pet (animal) is a
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`cat, switch the frequency band of the sound to be recorded to 750 to 1500 Hz sottlat
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`the bark of the cat can be emphasized. That is, the frequencycriaracteristic of trle
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`sound to be recorded is set in accordance with the frequency characteristic of the voice
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`(cry) of a pet (animal) — cited from translation provided, page 8, 43).
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`Regarding claim 12, Hirose in view of Lee and Arrasvuori discloses the imaging
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`apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor is configured to, in response to
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`change of the focus subject with a type of the focus subject after the change being
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`different from the target type before the change, update the target type information to
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`indicate the type after the change asthe target type, and causethe display to display
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`the updated. target type information (Hirose: even when tile subject changes in the
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`middle of the moving image, it is possible to make the sound of the moving image
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`suitabie for the subject — §0033-0038).
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`Conclusion
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`The prior and/or pertinent art(s) made of record and not relied upon is considered
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`pertinent to applicant's disclosure, are - Ozawa (20050140810), Inagaki (5,999,214),
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`Matsumotoet al. (10909384), Kelly et al. (10,778,900), Kim et al. (10,051,364) — who
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`disclose different AV systems ofinterest.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/814,666
`Art Unit: 2697
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