Application No.: 13/256,750
`Amendment Dated: January 29, 2013
`Reply to Office Action of: November 8, 2013
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`OHNO—113US
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`RemarkslArguments:
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`Claims 1—8 have been rejected underv35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph.
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`Furthermore, claims 1—8 have been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being
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`unpatentable over Shiraishi (US 7,088,906), Ikeda (US 2008/0292270) and Yamada
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`(US 5,469,307). The claims have been amended to overcome both the 112 rejection
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`and the 103 rejection. Thus, Applicants’ pending claims are now allowable for the
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`reasons set forth below.
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`The technical problem to be solved by exemplary embodiments of the present
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`invention is as described in paragraph [0011] of the originally filed application:
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`However, during display of the mask screen, a disk
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`replacement demand screen based on data recorded on
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`a BD-ROM disk is also masked. Thus, the driver and a
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`passenger
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`(hereinafter
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`referred to collectively as
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`a
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`"user") cannot visually recognize the disk replacement
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`demand screen, and cannot
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`recognize on a display
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`screen that
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`the BD-ROM disk needs to be replaced.
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`Also,
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`since a
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`silent state continues,
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`the user may
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`incorrectly recognize that the apparatus has failed.
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`In accordance with the examples whiCh are described in paragraphs [0110] and '
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`[0112] of the originally filed application, before switching to a “new disk replacement
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`demand screen” (the disk replacement demand screen based on the disk replacement
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`demand screen information held by the screen information holding unit 121 of the
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`signal processing unit 115), “the conventional disk replacement demand screen is
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`normally reproduced in the background." Thus, because the disk replacement
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`demand screen is blocked from view by the mask screen, the “user" cannot see (i.e.
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`visually recognize) the disk replacement demand screen. Thus, the user cannot
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`recognize on the display screen that the BD-ROM disk needs to be replaced.
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`Thus, Applicants’ invention includes language in claim 1 as follows:
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`the signal processing unit causes the mask screen to
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`be output based on the first screen information instead
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`Amendment Dated: January 29, 2013
`Reply to Office Action of: November 8, 2013
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`of the image of the BD-J
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`title containing a different
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`replacement demand screen based on the data recorded
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`on the housed optical disk while the vehicle is running
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`and the BD~J title is being reproduced, and
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`the signal processing unit switches a screen to be output
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`from the mask screen based on the first
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`screen
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`information to the replacement demand screen based on
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`the second screen information when the sound of the
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`BD—J
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`title is
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`in
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`a
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`silent state continuously for
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`a
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`predetermined time or more and concerning a condition
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`that disk unbound information is stored in an application
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`in the housed optical disk while the vehicle is running
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`the BD—J title is being reproduced.
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`Furthermore, Applicants’ claim 7 includes the features of:
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`the signal processing unit causes the mask screen to
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`be output based on
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`first screen information instead of
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`the image of the title while the vehicle is running and
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`the title is being reproduced, and
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`the signal processing unit switches a screen to be output
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`from the mask screen based on
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`the first
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`screen
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`information to the replacement demand screen based on
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`the second screen information when the sound of the
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`title is in a silent state continuously for a predetermined
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`time or more while the vehicle is running the title is
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`being reproduced
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`An exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described in paragraph
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`[0102] of the originally filed application where it is stated:
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`In particular, in this embodiment, when the sound of the
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`title is in the silent state continuously for a longer time
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`than the threshold while the vehicle is running and the
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`Amendment Dated: January 29, 2013
`Reply to Office Action of: November 8, 2013
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`titleis being reproduced, the disk replacement demand
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`screen is displayed on the monitor 13 based on the disk
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`replacement demand screen
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`information
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`previously
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`prepared in the signal processing unit 115. This can
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`prompt
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`the user
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`to
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`replace
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`the
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`BD—ROM 10
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`at
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`appropriate timing.
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`In this embodiment,
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`the output
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`screen of the monitor 13 is switched from the mask
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`screen to the disk replacement demand screen, and thus
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`the disk replacement demand screen is displayed on the
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`monitor 13. This allows the user to easily recognize that
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`the BD—ROM 10 needs to be replaced. The output screen
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`may be directly or indirectly switched from the mask
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`screen to the disk replacement demand screen.
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`None of the references of record disclose the above—mentioned technical
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`problems. Thus, the references of record neither disclose nor suggest the feature of:
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`the signal processing unit causes the mask screen to
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`be output based on the first screen information instead
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`of the image of the BD—J
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`title containing a different
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`replacement demand screen based on the data recorded
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`on the housed optical disk while the vehicle is running
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`and the BD—J title is being reproduced, and
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`the signal processing unit switches a screen to be output
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`from the mask screen . based on the first
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`screen
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`information to the replacement demand screen based on
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`the second screen information when the sound of the
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`BD—J
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`title
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`is
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`in
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`a
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`silent state continuously for
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`a
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`predetermined time or more and concerning a condition
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`that disk unbound information is stored in an application
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`in the housed optical disk while the vehicle is running
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`the ED] title is being reproduced.
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`Application No.: 13/256,750
`Amendment Dated: January 29, 2013
`Reply to Office Action of: November 8, 2013
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`OHNO—113US
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`Regarding the arguments set forth on page 2 of the Office Action, Applicants
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`have made amendments to clarify the claim language so that the Examiner’s concerns
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`are addressed. More specifically, the BD—J title contains a screen which tells a user to
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`replace the optical disk. Claim 1 has been amended to include “a different
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`replacement demand screen” which is the screen on the BD—J title that is prompting for
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`the disk to be replaced. This “a different replacement demand screen” cannot be seen
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`by the user because the mask screen is being displayed. Therefore, Applicants’ claim 1
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`recites a “replacement demand screen” that prompts the user to replace the disk
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`because the “a different replaCement demand screen” cannot be seen by the user while
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`the mask screen is being displayed. Thus, paragraph [0102] that “the output screen of
`the monitor 13 is switched from the mask screen to the disk replacement demand
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`screen, and thus the disk replacement demand screen is displayed on the monitor 13.”
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`Applicants’ note a provisional double patenting rejection.
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`It is respectfully
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`submitted, however, that the features of “a replacement demand screen” and “a
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`different replacement demand screen based on the data recorded on the housed
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`optical disk” is not claimed in the application which serves as the basis of the
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`provisional double patenting rejection. Accordingly, withdrawal of the provisional
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`double patenting rejection is respectfully requested.
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`This application is in condition for allowance which action is respectfully
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`requested.
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`LEA/dmw
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`Dated: January 29, 2014
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`P.O. Box 980
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`Valley Forge, PA 19482
`(610) 4070700
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`FP__2098436
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`Attorney for Applicants
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