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Application No. 15/597,745
`Reply to Office Action dated February 25, 2020
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Previously Presented) An object detection apparatus comprising:
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`an input port, which, in operation, receives information on a plurality of objects in
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`surroundings of a vehicle and information on a traffic environment of the vehicle,
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`the information on the plurality of objects including at least one of
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`direction information, distance information, or relative speed information of the plurality of
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`objects with reference to the vehicle,
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`the plurality of objects being detected by a sensor installed on the vehicle,
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`a controller, which, in operation,
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`determines whether or not a total size of the information on the plurality of
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`objects is greater than a predetermined value in order to determine whether the information on
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`the plurality of objects is able to be transmitted to an in-vehicle apparatus that controls the
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`vehicle, and,
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`in response to the total size of the information on the plurality of objects
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`being greater than the predetermined value, assigns, based on the information on the plurality of
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`objects and the information on the traffic environment, a priority to each of the plurality of
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`objects, and selects pieces of information from the information on the plurality of objects based
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`on the priority for each of the plurality of objects, and
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`an output port, which, in operation, outputs the selected pieces of information to
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`the in-vehicle apparatus.
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`2.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`1, wherein the information on the traffic environment is received from at least one of a
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`navigation apparatus used in the vehicle, atraff1c environment recognition apparatus installed on
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`a road on which the vehicle runs, or the sensor.
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`3.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`1, wherein the in-vehicle apparatus is at least one of a device that controls running of the vehicle
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`or a device that controls one or more contents displayed on a display apparatus used in the
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`vehicle.
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`4.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`1, wherein the output port outputs the selected pieces of information to the in-vehicle apparatus
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`sequentially in order of priority from high to low.
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`5.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`wherein information on each object detected by the sensor includes a plurality of
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`items associated with the object,
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`wherein the output port, in operation, outputs, to the in-vehicle apparatus,
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`information on the plurality of objects belonging to a first information group and information on
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`the plurality of objects belonging to a second information group that is lower in priority than the
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`first information group, the first information group and the second information group being
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`included in the selected pieces of information, and
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`wherein a number of items included in the first information group is larger than a
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`number of items included in the second information group.
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`6.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`5, wherein the controller, in operation, removes one or more items from the second information
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`group based on the information on the traffic environment.
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`7.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`wherein the output port, in operation, outputs to the in-vehicle apparatus,
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`information on the plurality of objects belonging to a first information group and information on
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`the plurality of objects belonging to a second information group that is lower in priority than the
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`first information group, the first information group and the second information group being
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`included in the selected pieces of information, and
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`wherein a frequency of outputting the second information group is lower than a
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`frequency of outputting the first information group.
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`8.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`wherein the input port receives the information on the plurality of objects time-
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`sequentially,
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`wherein the controller, in operation, attempts to repeatedly perform a target
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`tracking process on the plurality of objects based on the information on the plurality of objects,
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`and
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`wherein the controller, in operation, determines the priority for each of the
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`plurality of objects based on the information on the plurality of objects, the information on the
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`traffic environment, and a result of the target tracking process.
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`9.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`8, comprising a memory,
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`wherein the controller, in operation, repeatedly detects second information on a
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`first object selected by the target tracking process on the plurality of objects, and repeatedly
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`stores the second information in the memory, the second information including a plurality of
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`second items associated with the first obj ect.
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`10.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`wherein the controller, in operation, detects, by comparing the detected second
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`information with the stored second information, one or more differential second items among the
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`plurality of second items, and
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`wherein the output port, in operation, outputs the one or more differential second
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`items to the in-vehicle apparatus.
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`11.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`8, comprising a memory,
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`wherein the output port, in operation, outputs, to the in-vehicle apparatus,
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`information on the plurality of objects belonging to a first information group and information on
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`the plurality of objects belonging to a second information group that is lower in priority than the
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`first information group, the first information group and the second information group being
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`included in the selected pieces of information,
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`wherein the controller, in operation, repeatedly detects second information on a
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`first object among the second information group selected by the target tracking process on the
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`plurality of objects, and repeatedly stores the second information in the memory, the second
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`information including a plurality of second items associated with the first object,
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`wherein the controller, in operation, detects, by comparing the second information
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`with the stored second information, one or more differential second items among the plurality of
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`second items, and
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`wherein the output port, in operation, outputs the one or more differential second
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`items to the in-vehicle apparatus.
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`12.
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`(Previously Presented) A non-transitory computer-readable storage
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`medium storing a program, which, in operation, causes a computer to execute a process
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`comprising:
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`receiving information on a plurality of objects in surroundings of a vehicle and
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`information on a traffic environment of the vehicle,
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`the information on the plurality of objects including at least one of
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`direction information, distance information, or relative speed information of the plurality of
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`objects with reference to the vehicle,
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`the plurality of objects being detected by a sensor installed on the vehicle,
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`Application No. 15/597,745
`Reply to Office Action dated February 25, 2020
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`determining whether or not a total size of the information on the plurality of
`
`objects is greater than a predetermined value in order to determine whether the information on
`
`the plurality of objects is able to be transmitted to an in-vehicle apparatus that controls the
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`vehicle;
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`in response to the total size of the information on the plurality of objects being
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`greater than the predetermined value, assigning, based on the information on the plurality of
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`objects and the information on the traffic environment, a priority to each of the plurality of
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`objects, and selecting pieces of information from the information on the plurality of objects
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`based on the priority for each of the plurality of obj ects, and
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`outputting the selected pieces of information to the in-vehicle apparatus.
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`13.
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`(Previously Presented) The object detection apparatus according to Claim
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`1, wherein the information on the traffic environment includes at least one of information
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`indicating a type of a road on which the vehicle is travelling, information indicating a building
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`adjacent to the road on which the vehicle is travelling, or information indicating a current
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`weather condition.
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