`Reply to Office Action dated April 13, 2020
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`Amendments to the Claims:
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`This listing of claims will replace all prior versions, and listings, of claims in the
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`application:
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`Listing of Claims:
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) An apparatus comprising:
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`capturing devices configured to capture images in and around an intersection, the
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`capturing devices being one of selected—eutef—video cameras, radars, or sensors,
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`one or more first wireless transceivers configured to perform directional
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`communication with a second wireless transceiver mounted on a vehicle using a directional
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`beam, and
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`circuitm a—eireuit—configured to:
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`estimate a position of the vehicle in and around the intersection on a basis
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`of a communication state of the directional beam used in the directional communication,
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`determine a lane in which the vehicle is present and a direction of travel in
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`and around the intersection from the estimated position of the vehicle;
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`determine one or more blind-sp_ot areas of the vehicle on a basis of a result
`of the determination of the lane and the direction of travel' and
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`select a piece of data from among pieces of data corresponding to the
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`images that are capturing images of the one or more blind-sp_ot areas eaptureel—bfihe—eapturi—ng
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`devices-on a basis of a result of the determination of the one or more blind-spot areas—the
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`estimated—pesi—tien—eilthe—vehiele, wherein
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`the one or more first wireless transceivers transmit the selected piece of data to
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`the second wireless transceiver mounted on the vehicle.
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`(Currently Amended) The apparatus according to Claim 1, wherein
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`the circuitm circuit—is configured to estimate the position of the vehicle on a basis
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`of a direction of the directional beam used in the directional communication.
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`3.
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`(Previously Presented) The apparatus according to Claim 1; wherein
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`the capturing devices capture images of different areas in and around the
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`intersection.
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`4.
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`(Currently Amended) A method comprising:
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`capturing; by a plurality of image capturers; images in and around an intersection;
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`performing; by one or more first wireless communicators; directional
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`communication with between—a second wireless communicator mounted on a vehicle and—ene—er
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`directional beam;
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`estimating a position of the vehicle in and around the intersection on a basis of a
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`communication state of the directional beam used in the directional communication;
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`determining a lane in which the vehicle is present and a direction of travel in and
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`around the intersection from the estimated position of the vehicle;
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`determining one or more blind-spot areas of the vehicle on a basis of a result of
`the determination of the lane and the direction of travel'
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`selecting a piece of data from among pieces of data corresponding to the images
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`that are cap_turing images of the one or more blind-sp_ot areas eaptured—bfihe—pl—ural—i—tyefli-mage
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`eapturers—on a basis of a result of the determination of the one or more blind-spot areas—the
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`estimated—positien—eflthe—vehiele; and
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`transmitting; by the one or more first wireless communicators; the selected piece
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`of data to the second wireless communicator of the vehicle.
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`5.
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`(Currently Amended) The method according to Claim 4, wherein
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`estimating the position of the vehicle includes further—eem-pri—si-n-g—z estimating the position of the
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`vehicle on a basis of a direction of the directional beam used in the directional communication.
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`6.
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`(Previously Presented) The method according to Claim 4, wherein
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`the pieces of data corresponding to the images captured by the plurality of image
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`capturers are pieces of data of images of different areas in and around the intersection.
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`7.
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`(Previously Presented) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
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`in a case where the estimated position of the vehicle is in a comer of the
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`intersection for making a left-hand turn, the selected piece of data corresponds to an area in a left
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`rear of the vehicle and to an area in a right rear of the vehicle, and
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`in a case where the estimated position of the vehicle is at a center of the
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`intersection for making a right-hand turn, the selected piece of data corresponds to an area
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`behind another vehicle in an opposite lane of the vehicle and to an area right of the vehicle.
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`8.
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`(Previously Presented) The method according to claim 4, wherein
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`in a case where the estimated position of the vehicle is in a comer of the
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`intersection for making a left-hand turn, the selected piece of data corresponds to an area in a left
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`rear of the vehicle and to an area in a right rear of the vehicle, and
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`in a case where the estimated position of the vehicle is at a center of the
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`intersection for making a right-hand turn, the selected piece of data corresponds to an area
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`behind another vehicle in an opposite lane of the vehicle and to an area right of the vehicle.
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`9.
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`(Currently Amended) An apparatus comprising:
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`capturing devices configured to capture images in and around an intersection, the
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`capturing devices being one of selected—eut—Gf—video cameras, radars, or sensors,
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`one or more first wireless transceivers configured to perform directional
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`communication with a second wireless transceiver mounted on a vehicle using a directional
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`beam,
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`a processor; and
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`a non-transitory recording medium storing thereon a computer program, which
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`when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
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`estimate a position of the vehicle in and around the intersection on a basis
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`of a communication state of the directional beam used in the directional communication,
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`determine a lane in which the vehicle is present and a direction of travel in
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`and around the intersection from the estimated position of the vehicle;
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`determine one or more blind-sp_ot areas of the vehicle on a basis of a result
`of the determination of the lane and the direction of travel' and
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`select a piece of data from among pieces of data corresponding to the
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`images that are capturing images of the one or more blind-spot areas eaptured—by—the—eaptufing
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`devices-on a basis of a result of the determination of the one or more blind-spot areas—the
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`wherein the one or more first wireless transceivers transmit the selected piece of
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`data to the second wireless transceiver mounted on the vehicle.
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`10.
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`(Previously Presented) The apparatus according to Claim 9, wherein
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`the position of the vehicle is estimated based on a direction of the directional
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`beam used in the directional communication.
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`11.
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`(Previously Presented) The apparatus according to Claim 9, wherein
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`the capturing devices capture images of different areas in and around the
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`intersection.
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`12.
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`(Previously Presented) The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
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`in a case where the estimated position of the vehicle is in a comer of the
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`intersection for making a left-hand turn, the selected piece of data corresponds to an area in a left
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`rear of the vehicle and to an area in a right rear of the vehicle, and
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`in a case where the estimated position of the vehicle is at a center of the
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`intersection for making a right-hand turn, the selected piece of data corresponds to an area
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`behind another vehicle in an opposite lane of the vehicle and to an area in right of the vehicle.
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`13.
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`(Previously Presented) The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the
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`circuitry is configured to estimate the position of the vehicle in and around the intersection based
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`on at least one of a strength, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), or a signal-to-interference-plus-noise
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`ratio (SINR) of the direction beam.
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