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`16/129,057
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`09/12/2018
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`Daisuke WAKEYAMA
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`Seed IP Law Group LLP/Panason1e
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`ART UNIT
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`2488
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/129,057
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`PEET DHILLON
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`WAKEYAMA et al.
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`4):] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
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`Application/Control Number: 16/129,057
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice ofAIA Status
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`1.
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`The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first
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`inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`App]1'cant(s) Response to Official Action
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`The response filed on 10/09/2019 has been entered and made of record.
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`Response to Arguments/Amendments
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`Presented arguments have been fully considered, but are rendered moot in View of the new
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`ground(s) of rejection necessitated by amendment(s) initiated by the applicant(s).
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`Claim Objections
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`2.
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`Claim 7 is objected to because of the following informalities: The claim recites: “. ..
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`transmitting, by the camera the camera and in response to the image request ...” (emphasis added).
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`It appears the limitation should recite “. .. transmitting, by the camera and in response to the image
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`request ...” Appropriate correction is required.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 U5C§103
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`3.
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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, 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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`4.
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`Claims 1-3, 6-9 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Smith et al.,
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`hereinafter referred to as Smith (US 2016 / 0105644 A1 — already of record) in view of Ezoe et al.,
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`hereinafter referred to as Ezoe (US 2011 / 0234832 A1).
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`As per claim 1, Smith discloses a monitoring camera system (i.e., 100),
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`comprising: a camera (i.e., 101), and a master device (i.e., 102, 1000 collectively act as a master
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`device),
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`which, in operation, communicates with the camera (i.e., 101) and a mobile communication terminal
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`(i.e., 103) having a display (Smith: Abstract, Figure 1, [0082], [0097], [0215]; A monitoring system
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`seen in figure 1 includes at least one camera 101, and a master device (102, 1000), that communicate
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`to a client device 103.),
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`wherein the camera, in operation, detects movement and captures a first image at a first timing in an
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`imaging area (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105]; Figure 2L; Camera 101
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`detects motion and captures a first image at a first timing in an imaging area.),
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`captures a second image at a second timing after the first timing in the imaging area (Smith: [0086]-
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`[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105]; Figure 2L; Camera 101 captures a second image after the
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`first timing in the imaging area using timer 211.),
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`and transmits a predetermined notification to the master device in response to the second image
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`being captured (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215], Figure 2L; The camera 101
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`includes a motion detector 204 and detects movement at a first timing and captures video. Timer 211
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`is set to send another wakeup signal to camera 101 to capture an image after the first detected
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`motion captured image. The same wakeup signal allows camera 101 to send a predetermined
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`notification to the master device (102, 1000). The first and second timing result in a before and after
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`notification, which is defined as a predetermined notification as described in the applicant’s
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`specification page 17, lines 10-16 and page 26, lines 3-9.),
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`wherein the master device, in operation, transmits, in response to the predetermined notification
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`transmitted from the camera being received by the master device, an image request for requesting
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`the first image and the second image to the camera (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098],
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`[0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; After the master device (102, 1000) receives the predetermined
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`notification, the master device (102, 1000) requests the first and second captured videos.),
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`wherein the camera, in operation, transmits, in response to the image request transmitted from the
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`master device being received by the camera, the first image and the second image together to the
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`master device (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; The
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`camera 101 sends the captured images to master device (102, 1000) based the request.),
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`and wherein the master device, in operation, transmits, in response the first image and the second
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`image being received by the master device, the first image and the second image together to the
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`mobile communication terminal to be displayed on the display (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095],
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`[0098], [0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; The master device (102, 1000) sends the captured images to
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`client device 103 for display).
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`However Smith does not explicitly disclose “. .. wherein the camera, in operation, transmits
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`the first image and the second image together
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`the first image and the second image together
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`to the mobile communication terminal.”
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`Further, Ezoe is in the same field of endeavor and teaches wherein the camera, in operation,
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`transmits the first image and the second image together (Ezoe: [0063]; Images captured by the
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`camera 200 are transmitted to a client 400 via the network 500, and a first panorama image and a
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`second panorama image are displayed on a display screen of the client 400 together with a live
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`image.);
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`the first image and the second image together to the mobile communication terminal (Ezoe: [0063];
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`Images captured by the camera 200 are transmitted to a client 400 via the network 500, and a first
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`panorama image and a second panorama image are displayed on a display screen of the client 400
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`together with a live image.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith and Ezoe before him or her,
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`to modify the camera system of Smith to include the together images feature as described in Ezoe.
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`The motivation for doing so would have been to improve image viewing by providing multiple
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`angles of view (Ezoe: [0010], [0166]).
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`As per claim 2, Smith—Ezoe disclose the system of claim 1, wherein the second timing is a
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`timing at which detection of the movement by the camera has ended (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093],
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`[0098], [0103], [0105], [0215], Figure 2L; Timer 211 sends multiple wakeup signals to camera 101 that
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`allow the camera to be configured to capture images. The camera does not have to rely on motion
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`detection to capture an image.).
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`As per claim 3, Smith—Ezoe disclose the system of claim 1, wherein the second timing is a
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`timing at which a predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing (Smith: [0086]-[0088],
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`[0093], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215], Figure 2L; Timer 211 can set multiple timings at which a
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`predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.).
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`As per claim 6, Smith discloses the system of claim 1, wherein the first image and the
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`second image are displayed side—by—side in the display of the mobile communication terminal (Smith:
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`[0134], [0174], Figures 6A-6F, 8B; The captured images are displayed on the user’s mobile device
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`communication device 103).
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`However, Smith does not explicitly disclose “. .. wherein the first captured image and the
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`second captured image are displayed side by side.”
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`Further, Ezoe teaches wherein the first image and the second image are displayed side by
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`side (Ezoe: Figs. 19, 27; [0063], [0135], [0149]; The first image and the second image are displayed on
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`a display screen.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith and Ezoe before him or her,
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`to modify the camera system of Smith to include the side—by—side image feature as described in
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`Ezoe. The motivation for doing so would have been to improve image viewing by providing
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`multiple angles of view (Ezoe: [0010], [0166]).
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`As per claim 7, Smith discloses a monitoring method for a monitoring camera system
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`including a camera (i.e., 100) and a master device (i.e., 102, 1000 collectively act as a master device) in
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`communication with the camera (i.e., 101) and a mobile communication terminal (i.e., 103) having a
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`display (Smith: Abstract, Figure 1, [0082], [0097], [0215]; A monitoring system seen in figure 1
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`includes at least one camera 101, and a master device (102, 1000), that communicate to a client device
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`103.),
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`the monitoring method comprising: detecting, by the camera, movement at a first timing in an
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`imaging area (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105]; Figure 2L; Camera 101
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`detects motion at a first timing in an imaging area.),
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`capturing, by the camera, a first image at the first timing in the imaging area (Smith: [0086]-[0088],
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`[0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105]; Figure 2L; Camera 101 detects motion and captures a first
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`image at a first timing in an imaging area.);
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`capturing, by the camera, a second image at a second timing after the first timing in the imaging area
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`(Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105]; Figure 2L; Camera 101 captures a second
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`image after the first timing in the imaging area using timer 211.);
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`transmitting, by the camera, a predetermined notification to the master device in response to the
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`second image being captured (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215], Figure 2L;
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`The camera 101 includes a motion detector 204 and detects movement at a first timing and captures
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`video. Timer 211 is set to send another wakeup signal to camera 101 to capture an image after the
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`first detected motion captured image. The same wakeup signal allows camera 101 to send a
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`predetermined notification to the master device (102, 1000). The first and second timing result in a
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`before and after notification, which is defined as a predetermined notification as described in the
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`applicant’s specification page 17, lines 10-16 and page 26, lines 3-9.);
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`transmitting, by the master device and in response to the predetermined notification transmitted
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`from the camera being received by the master device, an image request for requesting the first image
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`and the second image to the camera (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105],
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`[0215]; Figure 2L; After the master device (102, 1000) receives the predetermined notification, the
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`master device (102, 1000) requests the first and second captured videos.);
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`transmitting, by the camera the camera and in response to the image request transmitted from the
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`master device being received by the camera, the first image and the second image together to the
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`master device (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; The
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`camera 101 sends the captured images to master device (102, 1000) based the request);
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`and transmitting, by the master device and in response the first image and the second image being
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`received by the master device, the first image and the second image together to the mobile
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`communication terminal to be displayed on the display (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098],
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`[0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; The master device (102, 1000) sends the captured images to client
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`device 103 for display).
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`However Smith does not explicitly disclose “. .. transmitting, by the camera
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`the first
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`image and the second image together
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`the first image and the second image together to the mobile
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`communication terminal.”
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`Further, Ezoe is in the same field of endeavor and teaches transmitting, by the camera the
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`first image and the second image together (Ezoe: [0063]; Images captured by the camera 200 are
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`transmitted to a client 400 via the network 500, and a first panorama image and a second panorama
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`image are displayed on a display screen of the client 400 together with a live image.);
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`the first image and the second image together to the mobile communication terminal (Ezoe: [0063];
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`Images captured by the camera 200 are transmitted to a client 400 via the network 500, and a first
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`panorama image and a second panorama image are displayed on a display screen of the client 400
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`together with a live image.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith and Ezoe before him or her,
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`to modify the camera system of Smith to include the together images feature as described in Ezoe.
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`The motivation for doing so would have been to improve image viewing by providing multiple
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`angles of view (Ezoe: [0010], [0166]).
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`As per claim 8, Smith discloses the system of claim 1, wherein the second timing is a timing
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`in which camera detects no movement (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105];
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`Figure 2L; Timer 211 can be configured to send multiple wakeup signals at different timings that
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`allow camera 101 to capture images without motion detection.),
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`and the mobile communication terminal displays the first image and the second image eofieu-Erent-l-y
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`(Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; The master device (102,
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`1000) sends the captured images to client device 103 for display).
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`However Smith does not explicitly disclose “. .. displays the first image and the second
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`image concurrently.”
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`Further, Ezoe teaches displays the first image and the second image concurrently (Ezoe:
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`Figs. 19, 27; [0063], [0135], [0149]; Images captured by the camera 200 are transmitted to a client 400
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`via the network 500, and a first panorama image and a second panorama image are displayed on a
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`display screen of the client 400 together with a live image [implies concurrently].).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith and Ezoe before him or her,
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`to modify the camera system of Smith to include the displaying images concurrently feature as
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`described in Ezoe. The motivation for doing so would have been to improve image viewing by
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`providing multiple angles of view (Ezoe: [0010], [0166]).
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`As per claim 9, Smith discloses the system of claim 1, wherein the second timing is a timing
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`in which a predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing (Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093],
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`[0095], [0098], [0103], [0105]; Figure 2L; Timer 211 can be configured to send multiple wakeup
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`signals at different timings which are elapsed from the first timing.),
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`and the mobile communication terminal displays the first image and the second image eoneuerentk
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`(Smith: [0086]-[0088], [0093], [0095], [0098], [0103], [0105], [0215]; Figure 2L; The master device (102,
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`1000) sends the captured images to client device 103 for display).
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`However Smith does not explicitly disclose “. .. displays the first image and the second
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`image concurrently.”
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`Further, Ezoe teaches displays the first image and the second image concurrently (Ezoe:
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`Figs. 19, 27; [0063], [0135], [0149]; Images captured by the camera 200 are transmitted to a client 400
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`via the network 500, and a first panorama image and a second panorama image are displayed on a
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`display screen of the client 400 together with a live image [implies concurrently].).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith and Ezoe before him or her,
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`to modify the camera system of Smith to include the displaying images concurrently feature as
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`described in Ezoe. The motivation for doing so would have been to improve image viewing by
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`providing multiple angles of view (Ezoe: [0010], [0166]).
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`5.
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`Claims 4 & 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Smith in view of
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`Ezoe in further view of Borg (US 6,313,872 B1 — already of record).
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`As per claim 4, Smith—Ezoe disclose the system of claim 2, wherein the camera, in
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`operation, discontinues processing of deteenng—the—mevement [camera function] until a
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`predetermined time period elapses from the first timing, and resumes processing of deteeEi-ng-t-he
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`movement [camera function] after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing
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`(Smith: [0093]; Camera discontinues processing by operating in a sleep state in one predetermined
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`time period and wakes up to process and capture images at another predetermined time period,
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`while the motion sensor remains powered.).
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`However Smith—Ezoe do not explicitly disclose “. .
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`. discontinues processing of detecting the
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`movement until a predetermined time period elapses from the first timing, and resumes processing
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`of detecting the movement after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.”
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`Further, Borg is in the same field of endeavor and teaches discontinues processing of
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`detecting the movement until a predetermined time period elapses from the first timing, and
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`resumes processing of detecting the movement after the predetermined time period has elapsed
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`from the first timing (Borg: col 2, lines 35-52; An infrared sensor 3 detects people and operates in a
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`15 second interval. Thus, discontinues processing motion ofa person until until a second
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`predetermined time period elapses from a first timing and resumes processing of detecting the
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`motion after the second predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith—Ezoe and Borg before him or
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`her, to modify the motion detection system of Smith—Ezoe to include the discontinue processing
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`feature as described in Borg. The motivation for doing so would have been to improve reduction in
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`power by providing power—conserving means which turns on power to the camera and
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`theprocessing and communication circuits onlywhen they are being used (Borg: col 1, lines 58-61).
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`As per claim 5, Smith—Ezoe disclose the system of claim 3, wherein the camera, in
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`operation, discontinues processing of deteetrng—the—movement [camera function] until a
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`predetermined time period elapses from the first timing and resumes processing of detest-ing—t—he
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`movement [camera function] after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing
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`(Smith: [0093]; Camera discontinues processing by operating in a sleep state in one predetermined
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`time period and wakes up to process and capture images at another predetermined time period,
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`while the motion sensor remains powered.).
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`However Smith—Ezoe do not explicitly disclose “. .
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`. discontinues processing of detecting the
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`movement until a predetermined time period elapses from the first timing and resumes processing
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`of detecting the movement after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.”
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`Further, Borg is in the same field of endeavor and teaches discontinues processing of
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`detecting the movement until a predetermined time period elapses from the first timing and resumes
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`processing of detecting the movement after the predetermined time period has elapsed from the first
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`timing (Borg: col 2, lines 35-52; An infrared sensor 3 detects people and operates in a 15 second
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`interval. Thus, discontinues processing motion of a person until until a second predetermined time
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`period elapses from a first timing and resumes processing of detecting the motion after the second
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`predetermined time period has elapsed from the first timing.).
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`Therefore, it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective
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`filing date of the claimed invention, and having the teachings of Smith—Ezoe and Borg before him or
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`her, to modify the motion detection system of Smith—Ezoe to include the discontinue processing
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`feature as described in Borg. The motivation for doing so would have been to improve reduction in
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`power by providing power—conserving means which turns on power to the camera and
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`theprocessing and communication circuits onlywhen they are being used (Borg: col 1, lines 58-61).
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`Conclusion
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`6.
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`Applicant's amendment necessitated the new ground(s) of rejection presented in this Office
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`action. Accordingly, THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. See MPEP § 706.07(a). Applicant is
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`Application/Control Number: 16/129,057
`Art Unit: 2488
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`Peet Dhillon
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`Art Unit: 2488
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`Date: 12/01/2019
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`/Peet Dhillon/
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`/PATRICIA I YOUNG/
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`Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2488
`12/ 02/2019
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