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`16/299,564
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`03/12/2019
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`Takahiro NISHI
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`ZAYKOVA-FELDMAN, LYUDMILA
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`Application/Control Number: 16/299,564
`Art Unit: 2865
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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
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`under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA.
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`Continued Examination Under 37 CFR 1.114
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`A requestfor continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, including the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e), wasfiled in this application after final rejection. Since this
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`application is eligible for continued examination under 37 CFR 1.114, and the fee set
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`forth in 37 CFR 1.17(e) has been timely paid, the finality of the previous Office action
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`has been withdrawn pursuant to 37 CFR 1.114. Applicant's submission filed on
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`04/08/2022 has been entered.
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`Response to Amendment
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`The action is responsive to the Amendmentfiled on 04/08/2022. Claims 13-19
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`are pending. Claims 1-12 have been canceled.
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`Regarding Reference Cited Form (PTO-892): the reference of US20180032823
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`to Ohizumi is included into the updated PTO-892 form.
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`Response to Arguments
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`Regarding rejections under 35 USC § 103:
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`Applicant’s arguments, filed on 04/08/2022 with respect to 35 U.S.C. 103
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`rejection regarding claims 13-19, have been considered but are moot because of the
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`new ground ofrejection necessitated by the applicant’s amendment.
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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
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`obviousnessrejections 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 mace.
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`The factual inquiries for establishing a background for determining obviousness
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`under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized asfollows:
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`1. Determining the scope and contents of the prior art.
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`2. Ascertaining the differences between the prior art and the claims at issue.
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`3. Resolving the level of ordinary skill in the pertinent art.
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`4. Considering objective evidence presentin the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the
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`claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was
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`commonly ownedasof the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any
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`evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to
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`point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly
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`ownedas ofthe effectivefiling date of the later invention in order for the examiner to
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`consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2)
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`prior art against the later invention.
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`Claims 13-19 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103(a) as being unpatentable over
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`US20070030212 to Shibata (hereinafter ‘Shibata’) in view of US20050134440 to Breed
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`(hereinafter ‘Breed’).
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`Regarding Claim 1: Shibata discloses:
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`“& three-dimensional data generation method” (para 0021 — “a three-dimensional
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`measuring unit adapted to perform (interpreted as a ihree-dimensional data generation
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`method, added by examiner), by a three-dimensional measuring instrument, a three-
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`dimensional measurement for an environment... a measurement value receiving unit
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`adaptedto receive a three-dimensional measurementvalue from outside’), camprising
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`“wirelessly receiving first data by a device (oara 0066 - "The vehicle outside-image
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`display apparatus 201 receives the vehicle outside-image information 222 and the
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`three-dimensional measurement value 262(i.e. first data, added by examiner), and
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`transmits, to a further rearward vehicle, renewed vehicle outside-image
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`information 227’; para OO67 — “The wireless communication interface 252 performs data
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`transmission/reception with the first vehicle A’},
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`“the device being provided on a first moving body which moves along a traveling
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`direction” (Figs. 9 and 10; para 0050 ~ °a vehicle outside-image display
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`apparatus 101 providedfora first vehicle A’};
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`“the first dala representing three-cimensional positions’ (para 0066 ~ “a three-
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`dimensional measurementvalue 262(i.e. first data, added by examiner) obtained from
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`a three-dimensional measuring instrument 232 that performs a three-dimensional
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`measurement of an environment}.
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`“generating second dala based on detection by a sensor provided on the first
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`moving body, the second data representing three-dimensional positions in a
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`space in front of the first moving body in the traveling direction’ (Fig 9; para 0066
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`~ “a vehicle outside-image display apparatus 201 providedforthe first vehicle A... The
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`vehicle outside-image display apparatus 201 also transmits, to the rearward vehicle, a
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`renewed three-dimensional measurement value 261 (i.e. second data, added by
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`examiner)... with a three-dimensional measurementvalue obtained by the three-
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`dimensional measuring instrument 231 (i.e. sensor, added by examiner) that performs a
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`three-dimensional measurementfor an environment},
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`“wirelessly transmilting third data io at least one of a second moving body
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`following the first moving body in the traveling direction, the third data
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`representing three-dimensional postions generated based on the Hirst data and
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`the second data’ (Figs 9 and 10; para 6067 - “The wireless communication
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`interface 252 performs data transmission/reception with the first vehicle A”; para O068 —
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`“The measurement value receiving unit 236 receives the three-dimensional
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`measurement value 262 from the second vehicle B through the wireless communication
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`interface 251. The measurement value combining unit 237 combinesthe three-
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`dimensional measurement value 262 received by the measurement value receiving
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`unit 236 with the three-dimensional measurement value acquired by the three-
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`dimensional measuring unit 234. The measurement value transmitting
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`unit 235 transmits renewed three-dimensional measurement value 261 (i.e. third data,
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`added by examiner) produced by the measurement value combining unit 237, to the
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`third vehicle C through the wireless communication interface 251’).
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`Shibata is silent on:
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`“a traffic monitoring system’.
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`However, Breed discloses:
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`“a traffic monitoring system”(Figs. 13-15, 15A, 16B; para 0010 — “fre inventian
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`reiaies to the use of a Global Positioning Systern (GPS) Ge. traffic moniioring
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`system,
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`added by examinen, differential GPS CDGPS"), olher infrastructure-based location aids,
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`cameras, radar, laser radar, terahertz radar and an inertial navigation system as the
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`orimary host vehicle and target locating system with centimeter level accuracy. The
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`invention is further supplemented by a processor to detect, recognize and track ail
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`relevant potential obstacies, inciuding other venicies, pedestrians, animais, and other
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`objects on or near the roadway).
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`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 to modify the three-dimensionai data creation
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`method, disclosed oy Shibata, as taughi by Breed, in order lo imprave the safety of
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`muilli-vehicie combined operation and to avoid the collision or abrupt stops using the
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`system, which allows to regisier the objects ahead af the vehicle on the road and
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`transmit this information.
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`Regarding Claim 14: Shibata/Breed combination discloses the three-
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`dimensional dala generation methad according to claim 13 (see the rejection far Claim
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`13}.
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`Shibata further discloses:
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`“wherein the first data received has been transmitted from a third moving body
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`preceding the first moving body in the traveling direction” (para 0066 - “The
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`vehicle outside-image display apparatus 201 receives the vehicle outside-image
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`information 222 and the three-dimensional measurementvalue 262(i.e. first data,
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`added by examiner), and transmits, to a further rearward vehicle, renewed vehicle
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`outside-image information 227°;}, and
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`“the Hirst dala represents three-dimensional positions around the third moving
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`body’ (para 0068 — “The measurementvalue transmitting unit 235 transmits renewed
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`three-dimensional measurement value 261 (interpreted as three-dimensional positions
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`around the third-moving body, added by examiner) produced by the measurement value
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`combining unit 237’).
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`Regarding Claim 15: Shibata/Breed combination discloses the ihree-
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`dimensional dala generation methad according to claim 13 (see the rejection far Claim
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`13},
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`Shibata further discloses:
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`“the third data is pari of merge Gata of the first dala and the second cata” (para
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`6066 - “The vehicle outside-image display apparatus 201 also transmits, to the
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`rearward vehicle, a renewed three-dimensional measurement value 261, which is a
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`measurementvalue obtained by combining(interpreted as merging, added by
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`examiner) the received three-dimensional measurement value 262 with a three-
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`dimensional measurementvalue obtained by the three-dimensional measuring
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`instrument 231 that performs a three-dimensional measurementfor an environmentin a
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`picture range of the camera 211.”}, and
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`“the three-dimensional positions represented by the third data include at least
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`three- dimensional positions in a region hidden from view of the second moving
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`body" (para 0058 ~ “part of the image, captured by the installed camera 111 or 113, in
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`which the field of vision is blocked by the forward vehicle is combinedwith a portion of
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`the received vehicle outside-image information 122 or 121 to produce the renewed
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`vehicle outside-image information 121or 123 in which the field of vision is cleared’, para
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`0085 — “it is also possible to transmit the vehicle outside-image
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`information 321 produced by the combiningto a further rearward vehicle by the image
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`transmitting unit 315. Moreover, it is possible to combine the image information 322 with
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`received vehicle outside-image information from a forward vehicle (interpreted as the
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`information from a region hidden from view, added by examiner)’}.
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`Regarding Claim 16: Shibata/Breed combination disclosesthe three-
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`dimensional data generation method according to claim 13 (see the reflection for Claim
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`Shibata further discloses:
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`“updating the third data when the three-dimensional position represented by the
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`third data are changed" (para 0068 ~ “The measurementvalue receiving
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`unit 236 receives the three-dimensional measurement value 262 from the second
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`vehicle B through the wireless communication interface 251. The measurement value
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`combining unit 237 combines the three-dimensional measurement value 262 received
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`by the measurementvalue receiving unit 236 with the three-dimensional measurement
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`value acquired by the three-dimensional measuring unit 234. The measurement value
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`transmitting unit 235 transmits renewed(i.e. updated, added by examiner) three-
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`dimensional measurementvalue 261 (i.e. third data, added by examiner) produced by
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`the measurement value combining unit 237, to the third vehicle C through the wireless
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`communication interface 251°}.; and
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`“wirelessly reiransmilting the third data updated to the second moving body"
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`(ogra 0085 ~ “itis also possible to transmit the vehicle outside-image
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`information 321 produced by the combiningto a further rearward vehicle by the image
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`transmitting unit 315.}
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`Regarding Claim 17: Shibata/Breed combination discloses the three-
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`dimensional data generation method according to claim 13 (see the relection for Claim
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`13).
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`Regarding the limitation “wherein a first distance in the traveling direction
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`between the first moving body and the space varies depending on a moving
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`speed of the first moving body’: it would have been obvious to one of ordinary skill in
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`the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to notice that the distance
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`Varies in accordance with a traveling speed af the mobile chiect, since according to ihe
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`definition of speed, the faster the cbiect moves, the longeris the distance if can cover
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`during the same time interval.
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`Regarding Claim 18: Shibata discloses:
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`“& three-dimensional data generation device provided on a first moving body
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`which moves along a traveling direction” (para 021 ~ “the invention provides a
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`vehicle outside-image display apparatus... comprising: a three-dimensional measuring
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`unit adapted to perform, by a three-dimensional measuring instrument, a three-
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`dimensional measurementfor an environment... a measurement value receiving unit
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`adapted to receive a three-dimensional measurementvalue from outside; and a
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`viewpoint converting unit adapted to convert the vehicle outside-image information...
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`and to supply the converted information to the image combining unit’} , the three-
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`dimensional data generation device comprising:
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`“a communication circull configured to wirelessly receive first data representing
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`ihree- dimensional positions” (Fig. 10; para 0051 — “The wireless communication
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`interface 152 (i.e. communication circuit, added by examiner) performs data
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`transmission/reception with the first vehicle A’),
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`“a processor coupled to the communication circull to generate second data
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`based on detection by a sensor provided on the first moving Body” (para 0021 —
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`“a three-dimensional measuring unit (interpreted as a processor coupled to the
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`communication circuit, added by examiner) adapted to perform, by a three-dimensional
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`measuring instrument(i.e. sensor, added by examiner), a three-dimensional
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`measurementfor an environment),
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`“the second data representing three- dimensional positions in a space in front of
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`the first moving body in the traveling direction” (Fig. 9; para 0066 — “a vehicle
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`outside-image display apparatus 201 providedforthe first vehicle A.... The vehicle
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`outside-image display apparatus 201 also transmits, to the rearward vehicle, a renewed
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`three-dimensional measurement value 261 (i.e. second data, added by examiner)’...
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`with a three-dimensional measurement value obtained by the three-dimensional
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`measuring instrument 231 (i.e. sensor, added by examiner) that performs a three-
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`dimensional measurement for an environment}"}; anc
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`“the communication circul configured to wirelessly transmit third data to at least
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`one of a second moving body following the first maving body in the traveling
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`direction’ (Fig. 10; para 0051 — “The wireless communication interface 152 (i.e.
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`communication circuit, added by examiner) performs data transmission/reception with
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`the first vehicle A’),
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`“the third data representing three-dimensional positions generated based on the
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`first data and the second data” (para G066 ~ “The measurementvalue receiving
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`unit 236 receives the three-dimensional measurement value 262 from the second
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`vehicle B through the wireless communication interface 251. The measurement value
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`combining unit 237 combines the three-dimensional measurement value 262 received
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`by the measurementvalue receiving unit 236 with the three-dimensional measurement
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`value acquired by the three-dimensional measuring unit 234. The measurement value
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`transmitting unit 235 transmits renewed three-dimensional measurementvalue 261 (i.e.
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`third data, added by examiner) produced by the measurement value combining
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`unit 237, to the third vehicle C through the wireless communication interface 251°}.
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`ohibata is silent on “a traffic monitoring system’.
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`However, Bread discloses:
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`“a traffic monitoring system’(Figs. 13-15, 15A, 16B; para 0010 — “fhe invention
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`rélaies to ine use of a Global Positioning Sysiem (GPS? Ue. traffic monitoring systern,
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`added by examiner, differential GPS CDGPS"), other infrastructure-based location aids,
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`cameras, radar, laser radar, teraheriz radar and an inertial navigation system as the
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`primary host vehicle and targel locating sysiem wih centimeter level accuracy. The
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`invention is further supplemented by a processor to detect, recognize and track ail
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`relevant potential obstacies, including other vehicies, pedestrians, animals, and other
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`oblects on or near the roadway).
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`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 to modify the three-cimensionai data creation
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`method, disclosed by Shibata, as taught by Breed, in order to improve the safety of
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`mulli-vehicie combined operation and to avoid the collision or abrupt stops using the
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`system, which allows to regisier the objects ahead af the vehicle on the road and
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`transmit this information.
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`Regarding Claim 18: Shibata discloses:
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`“wirelessiy transmitting first data to a first moving body which moves along a
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`traveling direction, ihe first data representing three-dimensional postions’ (para
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`6066 ~— “The vehicle outside-image display apparatus 201 receives the vehicle outside-
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`image information 222 and the three-dimensional measurementvalue 262(i.e.first
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`data, added by examiner), and transmits, to a further rearward vehicle, renewed vehicle
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`outside-image information 221°; para 0067 ~ “The wireless communication
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`interface 252 performs data transmission/reception with the first vehicle A”}: and
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`“wirelessly receiving third data from the first moving body, the third data
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`representing three-dimensional positions generated based on ine fret data and
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`second data, the second data being generated based on detection by a sensor
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`provided on the first moving body, the second data representing three-
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`dimensional positions in a space in front of the first moving body in the traveling
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`direction’ (Figs 9 and 10; para 0067 — “The wireless communication interface 252
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`performs data transmission/reception with the first vehicle A’; para 0068 ~“ The
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`measurement value receiving unit 236 receives the three-dimensional measurement
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`value 262 from the second vehicle B through the wireless communication interface 251.
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`The measurement value combining unit 237 combines the three-dimensional
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`measurement value 262 received by the measurementvalue receiving unit 236 with the
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`three-dimensional measurement value acquired by the three-dimensional measuring
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`unit 234. The measurementvalue transmitting unit 235 transmits renewed three-
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`dimensional measurementvalue 261 (i.e. third data, added by examiner) produced by
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`the measurement value combining unit 237, to the third vehicle C through the wireless
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`communication interface 251°}.
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`otibata is sient an:
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`“A traffic monitoring method, performedbya traffic monitoring system”.
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`However, Breed discloses:
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`“A traffic monitoring method, performedbya traffic monitoring system”(Figs. 13-
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`15, 15A, 16B; para 0010 — “ihe invention relates to the use of a Global Positioning
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`System (GPS”) (6, traffic monitoring system, added by examiner}, differential GPS
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`CDGPS"), other infrastructure-based location aids, cameras, radar, iaser radar,
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`teraheriz radar and an inertial navigation sysiem as the orimary nost vehicle and target
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`locating system with centimeter ievel accuracy. The invention Js further supplemented
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`by @ processor to detect, recognize and track all relevant potential obstacies, including
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`other venicies, pedestrians, animals, and other objects on or near the roadway).
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`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 to modify the three-dimensionai data creation
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`method, disclosed by Shibata, as taught by Breed, in order to improve the safety of
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`mulli-vehicie combined operation and to avoid the collision or abrupt stops using the
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`system, which allows io register the objects ariead of the vehicle on the road and
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`transmit this information.
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`Conclusion
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`The prior art made of record and notrelied upon is considered pertinent to
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`applicant's disclosure.
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`US20170120814A1 to Kentley-Klay et al. (hereinafter Kentley-Klay) discloses
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`method for robotic vehicle communication with an external environment configured to
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`determine a position relative to the autonomous vehicle.
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`US20070146136 to Chen et al. (hereinafter Chen) discloses a navigation system
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`and method applied in a predetermined space.
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`US20200026303 to Fergusonetal. (hereinafter Ferguson) discloses methods
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`and devices for actively modifying a field of view of an autonomous vehicle in view of
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`constraints.
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`Application/Control Number: 16/299,564
`Art Unit: 2865
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`/ALEXANDER SATANOVSKY/
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