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`16/860,741
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`04/28/2020
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`Tatsuya KOYAMA
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`2020-0894
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`ROBINSON” TERRELL M
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`05/ 1 3/2020
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`ELECTRONIC
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`017/09 A0170” Summary
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`Application No.
`16/860,741
`Examiner
`TERRELL M ROBINSON
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`Applicant(s)
`KOYAMA et al.
`Art Unit
`AIA (FITF) Status
`2618
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`adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b).
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`Status
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`1). Responsive to communication(s) filed on 28 April 2020.
`CI A declaration(s)/affidavit(s) under 37 CFR 1.130(b) was/were filed on
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`2a)[:] This action is FINAL.
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`3)[:] An election was made by the applicant in response to a restriction requirement set forth during the interview
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`4):] Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
`closed in accordance with the practice under Expade Quay/e, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
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`Disposition of Claims*
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`10)|:I The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
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`Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
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`12)D Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`Application/Control Number: 16/860,741
`Art Unit: 2618
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`DETAILED ACTION
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`Notice of Pre-AIA 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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`Response to Amendment
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`1.
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`The preliminary amendment filed on April 28, 2020 has been entered. Claims
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`10-18 are now pending in the application.
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`Specification
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`The title of the invention is not descriptive. The following title is suggested:
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`“ Display Method and Display Device for Providing Surrounding Information Based on
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`Driving Condition” or a title more indicative of the claimed subject matter.
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`Double Patenting (Non-Statutory)
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`The nonstatutory double patenting rejection is based on a judicially created
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`doctrine grounded in public policy (a policy reflected in the statute) so as to prevent the
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`unjustified or improper timewise extension of the “right to exclude” granted by a patent
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`and to prevent possible harassment by multiple assignees. A nonstatutory double
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`patenting rejection is appropriate where the claims at issue are not identical, but at least
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`one examined application claim is not patentably distinct from the reference claim(s)
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`because the examined application claim is either anticipated by, or would have been
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`obvious over, the reference claim(s). See, e.g., In re Berg, 140 F.3d 1428, 46 USPQ2d
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`1226 (Fed. Cir. 1998); In re Goodman, 11 F.3d 1046, 29 USPQ2d 2010 (Fed. Cir.
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`1993); In re Longi, 759 F.2d 887, 225 USPQ 645 (Fed. Cir. 1985); In re Van Ornum,
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`686 F.2d 937, 214 USPQ 761 (CCPA 1982); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619
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`(CCPA 1970); and In re Thorington, 418 F.2d 528, 163 USPQ 644 (CCPA 1969).
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`A timely filed terminal disclaimer in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321 (c) or 1.321 (d)
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`may be used to overcome an actual or provisional rejection based on a nonstatutory
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`double patenting ground provided the reference application or patent either is shown to
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`be commonly owned with this application, or claims an invention made as a result of
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`activities undertaken within the scope of a joint research agreement. See MPEP §
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`717.02 for applications subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions
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`of the AIA as explained in MPEP § 2159. See MPEP §§ 706.02(l)(1) - 706.02(l)(3) for
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`applications not subject to examination under the first inventor to file provisions of the
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`AIA. A terminal disclaimer must be signed in compliance with 37 CFR 1.321 (b).
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`Double patenting between Application 16/860,741 and Application
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`16/391,884
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`2.
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`Claims 10-18 are provisionally rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double
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`patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1-9 of copending Application No.
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`16/391,884 (reference application). Although the claims at issue are not identical, they
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`are not patentably distinct from each other because it would have been obvious to one
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`of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed invention to have
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`substituted the method steps of the current application with those of the co-pending
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`Application No. 16/391,884, as the claims of the current application are broader in
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`scope than those of the co-pending application.
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`This is a provisional nonstatutory double patenting rejection because the
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`patentably indistinct claims have not in fact been patented.
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`Aulication 16/860741
`Claim 10
`Claim 11
`Claim 12
`Claim 13
`Claim 14
`Claim 15
`Claim 16
`Claim 17
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`Claim 18
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`Allowable Subject Matter
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`3.
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`Claim 11 is objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but
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`would be allowable if the double patenting rejections listed above are addressed and if
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`the claim is rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base
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`claim and any intervening claims. As allowable subject matter has been indicated,
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`applicant's reply must either comply with all formal requirements or specifically traverse
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`each requirement not complied with. See 37 CFR 1.1 1 1 (b) and MPEP § 707.07(a). The
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`following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
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`In regards to dependent claim 11, none of the cited prior art alone or in
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`combination provides motivation to teach “wherein in the determining, the first
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`surrounding information is determined to be used when the mobile object is under
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`autonomous travel, and the second surrounding information is determined to be used
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`when the mobile object is under manual driving’ as the references only teach the
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`concept of switching between 2D and 3D display and switching between autonomous
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`and manual driving modes, however the references fail to disclose the composite
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`process of switching displayed data based on manual and autonomous driving modes in
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`which a 2D display is provided specifically under self-driving mode and a 3D
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`perspective display is provided when the vehicle is determined to be in a manual driving
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`mode.
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`In addition, there is no teaching, suggestion, or motivation found in the current
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`references and none that can be inferred from the examiner’s own knowledge with
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`respect to the current limitation.
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`Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103
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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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`obviousness 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 of this title, 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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`The factual inquiries set forth in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1, 148
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`USPQ 459 (1966), that are applied for establishing a background for determining
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`obviousness under 35 U.S.C. 103 are summarized as follows:
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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 present in the application indicating
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`obviousness or nonobviousness.
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`1.
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`Claims 10, 12, and 18 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Placke (DE 102004037900 A1, hereinafter referenced “Placke”) in view of
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`Mariet (US 9,501,058 B1, hereinafter referenced “Mariet”).
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`1-9. (Cancelled)
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`In regards to claim 10. (New) Placke discloses a data generation method
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`performed by a data generation device that operates in conjunction with a mobile object
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`(Placke, garagragh [00081; reference discloses a navigation device 1 and a central unit
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`4 in the vehicle, which is mountedz for examgle, in a drive bag in the center console of
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`the vehicle. . ..and a disglaz 71 which is connected to the central unit 4), the data
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`generation method comprising:
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`-generating first surrounding information and second surrounding information (Placke
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`Figs 2a-2b and garagragh [00101; Reference discloses switching between 20 and 3D
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`regresentations as the 2D regresentation 19 is the first surrounding information and the
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`3D regresentation 25 is the second surrounding information being determined for
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`disglaz as shown in the Figs 2a-2b),
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`-the first surrounding information being information which indicates a surrounding
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`condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information
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`(Placke, Figs 2a-2b and garagragh [00101; Reference discloses switching between 20
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`and 3D regresentations as the 2D regresentation 19 is the first surrounding information
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`as it indicates “a two-dimensional re resentation in which the vehicle i. e. mobile
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`obiect)z which is regresented bz the symbol 21z aggroaches an intersection
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`20. . ...Further buildings are entered bz a letter szmbol 23 "T" for a gas station or bz a
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`hatched regresented building 24 in the mag disglaz 19 (i. e. surrounding condition of the
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`mobile obiect). The two-dimensional mag regresentation 19 is disglazed after
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`aggroaching the intersection 20 of more than 100m’),
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`-the second surrounding information being information which indicates the surrounding
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`condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data (Placke
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`Figs 2a-2b and garagragh [00101; Reference discloses switching between 20 and 3D
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`regresentations as the 3D regresentation 25 is the second surrounding information as it
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`indicates “The intersection 20 shown in ,gersgective in the illustration of Fig. 2bz also the
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`turn arrow 22’. . Furthermore, the building 24 is shown in ,gersgective. Instead of the
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`letter svmbo/ 231 a gas station svmbol 26 is also entered in ,gersgective in the three-
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`dimensional regresentation 25.” The ,gresentation is shown with resgect to the vehicle
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`(i.e. mobile obiecti aggroaching the intersectioni);
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`-determining which one of first surrounding information and second surrounding
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`information is to be used, based on a driving condition of the mobile object (Placke
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`garagragh [00101; Reference discloses FIG. 2 a shows a two-dimensional
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`regresentation in which the vehiclez which is regresented bv the svmbol 21z aggroaches
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`an intersection 20. . .. The two-dimensional mag regresentation 19 is disglaved after
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`aggroaching the intersection 20 of more than 100m. If the distance to the intersection
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`(i.e., driving condition relating to area the vehicle is located) is greaterz a three
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`dimensional regresentation 25 takes ,glace, as shown in FIG. 2b.);
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`-and using the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding
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`information (Placke, Figs 2a-2b and garagragh [00101; Reference discloses in FIGS. 2a
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`and 2b show a first exemglarv embodiment for switching between a two-dimensional
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`and a three-dimensional regresentation intergreted as the first and second surrounding
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`information resgectivelvi),
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`Placke does not explicitly disclose but Mariet teaches
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`-wherein the driving condition is whether the mobile object is under autonomous travel
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`or under manual driving (Marietz Fig. 2 and Column 51 lines 65-67 and Column 61 lines
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`1-7; References disclose that vehicle 101 may be eguigged with an electronic disglay
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`134 for the autonomous driving system and an indicator 144 which identifies whether
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`the autonomous driving system has been engaged. Vehicle 101 may also identify the
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`current sgeed of travel 138 by disgla King the information in a location visible to the
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`lgassenger or identifying the sgeed audib/z. . vehicle 101 may also include a second
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`disglaz 188 for disglazing additional information such as that related to navigation
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`functionality of the comguter 1 10 (which can be used by the lgassenger when driving
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`himself in a manual modez or can be disglazed to inform the user of a route used for
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`autonomous driving in an autonomous model. The disglaying the sgeed of travel and
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`navi ation functional/t
`information Let es of surround/n information in relation to
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`disglays 134 and 188 in relation to a manual or autonomous driving mode of the vehicle
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`101 is intergreted as determining whether a driving condition is under autonomous or
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`manual modes with resgect to the mobile obiect or vehicle 101).
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`Placke and Mariet are combinable because they are in the same field of
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`endeavor regarding display of vehicle surroundings. It would have been obvious
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`to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention for the navigation display method of Placke to include the user
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`interface of Mariet in order to grovide the user with an in-vehicle disglaz device that
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`can control change in 20 and 3D disglaz of data regarding the environment surrounding
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`the vehicle as taught by Placke while incorgorating the user interface functions of Mariet
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`in order to allow for route glanning and obiect detection tools Igroviding various
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`indicators such as warning graghics to a vehicle occugant via manual or autonomous
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`driving modes to imgrove vehicle occugant awareness and safetv agglicable to vehicle
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`disglav svstems such as those taught in Placke.
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`In regards to claim 12. (New) Placke in view of Mariet teach the data generation method
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`according to claim 10.
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`Placke further discloses
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`-wherein the driving condition is an area in which the mobile object is located (Placke
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`garagragh [00101; Fleference discloses FIG. 2 a shows a two-dimensional
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`regresentation in which the vehicle, which is regresented bv the svmbol 21, aggroaches
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`an intersection 20. . .. The two-dimensional mag regresentation 19 is disglaved after
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`aggroaching the intersection 20 of more than 100m. If the distance to the intersection
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`(i.e., driving condition relating to area the vehicle is located) is greater, a three
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`dimensional regresentation 25 takes ,glace, as shown in FIG. 2b.).
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`In regards to claim 18. (New) Placke discloses a data generation device that
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`operates in conjunction with a mobile object (Placke, ,garagragh [00081; Fleference
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`discloses a navigation device 1 and a central unit 4 in the vehicle, which is mounted, for
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`examgle, in a drive bav in the center console of the vehicle. . ..and a disglav 7, which is
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`connected to the central unit 4), the data generation device comprising:
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`-a processor (Placke, garagragh [00091; CPU 4) that: generates first surrounding
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`information and second surrounding information (Placke, Figs 2a-2b and garagragh
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`[00101; Fleference discloses switching between 20 and 3D regresentations as the 2D
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`regresentation 19 is the first surrounding information and the 3D regresentation 25 is
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`the second surrounding information being determined for disglaz as shown in the Figs
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`2a-2b),
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`-the first surrounding information being information which indicates a surrounding
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`condition of the mobile object and is generated using two-dimensional information
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`(Placke, Figs 2a-2b and ,garagragh [00101; Reference discloses switching between 20
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`and 3D regresentations as the 2D regresentation 19 is the first surrounding information
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`as it indicates “a two-dimensional re resentation in which the vehicle i. e. mobile
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`obiectiz which is regresented bz the szmbol 21z aggroaches an intersection
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`20. . ...Further buildings are entered bz a letter szmbol 23 "T" for a gas station or bz a
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`hatched regresented building 24 in the mag disglaz 19 (i. e. surrounding condition of the
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`mobile obiecti. The two-dimensional mag regresentation 19 is disglazed after
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`aggroaching the intersection 20 of more than 100m’),
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`-the second surrounding information being information which indicates the surrounding
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`condition of the mobile object and is generated using three-dimensional data (Placke
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`Figs 2a-2b and ,garagragh [00101; Reference discloses switching between 20 and 3D
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`regresentations as the 3D regresentation 25 is the second surrounding information as it
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`indicates “The intersection 20 shown in ,gersgective in the illustration of Fig. 2bz also the
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`turn arrow 22’. . Furthermore, the building 24 is shown in ,gersgective. Instead of the
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`letter szmbol 231 a gas station szmbol 26 is also entered in ,gersgective in the three-
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`dimensional regresentation 25.” The ,gresentation is shown with resgect to the vehicle
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`(i.e. mobile obiecti aggroaching the intersectioni);
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`-determines which one of first surrounding information and second surrounding
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`information is to be used, based on a driving condition of the mobile object (Placke
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`garagragh [00101; Reference discloses FIG. 2 a shows a two-dimensional
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`regresentation in which the vehicle, which is regresented bz the symbol 21, aggroaches
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`an intersection 20. . .. The two-dimensional mag regresentation 19 is disglazed after
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`aggroaching the intersection 20 of more than 100m. If the distance to the intersection
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`(i.e., driving condition relating to area the vehicle is located) is greater, a three
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`dimensional regresentation 25 takes glace, as shown in FIG. 2b);
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`-and using the one of the first surrounding information and the second surrounding
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`information (Placke, Figs 2a-2b and garagragh [00101; Reference discloses in FIGS. 2a
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`and 2b show a first exemglarz embodiment for switching between a two-dimensional
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`and a three-dimensional regresentation intergreted as the first and second surrounding
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`information resgectivelzl),
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`Placke does not explicitly disclose but Mariet teaches
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`-wherein the driving condition is whether the mobile object is under autonomous travel
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`or under manual driving (Mariet, Fig. 2 and Column 5, lines 65-67 and Column 6, lines
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`1-7,' References disclose that vehicle 101 may; be eguigged with an electronic disglaz
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`134 for the autonomous driving szstem and an indicator 144 which identifies whether
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`the autonomous driving szstem has been engaged. Vehicle 101 may; also identify; the
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`current sgeed of travel 138 bz disgla King the information in a location visible to the
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`gassenger or identifzing the sgeed audib/z. . vehicle 101 may; also include a second
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`disglay 188 for disglaying additional information such as that related to navigation
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`functionalit of the com uter 110 which can be used b the assen er when drivin
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`himself in a manual mode, or can be disglayed to inform the user of a route used for
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`autonomous driving in an autonomous mode). The disglaying the sgeed of travel and
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`navi ation functionalit
`information Let es of surroundin information in relation to
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`disglays 134 and 188 in relation to a manual or autonomous driving mode of the vehicle
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`101 is intergreted as determining whether a driving condition is under autonomous or
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`manual modes with resgect to the mobile obiect or vehicle 101).
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`Placke and Mariet are combinable because they are in the same field of
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`endeavor regarding display of vehicle surroundings. It would have been obvious
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`to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention for the navigation display method of Placke to include the user
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`interface of Mariet in order to ,grovide the user with an in-vehicle disglay device that
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`can control change in 2D and 3D disglay of data regarding the environment surrounding
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`the vehicle as taught by Placke while incorgorating the user interface functions of Mariet
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`in order to allow for route ,glanning and obiect detection tools ,groviding various
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`indicators such as warning graghics to a vehicle occugant via manual or autonomous
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`driving modes to imgrove vehicle occugant awareness and safety agglicable to vehicle
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`disglay systems such as those taught in Placke.
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`2.
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`Claims 13, 15, and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable
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`over Placke (DE 102004037900 A1) in view of Mariet (US 9,501,058 B1) as applied to
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`claim 10 above, and further in view of Takiguchi (US 2010/0034426 A1, hereinafter
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`referenced “Takiguchi”).
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`In regards to claim 13. (New) Placke in view of Mariet teach the data generation method
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`according to claim 10,
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`Placke and Mariet does not disclose but Takiguchi teaches
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`-wherein the three-dimensional data is data obtained by extracting, from three
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`dimensional point cloud data, a point cloud having an amount of a feature greater than
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`or equal to a threshold (Takiguchi, garagraghs [015511 [045811 and [04611; Reference at
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`garagragh [01551 discloses a feature identifying unit 330 for classifying laser measured
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`,goint cloud data. Paragragh [04581 discloses the neighborhood extracting unit 171 (a
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`corres ondin
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`oint detectin unit detects a corres ondin
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`oint corres ondin to the
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`measurement image ,goint ingutted by the image ,goint ingutting unit 342 from the ,goint
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`cloud (Le. extraction of ,goint cloud from 3D ,goint cloud data having a ,goint or amount of
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`feature e ual to a threshold re ardin the in utted measured ima e oint. Para ra h
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`[04611 discloses the feature ,gosition calculating unit 174 (a ,gosition calculating unit}
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`decides a three-dimensional ,gosition of the measurement image ,goint obtained by the
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`image ,goint ingutting unit 342 using the three-dimensional ,gosition of the corresgonding
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`,goint detected by the neighborhood extracting unit 171).
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`Placke and Mariet are combinable because they are in the same field of
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`endeavor regarding display of vehicle surroundings. It would have been obvious
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`to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the claimed
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`invention for the navigation display method of Placke to include the user
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`interface of Mariet in order to ,grovide the user with an in-vehicle disglav device that
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`can control change in 20 and 3D disglav of data regarding the environment surrounding
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`the vehicle as taught by Placke while incorgorating the user interface functions of Mariet
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`in order to allow for route Iglanning and obiect detection tools Igroviding various
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`indicators such as warning graghics to a vehicle occugant via manual or autonomous
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`driving modes to imgrove vehicle occugant awareness and safety agglicable to vehicle
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`disglav systems such as those taught in Placke.
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`Placke and Takiguchi are also combinable because they are in the same
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`field of endeavor regarding display of vehicle surroundings. It would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the
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`claimed invention for the navigation display method of Placke, in view of the user
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`interface of Mariet, to include the measurement device of Takiguchi in order to
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`,grovide the user with an in-vehicle disglav device that can control change in 20 and 3D
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`disglav of data regarding the environment surrounding the vehicle as taught by Placke
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`while incorgorating the user interface functions of Mariet in order to allow for route
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`Iglanning and obiect detection tools Igroviding various indicators such as warning
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`graghics to a vehicle occugant via manual or autonomous driving modes. Further
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`incorgorating the measurement device functions of Takiguchi allows for measuring of a
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`,gosition of a feature around a road via 30 lgoint cloud data for Igroviding a shage model
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`of the vehicle environment agglicable to imgroving detection of obiects on a road
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`surface agglicable to vehicle disglav systems such as those taught in Placke and
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`Mariet.
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`In regards to claim 15. (New) Placke in view of Mariet teach the data generation method
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`according to claim 10.
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`Placke and Mariet does not disclose but Takiguchi teaches
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`-wherein the three-dimensional data is data obtained by extracting, from three-
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`dimensional point cloud data, a point cloud which has an amount of a feature greater
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`than or equal to a threshold (Takiguchi, garagraghs [01551, [04581, and [04611;
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`Reference at garagragh [01551 discloses a feature identifzing unit 330 for classifzing
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`laser measured lgoint cloud data. Paragragh [04581 discloses the neighborhood
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`extract/n unit 171 a corres ondin
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`oint detect/n unit detects a corres ondin
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`oint
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`corresgonding to the measurement image lgoint ingutted bz the image lgoint ingutting
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`unit 342 from the lgoint cloud (i. e. extraction of lgoint cloud from 3D lgoint cloud data
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`having a lgoint or amount off feature egual to a threshold regarding the ingutted
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`measured image Igoint). Paragragh [04611 discloses the feature Igosition calculating unit
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`174 (a Igosition calculating unit) decides a three-dimensional gosition of the
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`measurement image lgoint obtained bz the image lgoint ingutting unit 342 using the
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`three-dimensional Igosition of the corresgonding lgoint detected bz the neighborhood
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`extracting unit 171) and is necessary for one of self-location estimation, drive assist,
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`and self-driving (Do/gov, garagragh [00391; Reference discloses the use of lgoint cloud
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`data for conversion to golmon or triangle mesh in rendering an obiect as the 3D lgoint
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`cloud is obtained from a LlDAFt device Where light is reflected from obiects on a road or
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`in the vicinitz of a road. Paragragh [01051 discloses the comguting device (which uses
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`LIDAFQ controlling the vehicle in autonomous or semi-autonomous ogeration mode)
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`Placke and Takiguchi are also combinable because they are in the same
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`field of endeavor regarding display of vehicle surroundings. It would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the
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`claimed invention for the navigation display method of Placke, in view of the user
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`interface of Mariet, to include the measurement device of Takiguchi in order to
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`,grovide the user with an in-vehicle disglav device that can control change in 20 and 3D
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`disglav of data regarding the environment surrounding the vehicle as taught by Placke
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`while incorgorating the user interface functions of Mariet in order to allow for route
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`Iglanning and obiect detection tools Igroviding various indicators such as warning
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`graghics to a vehicle occugant via manual or autonomous driving modes. Further
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`incorgorating the measurement device functions of Takiguchi allows for measuring of a
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`,gosition of a feature around a road via 30 lgoint cloud data for Igroviding a shage model
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`of the vehicle environment agglicable to imgroving detection of obiects on a road
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`surface agglicable to vehicle disglav systems such as those taught in Placke and
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`Mariet.
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`In regards to claim 16. (New) Placke in view of Mariet teach the data generation method
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`according to claim 10.
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`Placke and Mariet does not disclose but Takiguchi teaches
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`-wherein the three-dimensional data is three-dimensional point cloud data (Takiguchi,
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`garagragh [00801; Reference discloses a feature identification aggaratus 300 that
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`classifies a laser measured lgoint cloud used to form three-dimensional models such as
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`a road shage model).
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`Placke and Takiguchi are also combinable because they are in the same
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`field of endeavor regarding display of vehicle surroundings. It would have been
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`obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art before the effective filing date of the
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`claimed invention for the navigation display method of Placke, in view of the user
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`interface of Mariet, to include the measurement device of Takiguchi in order to
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`,grovide the user with an in-vehicle disglav device that can control change in 2D and 3D
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`disglav of data regarding the environment surrounding the vehicle as taught by Placke
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`while incorgorating the user interface functions of Mariet in order to allow for route
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`Iglanning and obiect detection tools Igroviding various indicators such as warning
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`graghics to a vehicle occugant via manual or autonomous driving mod