DETAILED ACTION
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless – (a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Claim 1 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by Emori (US 11,902,692).
Referring to claim 1, Emori discloses an interactive system (fig. 1, system), comprising a terminal (fig. 1, PV and staff members H1/H2/H3 etc.; fig. 13, staff members such as producer, director, director of photography, camera assistant, camera operator, lighting etc. and their display), a display screen (fig. 1, output to monitors PVs; fig. 3, superimposition unit 18 outputs) and a server (fig. 1, camera 10; fig. 3, camera 10), the terminal and the display screen each being communicatively connected with the server, wherein
the server (fig. 1, camera 10) to:
determine a current position (fig. 2, time t0, t1, t2; fig. 4, detect time code of acting start scene S12, analyze rehearsal video S13, detect change scene S14) of a target object (fig. 1, image within display PV0, PV1, PV2; fig. 13, performers) on the display screen (fig. 2, display PV0, PV1, PV2),
generate an object identifier (fig. 5, generate advance information; fig. 4, generate advance information regarding change scene S15; fig. 2, time t0, t1, t2) of the target object according to the current position (fig. 5, acting start T) of the target object (fig. 5, start scene RV10),
associate the object identifier of the target object with the current position of the target object (6:57-67, associate advance information with metadata change scene; fig. 4, advance information regarding change scene S15),
receive adjustment information (fig. 5, camera pans to right at time t12, e.g., panning information; fig. 4, obtain timing to resent advance information S16, e.g., timing; fig. 15, metadata and film staff member) of the target object (fig. 5, scene RV10) from the terminal (fig. 13, staff members such as producer, director, director of photography, camera assistant, camera operator, lighting staff members etc. and their display),
generate an indication pattern according to the current position and the adjustment information of the target object (fig. 5, display and hint with advance information d51; 7:16-21), and
transmit the indication pattern to the display screen for display (fig. 5, d51 displayed);
the terminal (fig. 1, PV and staff members H1/H2/H3 etc.; fig. 13, staff members such as producer, director, director of photography, camera assistant, camera operator, lighting staff members etc. and their display) to:
display a frame image in advance for the display screen (fig. 6, acquire advance information S31),
display the object identifier of the target object according to an association relationship between the object identifier and the current position of the target object (fig. 6, superimpose advance information on actual performance video S35; fig. 7, display of rehearsal video and actual performance video from acting start),
receive an arrangement operation (fig. 6, has instruction to end imaging been given? S36) of a user on the object identifier to generate adjustment information of the target object, and transmit the adjustment information (fig. adjust camera, lighting, panning etc.) of the target object to the server (fig. 3, imaging unit 12, fig. 3, camera 10; fig. 16, controlling cameras 5187/5189); and
the display screen to display the indication pattern to instruct the target object to adjust according to an indication of the indication pattern (15:61-67, monitor checked by performer present advance information for appear/disappear from video).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 2-18 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
The additional elements from the terminal and server. For example, claim limitations of the various of server modules as required in claim 2, the storage module as required in claim 9, the various terminal modules as required in claims 10 and 14, and the additional limitation of image capturing device as required in claim 16.
Response to Arguments
Applicant’s arguments have been fully considered, but they are not deemed to be persuasive.
Applicant argues that the cited prior art does not disclose “the terminal … transmit the adjustment information of the target object to the server … the server to receive adjustment information of the target object from the terminal …” and “the terminal … transmit the adjustment information of the target object to the server … the server receives the adjustment information of the target object …” as in claim 1 (pp.9-12).
Examiner considers the claimed terminal with corresponding to the staff members and their equipment including display at their positions as in fig. 13. The staff members control/transmit adjustment information to operate cameras for capturing video of performers. Examiner considers the claimed server with cameras capturing video of performers as in fig. 13. The staff members with displays transmits camera adjustment information to cameras.
Notice of Pre-AIA or AIA Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
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/CHENG YUAN TSENG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2615