DETAILED ACTION 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. Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 112 The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112(b): (b ) CONCLUSION.—The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor regards as the invention. The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph: The specification shall conclude with one or more claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter which the appl icant regards as his invention. Claim s 4 and 22 rejected under 35 U.S.C. 112(b) or 35 U.S.C. 112 (pre-AIA), second paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter which the inventor or a joint inventor (or for applications subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 112, the applicant), regards as the invention. Claim 4 recites the limitation "the electrical sensing elements" in line 2. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Note the claim now depends on claim 1 and the “electrical sensing elements” are introduced in claim 3. Claim 22 recites the limitation "the fault detection circuit " in line 1 . There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. Note the claim now depends on claim 1 and the “fault detection circuit” is not present . 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)(1) the claimed invention was patented, described in a printed publication, or in public use, on sale , or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention. (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(s) below is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Keilaf ( 20190271767 ). Referring to claim 1, Keilaf shows a light receiving unit configured to be used in a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system (see figure 3C) , the light receiving unit comprising: a MEMS mirror array including a plurality of receiving mirrors (see figure 3C Ref 312 note the RX mirrors) , the MEMS mirror array being configured to deflect reflected photons (see the return light from the field of view in figure 3C produced by Ref 112) , produced by a scanning unit (see figure 3C see figure 3C note the TX mirror) , to a photon detector (see figure 3C Ref 116) , the MEMS mirror array being controllable by a control system that is configured to control the scanning unit and the light receiving unit (see paragraph 97 and 98 note the MEMS mirror array is controlled by a processor that is not shown and controlled by the processor Ref 118) . Referring to claim 2, Keilaf shows the photon detector and a lens system for focusing the reflected photons on the photon detector (see paragraph 85 note the lens/collimator) . Referring to claim s 3 and 13 , Keilaf shows positions of the MEMS mirror are detectable by electrical sensors using electrical sensing elements configured to send data to the control system (see paragraph 91) . Referring to claim 4, Keilaf shows the electrical sensing elements comprise piezoresistive, piezoelectric or capacitive sensing elements (see paragraph 91) . Referring to claim s 5 and 23 , Keilaf shows comprising a light diffusing device positioned between the lens system and the photon detector (see figure 3D Ref 318 also see paragraph 100) . Referring to claim 6, Keilaf shows the light receiving unit is further configured to rotate the mirrors in the MEMS mirror array synchronously to a predefined angle at a predefined time to deflect photons reflected from one of the scanning lines (see paragraph 97 note the rotation of the RX mirrors together) . Referring to claim 7, Keilaf shows the light receiving unit is further configured to rotate the mirrors in the MEMS mirror array synchronously to a predefined angle at a predefined time to deflect photons reflected from one of the scanning lines (see paragraph 97) . Referring to claim s 9 and 19 , Keilaf shows the receiving mirrors in the MEMS array are arranged in a 2D mirror array, and each of the mirrors has two rotation axes (see figure 3C also see paragraph 96-97) . Referring to claim 10, Keilaf shows A Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) system, comprising: a light emitting unit comprising a light source comprising one or more laser emitters for generating one or more laser beams for producing reflected photons off of a target (see figure 3C Ref 112) ; a scanning unit comprising a scanning mirror for changing an outgoing direction of the one or more laser beams (see figure 3C note the TX mirror) ; a light receiving unit comprising a MEMS mirror array including a plurality of receiving mirrors and a photon detector, the MEMS mirror array being configured to deflect the reflected photons to the photon detector (see figure 3C note the RX mirror) ; and a control system for controlling the LiDAR system, the control system being configured to adjust the scanning and receiving mirrors ( see paragraph 97 and 98 note the MEMS mirror array is controlled by a processor that is not shown and controlled by the processor Ref 118 ) . Referring to claim 12, Keilaf shows the scanning mirror is a MEMS mirror (see figure 3C) . Referring to claim 17, Keilaf shows the scanning and receiving mirrors are rotatable in one dimension (1D) and/or in two dimensions (2D), and are controllable by the control system to rotate independently or collectively (see paragraph 97) . Referring to claim 20, Keilaf shows the scanning unit is configured to project a plurality of scanning lines onto a target (see figure 2A and 2B) . Referring to claim 21, Keilaf shows the scanning unit is configured to project photons onto a plurality of scanning areas to detect a plurality of scanning points in each of the scanning areas (see figure 2A, 2B also see figure 3C note the sectioned FOV) . Referring to claim 24, Keilaf shows the scanning MEMS mirror is part of the MEMS mirror array (see figure 3C) . Referring to claim 25, Keilaf shows the scanning MEMS mirror is separate from the MEMS mirror array (see figure 2B Ref 114) . Referring to claim 26, Keilaf shows the scanning MEMS mirror and the MEMS mirror array are packaged together (see figure 3C) . Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 103 The following is a quotation of 35 U.S.C. 103 which forms the basis for all obviousness rejections set forth in this Office action: 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. Claim(s) 8 and 18 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Keilaf ( 20190271767 ) in view of Zhou (10551613). Referring to claim s 8 and 18 , Keilaf fails to show but Zhou shows the receiving mirrors of the MEMS mirror array are defined by a long edge and a short edge, and the mirrors are positioned parallel to one another along the long edge, a rotation axis of the MEMS mirror array is parallel to the long edge (see figure 22b-22c) . It would have been obvious to include the mirrors as shown by Zhou because this allows for a higher fill factor than square mirrors at taught by Zhou (see column 16 lines 38-46). Claim(s) 11 and 22 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Keilaf ( 20190271767 ) in view of Druml (20200159005 ). Referring to claim 11 and 22 , Keilaf shows at least one of a first axis control circuit and a second axis control circuit for adjusting the scanning and receiving mirrors; a light source control circuit configured to control the light emitting unit to modulate the one or more laser beams (see figure 2A Ref 108 also see paragraph 121) ; a detector output process circuit configured to receive signals from the photon detector (see figure 2A Ref 212 and 108). However Keilaf fails to show a fault detection circuit configured to detect failure of the scanning unit, of the light receiving unit and/or of the photon detector. Druml shows a similar device that includes a fault detection circuit configured to detect failure of the scanning unit, of the light receiving unit and/or of the photon detector (see paragraph 17) . It would have been obvious to include the fault detection unit as shown by Druml because this is extremely well known to allow fault detection in a scanning LIDAR system, especially a LIDAR system used in an autonomous vehicle as shown by Keilaf (see paragraph 122 also see paragraph 505 for error detection). Claim(s) 14 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Keilaf ( 20190271767 ) in view of Wang (20200292672 ). Referring to claim 14, Keilaf fails to show but Wang shows the scanning mirror is a galvanometer-based scanning mirror (see paragraph 68) . It would have been obvious to include the galvanometer-based scanning mirror as shown by Wang because this is extremely common in a scanning LIDAR system and adds no new or unexpected results. Claim(s) 1 5 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Keilaf ( 20190271767 ) in view of Dussan (20160047895 ). Referring to claim 15, Keilaf fails to show but Dussan shows the scanning unit further comprises an angle detection system comprising a second light source and a position sensor, wherein the second light source is configured to emit a detectable laser beam that is deflected by the scanning mirror and detected by the position sensor to obtain mirror position data, the position sensor being configured to send the mirror position data to the control system (see figure 6A and 6B) . It would have been obvious to include the second light source to detect the location of the scanning mirrors because this allows for feedback for the mirror control as shown by Dussan . Referring to claim 16, Keilaf fails to show but Dussan shows the scanning unit further comprises a second scanning mirror for directing the one or more laser beams to the scanning mirror (see figures 6A and 6B) . 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