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 .
Election/Restrictions
Applicant’s election without traverse of Specie I: claims 1, 2, 9 and 12 in the reply filed on 11/4/2025 is acknowledged.
Claims 3-8, 10, 11, 13 and 14 are withdrawn from further consideration pursuant to 37 CFR 1.142(b) as being drawn to a nonelected Species II and III, there being no allowable generic or linking claim.
Priority
Receipt is acknowledged of certified copies of papers required by 37 CFR 1.55.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 1/10/2024 was filed. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Specification
The title of the invention is not descriptive. A new title is required that is clearly indicative of the invention to which the claims are directed.
The following title is suggested: Trajectory Processing System Adjusting Distance Interval Between Adjacent Prediction Points as Prediction Interval.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
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.
Claim(s) 1, 2, 9 and 12 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Li et al. (US 2019/0235505 A1).
For claims 1, 9 and 12, Li discloses a trajectory processing system for performing a trajectory processing for causing a vehicle to track a target trajectory in future travel of the vehicle, the trajectory processing system comprising: a processor (Fig. 1, 4, 5, abstract), wherein: the processor is configured to execute:
generating a prediction trajectory obtained by predicting a state quantity of the vehicle in time series at a plurality of prediction points so as to approach the target trajectory (Fig. 3, para. 0028, 0033, 0049, where the prediction module determines and predict the states of the vehicle in various time series at various reference points along the trajectories); and
outputting a steering command for operating the vehicle according to the prediction trajectory (Para. 0017, 0020, 0021, 0026, 0037, where steering commands and outputs for operating the vehicle based on the prediction trajectory are executed by the ADV operating system);
the generating of the prediction trajectory includes: adjusting a plurality of prediction intervals to be wider as a distance from the vehicle increases; the prediction intervals are defined as an interval between adjacent prediction points in a prediction section for generating the prediction trajectory; and the adjusting of the prediction intervals includes: adjusting a distance interval between adjacent prediction points as the prediction interval (Fig. 5, abstract, para. 0036, 0037, 0040, 0049-0053, where the interval between adjacent predicted reference points generated are adjusted to distance interval between adjacent prediction points).
For claim 2, Li discloses the trajectory processing system according to claim 1, wherein:
the adjusting of the prediction intervals includes: adjusting the prediction intervals to be wider with a constant change width as the distance from the vehicle increases (Fig. 5, abstract, para. 0014, 0049-0053, where the prediction intervals are gradually wider as distance from the vehicle increases, less density).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
(US 2018/0339670 A1) Nishimura et al. discloses a collision preventing control device predicting various reference points in future trajectory.
(US 2025/0002049 A1) Tam et al. discloses a vehicle trajectory predicting system generating predicted trajectory in time intervals.
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/SZE-HON KONG/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3657