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 .
Response to Arguments
Applicant's arguments filed October 16, 2025 have been fully considered but they are not persuasive.
Applicant’s argue that there is no teaching or suggestion in Joon of the feature "a sensor control module configured to analyze the received unmanned counting result data to determine image sensor parameters of the image data collected from the camera module, and control the camera module or the communication module according to the determined image sensor parameters" as recited in independent claim 1 because it is unclear to Applicants which elements of Joon the Office is alleging corresponds to the claimed "sensor control module".
In response, the examiner respectfully disagrees. As stated in the last office action that the claimed a sensor control module is met by the intelligent video unit 350 which determines whether or not the motion of a person recognized by the at least one camera 500 matches a preset motion, and then sends a notification message corresponding to the preset motion to the user terminal 100 can be transmitted (Fig. 2, page 3, lines 12-37 and page 8, line 8 to col. 9, line 47). Joon also discloses in page 5 of the translation of KR 10-2333143 B1 from IP.com that “The video security system using CCTV is widely used in various fields as the demand for safety such as crime prevention and disaster prevention increases. The existing analog CCTV has recently developed into a network-based intelligent CCTV, and an integrated control system has emerged to integrate and manage many cameras. The integrated control system…” and “An embodiment of the present invention builds unattended counting (People Co embodiment of the present invention builds unattended counting (People Counting), face recognition (Face Recognition), face authentication (Face Authentication) and intelligent video analysis (Intelligent Video Analysis) as an integrated solution, and each individual or company requires a method of providing unmanned counting service that allows users to customize the functions of the service and to link with various platforms including marketing, congestion analysis, flow analysis, customer analysis, access control, infrastructure use approval, and unmanned payment or to use analysis data can provide. However, the technical task to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical task as described above, and other technical tasks may exist”. From the above passages, it is clear that the intelligent video unit 350 of Joon is used to manage many cameras and/or access control infrastructure. Thus, the claimed “a sensor control module configured to analyze the received unmanned counting result data to determine image sensor parameters of the image data collected from the camera module, and control the camera module or the communication module according to the determined image sensor parameters” is met by the intelligent video unit 350 because the intelligent video analysis is used to manage many cameras or access control infrastructure.
In re page 11, applicants state that claims 2-3 are allowable for the same reason as discussed in claim 1 above.
In response, as discussed above, Joon does indeed disclose all the claimed limitations of claim 1.
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.
Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipate by Myoung Soung Joon (KR 10-2333143 B1).
In considering claim 1, Myoung Soung Joon discloses all the claimed subject matter, note 1) the claimed a camera module configured to collect and encode image data through a camera is met by the camera 500 (Fig. 2, page 8, line 8 to col. 9, line 17), 2) the claimed a communication module configured to transmit the image data collected from the camera module to a wireless gateway device and receive unmanned counting result data, in which the number of persons included in the image data is counted, from the wireless gateway device is met by the counting unit 320 of the counting service providing server 300 through the network 200 (Fig. 2, page 7, line 13 to col. 9, line 17 and page 11, lines 23-38), and 3) the claimed a sensor control module configured to analyze the received unmanned counting result data to determine image sensor parameters of the image data collected from the camera module, and control the camera module or the communication module according to the determined image sensor parameters is met by the intelligent video unit 350 which determines whether or not the motion of a person recognized by the at least one camera 500 matches a preset motion, and then sends a notification message corresponding to the preset motion to the user terminal 100 can be transmitted (Fig. 2, page 3, lines 12-37 and page 8, line 8 to col. 9, line 47).
In considering claim 2, the claimed wherein the unmanned counting result data further includes face position information and face size information of a person in the image data, and the communication module may include an unmanned counting result receiving unit configured to receive the unmanned counting result data from the wireless gateway device is met by the counting unit 320 of the counting service providing server 300 through the network 200 and the recognizer 330 which estimate the gender and age of the person recognized from the at least one camera 500 (Fig. 2, page 8, line 18 to col. 9, line 17 and page 11, lines 23-38).
In considering claim 3, the claimed wherein the image sensor parameter includes a collection cycle of the image data and a collection image quality of the image data, and the sensor control module includes an image sensor parameter determination unit configured to determine a collection cycle of the image data from information on the number of persons in the image data, and to determine the collection image quality of the image data from the face size information of the person in the image data is met by the intelligent video unit 350 which determines whether or not the motion of a person recognized by the at least one camera 500 matches a preset motion, and then sends a notification message corresponding to the preset motion to the user terminal 100 can be transmitted (Fig. 2, page 3, lines 12-37 and page 8, line 8 to col. 9, line 47).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-6 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.
Claims 7-15 are allowed.
Conclusion
THIS ACTION IS MADE FINAL. Applicant is reminded of the extension of time policy as set forth in 37 CFR 1.136(a).
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January 9, 2026
/TRANG U TRAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2422