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 .
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on 11/30/2023 is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
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 applicant regards as his invention.
Claims 1-20 are 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.
As per claim 1, the claim calls for “estimating a direction of the moving object by match a plurality of images …” and “the estimated change in the direction of the moving object”. However, it is not clear what direction is to be estimated since the claim calls for different types of direction, ie. first direction, second direction and third direction, or the claimed “direction” is a trajectory. Additionally, there is no computation related to “the estimated change in the direction of the moving object”. Therefore, it is difficult to understand how to estimate “the first position of moving object in the first direction based on … the estimated change in the direction of the moving object”.
As per claim 2, there seems be some typographical error that the denominator portion of the third equation should be x’(t)+x’(t-1) not y’(t)+y’(t-1). Please review math equation 1 in specification, paragraph [0029].
claims 3 and 6-10 are rejected as being dependent upon claim 1.
As per claim 4, see explanation in claim 1 above.
As per claim 5, see explanation in claim 1 above.
As per claim 11, see explanation in claim 2 above.
Claims 12-15 are rejected as being dependent upon claim 4.
As per claim 16, see explanation in claim 2 above.
Claims 17-20 are rejected as being dependent upon claim 5.
Conclusion
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/TOM Y LU/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2667