DETAILED ACTION
1. 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 §103
2. 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.
Claims 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 103 as being unpatentable over Pichaimurthy et al (Pub. No.: US 2025/0047326 A1; hereinafter Pichaimurthy) in view of Martinez et al (Pub. No.: US 2017/0048490 A1; hereinafter Martinez)
Consider claims 1, and 8, Pichaimurthy clearly shows and discloses a method and a display device comprising: a speaker; a display configured to display a first video and a second video (Media device 300 displays a video conference call on display 302. Display 302 may be divided into sections for each other conference participant. For example, participant John is displayed in portion 304 and participant Mary is displayed in portion 306) (paragraphs: 0033 and fig. 3); and a controller configured to, when the first video is focused from among the first video and the second video, output a first voice corresponding to the first video through the speaker (If multiple voices are detected in an audio stream for John, dialog box 308 may be displayed. Dialog box 308 offers the user of media device 300 an option to select which voice in the audio stream from John the user of media device 300 wants to hear) (paragraph: 0033 and fig. 3, label 308, first video for label 304 and abstract); however, Pichaimurthy does not specifically disclose convert a second voice corresponding to an unfocused second video into text, and display the converted text on the second video.
In the same field of endeavor, Martinez clearly specifically teaches to convert a second voice corresponding to an unfocused second video into text, and display the converted text on the second video (upon receiving input to mute the videoconference from a first participant of the videoconference converts detected speech of a number of participants of the videoconference into text and displays the text on a monitor of the computing device) (abstract, paragraphs: 0043 -0046; and figs. 3, labels: 305, 315-325).
Therefore, it would have been obvious to a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time the invention was made to incorporate the teaching of Martinez into teaching of Pichaimurthy for the purpose of converting the speech of the participants of the videoconference into text. This text is then displayed on the monitor of the computing device.
Consider claims 2, and 9, Pichaimurthy and Martinez clearly show the method and the display device, wherein the controller is configured to determine that the first video is focused when the controller receives a command to select the first video from a remote control device (Pichaimurthy: paragraphs: 0033 and fig. 3, label: 308).
Consider claims 3, and 10, Pichaimurthy and Martinez clearly show the method and the display device, wherein the controller is configured to output a notification indicating that a keyword is included when the text includes a preset keyword (Pichaimurthy: paragraphs: 0033 and fig. 3, label: 308).
Consider claim 4, Pichaimurthy and Martinez clearly show the method and the display device, further comprising: a network interface configured to communicate with a first counterpart device and a second counterpart device (Pichaimurthy: paragraphs: 0041-0044 and fig. 6).
Consider claims 5, and 11, Pichaimurthy and Martinez clearly show the method and the display device, wherein the focused first video is a first conference video received from the first counterpart device, and the unfocused second video is a second conference video received from the second counterpart device (Martinez: paragraphs: 0043 -0046; and figs. 3, labels: 305, 315-325).
Consider claims 6, and 12, Pichaimurthy and Martinez clearly show the method and the display device, wherein the controller is configured to receive a spoken voice uttered by a user from a remote control device and transmit the received spoken voice to the first counterpart device (Martinez: paragraphs: 0043 -0046; and figs. 3, labels: 305, 315-325).
Consider claims 7, and 13, Pichaimurthy and Martinez clearly show the method and the display device, further comprising: a network interface configured to communicate with a first external device; and an external device input interface connected to a second external device, wherein the focused first video is a conference video received from the first external device vis the network interface, and the unfocused second video is an external input video received from the second external device via the external device input interface (Martinez: paragraphs: 0043 -0046; and figs. 3, labels: 305, 315-325).
Conclusion
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/AMAL S ZENATI/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2656