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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 .
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Claim Objections
Claims 1 and 9-10 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Regarding claim 1, the claim recites in 2nd limitation “while performing an operation to acquire three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of a surface of an object by a position measurement system, wherein recording the path comprises:”. Based on the claim language, the claim should read, “while performing an operation to acquire three-dimensional (3D) coordinates of a surface of an object by the position measurement system, wherein recording the path comprises:”.
Claim 1 further recites in 3rd limitation “moving the pose manipulation system sequentially through a plurality of relative poses between a position measurement system and an object, at which the position measurement system measures the 3D coordinates of the object to operate on and the pose tracking system records a relative pose”. Based on the claim language, the claim should read, “moving the pose manipulation system sequentially through a plurality of relative poses between the position measurement system and the object, at which the position measurement system measures the 3D coordinates of the object to operate on and a pose tracking system records a relative pose”.
Regarding claim 9, the claim recites in 3rd limitation “wherein thetransforming the measured positions is further based at least in part on the calibrated relative pose and the tracked relative pose to be in the common coordinate system”. Based on the claim language, the claim should read, “wherein the transforming the measured positions is further based at least in part on the calibrated relative pose and the tracked relative pose to be in the common coordinate system”.
Regarding claim 10, it is objected for the same reasons as provided in the objection of claim 1
mutandis mutatis.
Claim 10 further recites “calibrating the relative pose between the tracked stationary coordinate system and one or a coordinate system of the object and the position measurement system”. Based on the claim language, the claim should read, “calibrating the relative pose between the tracked stationary coordinate system and one of a coordinate system of the object and the position measurement system”.
Appropriate correction is required.
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.
Claim 1-18 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.
Regarding claim 1, the claim language recites in the 5th limitation “… calibrating the relative pose between the tracked manipulated coordinate system and one of a coordinate system of the object and the position measurement system…”. It’s unclear based on the claim language, what exactly is meant by the tracked manipulated coordinate system. More specifically, its unclear whether the tracked manipulated coordinate system is the coordinate system of the manipulation system, tracking system or some other component.
Claim 1 further recites in the last limitation, “transforming the measured positions based at least in part on the calibrated relative pose and the tracked relative pose into a common coordinate system”. However, the claim language earlier recites in 3rd limitation “moving the pose manipulation system sequentially through a plurality of relative poses between a position measurement system and an object, at which the position measurement system measures the 3D coordinates of the object…” and the claim also recites in 4th limitation “… and the position measurement system measuring the 3D coordinates and applying the recorded poses”. Therefore, it is unclear which measured position recited earlier in the claim is being transformed into a common coordinate system.
Regarding claim 10, the claim language recites in the 5th limitation “… calibrating the relative pose between the tracked stationary coordinate system and one of a coordinate system of the object and the position measurement system…”. It’s unclear based on the claim language, what exactly is meant by the tracked stationary coordinate system. More specifically, it’s unclear whether the tracked stationary coordinate system is the coordinate system of the manipulation system, tracking system or some other component.
Claim 10 further recites in the last limitation, “transforming the measured positions based at least in part on the calibrated relative pose and the tracked relative pose into a common coordinate system”. However, the claim language earlier recites in 3rd limitation “moving the pose manipulation system sequentially through a plurality of relative poses between a position measurement system and an object, at which the position measurement system measures the 3D coordinates of the object…” and the claim also recites in 4th limitation “… and the position measurement system measuring the 3D coordinates and applying the recorded poses”. Therefore, it is unclear which measured position recited earlier in the claim is being transformed into a common coordinate system.
Regarding claims 2-9, 11-18, these claims are either directly or indirectly dependent upon rejected independent claims, and also inherit the deficiencies described above. Therefore, they are also rejected under this section for at least their dependency upon a rejected base claim.
Appropriate corrections are required.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Fu (US 20230030852 A1) teaches a method for operating pose manipulation system for tracking a position measurement system (Fig 3-4 para 0037 wherein the robot is connected with the sensor and tracks sensor measurements; “The robotic system 100 includes, in addition to the robot 10, a sensor 1 (an example of a measurement device in one or more aspects of the present disclosure) located on the robot 10, and a control apparatus 4 connected to the sensor 1 and the robot 10”),
recording a path of relative poses that the pose manipulation system is in while performing an operation to acquire three-dimensional (3D) coordinates an object by a position measurement system (Fig 4, At least in para 0007, 0060 wherein the storage unit as part of the control apparatus stores information regarding the measurement path and poses to measure the position of the object; “The control apparatus includes a pose generator …, a measurement path determiner that determines, for the measurement device, a measurement path including at least one pose of the one or more poses to cause the measurement device to move along the measurement path including the at least one pose and to measure the positional information about the object”; “The storage 43 also stores a database containing measurement data output from the sensor 1, measurement conditions, recognition parameters, and various calculation parameters”), wherein recording the path comprises:
moving the pose manipulation system sequentially through a plurality of relative poses between a position measurement system and an object, at which the position measurement system measures the 3D coordinates of the object to operate on and the pose tracking system records a relative pose (At least in para 0007, 0060 and 0076 wherein the storage unit as part of the control apparatus stores information regarding the measurement path and relative poses to measure the position of the object while being controlled by the sensor controller to move in a measurement path; “The control apparatus includes a pose generator …, a measurement path determiner that determines, for the measurement device, a measurement path including at least one pose of the one or more poses to cause the measurement device to move along the measurement path including the at least one pose and to measure the positional information about the object”; “The measurement conditions include, for example, the exposure time, the illumination intensity, and the measurement positions (e.g., 3D positions or poses, or optical axis orientations, of the sensor 1 relative to the workpieces 5”);
performing the operation on at least one object by causing the pose manipulation system to move sequentially along the poses in the path, and the position measurement system measuring the 3D coordinates and applying the recorded poses (Para 0009, 0082 wherein the measurement path from the last cycle includes the recorded poses from the previous cycle to measure the coordinates of the object; “[0009] This structure defines, for the measurement device, the measurement path including one or more generated poses; The measurement path may be the same as the previous measurement path …”).
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/SAGAR KC/Examiner, Art Unit 3657
/ADAM R MOTT/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3657