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 .
Status of the Claims
This action is in response to the applicant’s filing on September 18, 2024. Claims 1-20 are pending and examined below.
Priority
Acknowledgment is made of applicant’s claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. 119 (a)-(d). The certified copy has been filed in parent Application No. CN202210547448.X, filed on May 19, 2022.
Information Disclosure Statement
The information disclosure statement (IDS) submitted on September 18, 2024. The submission is in compliance with the provisions of 37 CFR 1.97. Accordingly, the information disclosure statement is being considered by the examiner.
Claim Objections
Claims 2, 4, 6, 11, 15, 16, and 18 are objected to because of the following informalities:
Claim 2, lines 1-2, “a vehicle head direction” should read “the vehicle head direction”.
Claim 2, line 2, “a curving degree” should read “the curving degree”.
Claim 4, line 2, “a vehicle head direction” should read “the vehicle head direction”.
Claim 4, line 3, “a curving degree” should read “the curving degree”.
Claim 6, line 2, “the head up” should read “head up”.
Claim 11, line 2, “a current traveling speed” should read “the current traveling speed”.
Claim 15, line 1, “a real-time position” should read “the real-time position”.
Claim 16, line 1, “route curvature data” should read “the route curvature data”.
Claim 16, line 2, “a navigation route” should read “the navigation route”.
Claim 18, line 2, “a vehicle head direction” should read “the vehicle head direction”.
Claim 18, lines 2-3, “a curving degree” should read “the curving degree”.
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.
Claims 6-8 and 12-13 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 to claim 6, the limitation “the navigation perspective” at line 1 is unclear. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. For purposes of examination, the Examiner is interpreting the limitation to be “a navigation perspective”.
As to claim 12, the limitation “the target distance” at line 2 is unclear. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. For purposes of examination, the Examiner is interpreting the limitation to be “a target distance”.
Further, the limitation “the head up direction” at line 4 is unclear. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. For purposes of examination, the Examiner is interpreting the limitation to be “a head up direction”.
As to claim 13, the limitation “the head up direction” at line 6 is unclear. There is insufficient antecedent basis for this limitation in the claim. For purposes of examination, the Examiner is interpreting the limitation to be “a head up direction”.
Claims 7-8 are rejected as being dependent upon a rejected claim.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-5, 9-11 and 14-20 are allowed.
Claims 6-8 and 12-13 would be allowable if rewritten or amended to overcome the rejection(s) under 35 USC §112(b), set forth in this Office Action.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure:
MATSUMOTO et al. (JP H1038588 A) regarding a system for displaying the current position of the moving body on a map.
TAKAKAZU (JP 3460513 B2) regarding a system for performing heading-up control for changing the orientation of a map displayed on a vehicle-mounted display according to the orientation of the vehicle.
Seo (US 20110050689 A1) regarding a system for generating a three-dimensional (3D) path.
KO (KR 20150064767 A) regarding a system for performing a path guide on augmented reality.
YANG et al. (CN 105865482 A) regarding a system for map navigation.
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/K.S.P./Examiner, Art Unit 3666
/ANNE MARIE ANTONUCCI/Supervisory Patent Examiner, Art Unit 3666