DETAILED ACTION
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
(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 1-20 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Heyd et al. (US 2021/0327295).
Regarding claims 1-5 and 16-19, Heyd discloses a flight simulation system which simulates a physical environment for a user. See paragraph 0035. Heyd discloses a viewable (claim 3) mock avionics device positioned in the mixed reality (claims 2 and 17) environment, with an input selection button (claims 4-5 and 18-19). See paragraph 0049.
Regarding claims 6 and 12, Heyd discloses the system as described above, and wherein the mixed reality system (claim 12) further comprises a camera which captures images of the physical environment, and renders elements from those images to the user display. See paragraph 0058.
Regarding claims 7-8, 10, 13-15, and 20, Heyd discloses wherein the displayed images are adjusted as they are video streamed (claims 14-15, 20) based upon tracked position of the user (i.e. viewpoint as per claim 13), which is within the physical environment. See paragraph 0046.
Regarding claims 9 and 11, Heyd discloses wherein the system senses and tracks a user’s hand, and renders the interaction of physical elements with which the hand interacts (as per claim 11). See paragraph 0049.
Conclusion
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TIMOTHY A. MUSSELMAN
Primary Examiner
Art Unit 3715
/TIMOTHY A MUSSELMAN/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3715
