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 .
Double Patenting
A rejection based on double patenting of the “same invention” type finds its support in the language of 35 U.S.C. 101 which states that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process... may obtain a patent therefor...” (Emphasis added). Thus, the term “same invention,” in this context, means an invention drawn to identical subject matter. See Miller v. Eagle Mfg. Co., 151 U.S. 186 (1894); In re Vogel, 422 F.2d 438, 164 USPQ 619 (CCPA 1970); In re Ockert, 245 F.2d 467, 114 USPQ 330 (CCPA 1957).
A statutory type (35 U.S.C. 101) double patenting rejection can be overcome by canceling or amending the claims that are directed to the same invention so they are no longer coextensive in scope. The filing of a terminal disclaimer cannot overcome a double patenting rejection based upon 35 U.S.C. 101.
Claims 1-6 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 as claiming the same invention as that of claims 1-6 of prior U.S. Patent No. 12,198,499 B2. This is a statutory double patenting rejection.
US Application Number: 18/964,052
US Patent Number: 18,198,499 B2
A chip recognition system to recognize a plurality of chips on a game table, wherein the plurality of chips include a plurality of types which can be determined at least by their colors, the chips of the plurality of types all having a disc shape with the same size, the plurality of chips make a stack on the game table in a direction perpendicular to a table surface of the game table, the chip recognition system comprising:
A chip recognition system to recognize a plurality of chips on a game table, wherein the plurality of chips include a plurality of types which can be determined at least by their colors, the chips of the plurality of types all having a disc shape with the same size, the plurality of chips make a stack on the game table in a direction perpendicular to a table surface of the game table, the chip recognition system comprising:
one or more cameras configured to capture the stack on the game table from diagonally above and generate a chip image in which an oval top surface of the topmost chip of the stack and sides of the plurality of chips comprising the stack appear; and
one or more cameras configured to capture the stack on the game table from diagonally above and generate a chip image in which an oval top surface of the topmost chip of the stack and sides of the plurality of chips comprising the stack appear; and
a controller configured to:
a controller configured to:
recognize a position of the stack on the game table by analyzing the chip image using artificial intelligence or deep learning, and
recognize a position of the stack on the game table by analyzing the chip image using artificial intelligence or deep learning, and
recognize the types and number of chips of the plurality of chips comprising the stack by analyzing the chip image using artificial intelligence, deep learning, or machine learning.
recognize the types and number of chips of the plurality of chips comprising the stack by analyzing the chip image using artificial intelligence, deep learning, or machine learning.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
See references cited on PTO form 892.
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/Ronald Laneau/
Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3715
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