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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 .
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 102
In the event the determination of the status of the application as subject to AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103 (or as subject to pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. 102 and 103) is incorrect, any correction of the statutory basis (i.e., changing from AIA to pre-AIA ) for the rejection will not be considered a new ground of rejection if the prior art relied upon, and the rationale supporting the rejection, would be the same under either status.
The following is a quotation of the appropriate paragraphs of 35 U.S.C. 102 that form the basis for the rejections under this section made in this Office action:
A person shall be entitled to a patent unless –
(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.
(a)(2) the claimed invention was described in a patent issued under section 151, or in an application for patent published or deemed published under section 122(b), in which the patent or application, as the case may be, names another inventor and was effectively filed before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
Bohannon
Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1)/(a)(2) as being anticipated by Bohannon et al. (USPubN 2020/0410444; hereinafter Bohannon).
As per claim 1, Bohannon teaches a detection and identification system, comprising: a display portion(“a system includes a display and a computing device coupled to the display” in Abs):
an image-taking portion for performing a first image-taking operation, wherein when performing the first image-taking operation, the image-taking portion captures a full- body image of a person under detection, in order for the display portion to display the full-body image in real time(“a graphic worker interface including a camera that may capture an image of a worker as he or she approaches an entrance to a work environment.” in Para.[0023], “a new avatar (e.g., not based on a previously presented avatar) of worker 10A. In some cases, PPEIS 6 may render a new avatar of worker 10A based on an image of worker 10A. In some such examples, system 2 may optionally include a camera 22 (or another image capture device) to capture an image of worker 10A,” in Para.[0042], “camera 22 or another image capture device, PPEIS 6 may be configured to display avatar 52 as a moving avatar of worker 10A that is equipped with the one or more articles of PPE 13A for worker 10A to use. In some such examples, PPEIS 6 may periodically or continuously capture images of worker 10A (e.g., using camera 22). PPEIS 6 may compare a first image to a second image, in which the first image was captured at an earlier time than the second image and determine a movement of worker 10A based on the comparison of the first and second images. If a movement of worker 10A is determined, PPEIS 6 may display a moving avatar of worker 10A that mirrors the determined movement of worker 10A. In this way, PPEIS 6 may display a moving avatar of worker 10A such that what is shown on display 12 serves as a mirror reflecting a moving image of worker 10A as worker 10A moves.” in Para.[0046]); and
a protective clothing detection portion for dividing the full-body image into a plurality of to-be-identified regions according to joints of a human body; for determining, by an anomaly detection method or a semantic segmentation algorithm, whether or not each said to-be-identified region meets detection criteria; and for marking each said to-be-identified region in such a way that each said to-be-identified region meeting the detection criteria is displayed by the display portion as marked with a first mark while each said to-be-identified region failing to meet the detection criteria is displayed by the display portion as marked with a second mark, wherein the first mark and the second mark are color blocks or color frames different in color(“an example UI 80 including one or more indications of a received confirmation 84A-84E (collectively, “confirmations 84”) of the one or more articles of PPE 54 of avatar 52 of FIG. 3A. As described herein, PPEIS 6 may enable a user to confirm that he or she is wearing the one or more articles of PPE 54 equipped by avatar 52, and PPEIS 6 may present an indication of the received confirmation, as seen in FIG. 4A” in Para.[0103], “avatar 52 includes confirmed articles of PPE 84A-84D (collectively, “confirmed PPE 84”) and non-confirmed articles of PPE 86A-86D (collectively, “non-confirmed PPE 86”). UI 80 may indicate confirmed PPE 84 and non-confirmed PPE 86 such that a user can differentiate between the confirmed PPE 84 and the non-confirmed PPE 86. For example, UI 80 may use different colors, patterns, outlines, shapes, shading, highlighting, or the like to indicate confirmed PPE 84 and non-confirmed PPE 86. Although FIG. 4A shows that both confirmed PPE 84 and non-confirmed PPE 86 are indicated, in other examples, one of confirmed PPE 84 and non-confirmed PPE 86 may be indicated and the other of confirmed PPE 84 and non-confirmed PPE 86 may not be indicated.” In Para.[0104], Fig. 4A).
As per claim 2, Bohannon teaches wherein the detection criteria are based on protective clothing wearing guidelines or surface conditions of protective clothing(“FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate example UIs 100, 120, 130, 140 indicating verification of the one or more articles of PPE 54 of avatar 52 of FIG. 3A. FIG. 5A illustrates an example UI 100 indicating verification of the one or more articles of PPE 54 of avatar 52 of FIG. 3A in which one or more articles of PPE 54 are present 104 in one or more articles of PPE worn by the worker in an image and one or more articles of PPE 54 are not present 106 (e.g., missing) in the one or more articles of PPE worn by the worker in the image. The one or more articles of PPE worn by the worker in the image may be identified based on an analyzed image of the worker. Verification of the one or more articles of PPE worn by the worker in the image may be similar to indication of a received confirmation of one or more articles of PPE 54 (e.g., as in FIGS. 4A and 4B). For example, UI 100 may use different colors, patterns, outlines, shapes, shading, highlighting, or the like to indicate PPE present 104 in the one or more articles of PPE worn by the worker in the image and not present 106 in the one or more articles of PPE worn by the worker in the image” in Para.[0109]).
As per claim 3, Bohannon teaches wherein the to-be-identified regions are a head region, a torso region, a left arm region, a right arm region, a left leg region, and a right leg region(“, a worker may be required to wear at least one of respiratory protection equipment, protective eyewear, protective headwear, hearing protection devices, protective shoes, protective gloves, protective clothing, or any other article of PPE” in Para.[0002], “FIG. 3A illustrates an example user interface (UI) 50 that includes an avatar 52 of a worker equipped with one or more articles of PPE 54A-54H (collectively, “PPE 54”) identified for the worker to use. In the example of FIG. 3A, avatar 52 is equipped with PPE 54 including a hard hat 54A, safety glasses 54B, ear protection 54H, a full body harness 54C, safety gloves 54D, a back belt 54F, a safety lanyard with hooks 54E, and steel toed shoes 54G. Such PPE 54 may be required for a job function of the worker and/or for an environment for which the worker will be within. Additionally, or alternatively, PPE 54 on avatar 52 may include PPE 54 the worker has been trained to use, is properly sized for the worker, has been previously worn (e.g., by the worker or by another worker in for the same job function and/or environment), or combinations thereof as described herein” in Para.[0097], Fig. 3A and 4A).
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 4-11 are objected to as being dependent upon a rejected base claim, but would be allowable if rewritten in independent form including all of the limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims.
Conclusion
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/SUNGHYOUN PARK/Examiner, Art Unit 2484