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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.
Claim(s) 1-7 is/are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Miyamoto (US 20190162956) herein after referred to as D1.
With regard to claim 1, D1 teaches A head-up display, in at least (Figs. 2-6 and tables); that projects an image ([0001]) onto an object (22) capable of at least reflecting light ([0023]), and forms a virtual image (40) that is visible to an observer (30) , in a virtual image region (40) virtually generated on one side of the object (22) relative to the observer (30) , the head-up display (10) comprising: an image ([0001]) generation device (13) that projects the image ([0001]); and a projection optical system (11, 12 and 13) that guides the image ([0001]) projected from the image ([0001]) generation device (13) to the object (22), and forms the virtual image (40) , wherein the projection optical system (11, 12 and 13) includes a first mirror (11) that has power ([0049]) and is closest to the image ([0001]) generation device (13) in order on a light path (figs. 2-4 dashed line) along which the image ([0001]) generation device (13) projects the image ([0001]), when (i) a light beam ([0023]) that passes through a center ([0071]) of the virtual image (40) region is a gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray), (ii) a point ([0006]) of reflection of the gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray) is a first origin ([0071]), (iii) a normal line of the first mirror (11) at the first origin ([0071]) is a first Z-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), (iv) an axis (Fig. 5 and 6) that is orthogonal to the first Z-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) and corresponds to a left-and-right direction of the virtual image (40) is a first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), and (v) an axis (Fig. 5 and 6) that is orthogonal to the first Z-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) and the first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) is a first Y-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), the first mirror (11) is asymmetrical ([0024]) in shape relative to the first Y-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), and a length ([0049] and [0054]) of a first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) component of a point ([0006]) A vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) and a length ([0049] and [0054]) of a first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) component of a point ([0006]) B vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) are identical or approximately identical, the point ([0006]) A vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) being a normal vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) of a length ([0049] and [0054]) L1 ([0049] and [0054]) at a point ([0006]) A that is a predetermined point ([0006]) on the first mirror (11), the point ([0006]) B vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) being a normal vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) of the length ([0049] and [0054]) L1 ([0049] and [0054]) at a point ([0006]) B that is an other point ([0006]) having a Y-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) value identical to a Y-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) value of the point ([0006]) A and an X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) value that is an inversely signed number with a magnitude identical to an X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) value of the point ([0006]) A.
With regard to claim 2, D1 teaches all of the claimed limitations of the instant invention as have been outlined above with respect to claim 1, wherein D1 further teaches a head-up device, in at least (figs. 2-6, and tables); wherein the image ([0001]) generation device (13) includes a display component that displays the image ([0001]), and when (i) a point ([0006]) at which the gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray) passes through is a second origin ([0071]), (ii) a normal line of the display component at the second origin ([0071]) is a second Z-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), (iii) an axis (Fig. 5 and 6) of the display component that is orthogonal to the second Z-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) and corresponds to the left-and-right direction of the virtual image (40) is a second X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), and (iv) an axis (Fig. 5 and 6) that is orthogonal to the second Z-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) and the second X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) is a second Y-axis (Fig. 5 and 6), in the display component, a second X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) component of a gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray) vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) is either zero or a minute value, the gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray) vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) being located on the gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray) and being of a predetermined length ([0049] and [0054]).
With regard to claim 3, D1 teaches all of the claimed limitations of the instant invention as have been outlined above with respect to claim 1, wherein D1 further teaches a head-up device, in at least (figs. 2-6, and tables); wherein when the first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) component of the point ([0006]) A vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) is AX and the first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6) component of the point ([0006]) B vector ([0041]: N1 and N2) is BX, Expression 1 shown below is satisfied: ||AX| -|BX|| ≤ 0.1*L1 (tables; [0041] and [0049])
With regard to claim 4, D1 teaches all of the claimed limitations of the instant invention as have been outlined above with respect to claim 1, wherein D1 further teaches a head-up device, in at least (figs. 2-6, and tables); wherein the first mirror (11) is asymmetrical ([0024]) in shape relative to the first X-axis (Fig. 5 and 6).
With regard to claim 5, D1 teaches all of the claimed limitations of the instant invention as have been outlined above with respect to claim 1, wherein D1 further teaches a head-up device, in at least (figs. 2-6, and tables); wherein in the projection optical system (11, 12 and 13), only the first mirror (11) has power ([0049]).
With regard to claim 6, D1 teaches all of the claimed limitations of the instant invention as have been outlined above with respect to claim 2, wherein D1 further teaches a head-up device, in at least (figs. 2-6, and tables); wherein angles ([0046]) relative to the gut ray ([0044 and 54]; light ray) of light projected from the display (13) component are bilaterally symmetrical or approximately bilaterally symmetrical ([0046-0049]) relative to the second Y-axis (Fig. 5 and 6).
With regard to claim 7, D1 teaches all of the claimed limitations of the instant invention as have been outlined above with respect to claim 1, wherein D1 further teaches a head-up device, in at least (figs. 2-6, and tables); wherein the image ([0001]) generation device (13) includes at least one lighting lens (50) that is bilaterally symmetrical in shape in a left-and-right direction that corresponds to the left-and-right direction of the virtual image (40) .
Conclusion
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/GRANT A GAGNON/Examiner, Art Unit 2872
/BALRAM T PARBADIA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2872
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