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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
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)(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.
Claims 1-3 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) as being anticipated by ANO (Publication number: US 2017/0371426).
Consider Claim 1, ANO shows a mode switching method for a projector configured to project an image onto a projection surface (see figures 1 and 6), the mode switching method comprising:
(a) Detecting, by the projector, that an information processing device is coupled to a coupler included in the projector (see figures 1 and 6; paragraphs 45-48); (The projector 10, to which an image signal outputted from the PC 101 or a PC, such as the PC 101 is inputted, displays a first image according to the image signal on the screen SC, which serves as a display surface. The projector 10 can display not only an image based on an image signal transmitted from a PC but also an image based on an image signal stored in the projector 10 and an image generated in the projector 10 on the screen SC).
(b) Acquiring, by the projector, application information for identifying an application program that operates in the information processing device from the information processing device (see figures 1 and 6; paragraphs 45-48); (The projector 10, to which an image signal outputted from the PC 101 or a PC, such as the PC 101 is inputted, displays a first image according to the image signal on the screen SC, which serves as a display surface. The projector 10 can display not only an image based on an image signal transmitted from a PC but also an image based on an image signal stored in the projector 10 and an image generated in the projector 10 on the screen SC).
(c) Switching, based on the application information, an operation mode of the projector to a first operation mode in which operation information on an operation received by the projector is processed by the projector or a second operation mode in which the operation information is transmitted to the information processing device via a data communication line (see figures 1 and 6; paragraphs 126-128); (The projector 10 is displaying an image corresponding to an image signal inputted from the first PC 101 via an HDMI cable H1. In this state, the position information PS is outputted from the projector 10 to the first PC 101 via a USB cable U1. Further, an image signal is inputted from the second PC 102 to the projector 10 via a USB cable U2. An image signal is still further inputted from the third PC 103 to the projector 10 via a D-sub cable S. An image signal is further inputted from the fourth PC 104 to the projector 10 via a LAN 200).
Consider Claim 2, ANO shows a that the information processing device includes a first information processing device and a second information processing device, the projector includes, as the coupler, a first coupler configured to be coupled to the first information processing device and a second coupler configured to be coupled to the second information processing device (see figure 6; paragraphs 128-130); (The control section 30 then displays the output destination identification image showing interfaces that are candidates of the second interface via which the position information PS is outputted. In this example, the control section 30 causes the display section 70 to display an output destination identification image containing “No output destination” as a target to be selected in addition to the USB terminal 26, the IP address 1, and the IP address 2 as the candidates of the second interface); and the mode switching method further includes receiving, by the projector, selection of one of the first coupler and the second coupler as a supply source of image data, and switching, by the projector, the operation mode of the projector to the first operation mode or the second operation mode based on the application information acquired from the first information processing device coupled to the selected first coupler or from the second information processing device coupled to the second coupler (see figures 1 and 6; paragraphs 126-128); (The projector 10 is displaying an image corresponding to an image signal inputted from the first PC 101 via an HDMI cable H1. In this state, the position information PS is outputted from the projector 10 to the first PC 101 via a USB cable U1. Further, an image signal is inputted from the second PC 102 to the projector 10 via a USB cable U2. An image signal is still further inputted from the third PC 103 to the projector 10 via a D-sub cable S. An image signal is further inputted from the fourth PC 104 to the projector 10 via a LAN 200).
Consider Claim 3, ANO shows receiving, by the projector, an operation of selecting the first coupler as a supply source of image data; switching, by the projector, the operation mode to the first operation mode based on the application information acquired from the first information processing device coupled to the selected first coupler; receiving, by the projector, selection of the projector or the second information processing device as an output destination of the operation information; and outputting the operation information to the second information processing device when the selected output destination is the second information processing device (see figures 1 and 6; paragraphs 45-48); (The projector 10, to which an image signal outputted from the PC 101 or a PC, such as the PC 101 is inputted, displays a first image according to the image signal on the screen SC, which serves as a display surface. The projector 10 can display not only an image based on an image signal transmitted from a PC but also an image based on an image signal stored in the projector 10 and an image generated in the projector 10 on the screen SC).
Conclusion
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/MICHAEL A FARAGALLA/Primary Examiner, Art Unit 2624 09/29/2025