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 .
Claims 1-4 are currently pending in the instant application.
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) 1-4 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(1) as being anticipated by Sudou et al. (US 2018/0032132 A1, hereinafter “Sudou”).
As to claim 1, Sadou (Fig. 4) discloses a method for displaying (Para. 0075) comprising the steps of:
detecting a line-of-sight position (P1) of a user on a display based on an analysis of an image of the user's eye (S1);
controlling the display in accordance with the detected line-of-sight position (S2; Para. 0075-0076); and
when detecting an entering behavior in which the line- of-sight position moves from an outside of a first area (S3, Fa1+Sa1), which is a display area within the display, to an inside of the first area (S4, Sa1), displaying a predetermined menu in the first area (SC1; Para. 0077),
wherein the first area (Fa1+Sa1) is included in a line-of-sight detection area (Fa1+Sa1+Fa2) in which the line of sight can be detected,
wherein the first area (Fa1+Sa1) is narrower than the line-of- sight detection area (Fa1+Sc1+Fa2).
As to claim 2, Sadou (Fig. 4) discloses the method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:
displaying the menu (SC1) in a predetermined area (Sa1) including the line-of-sight position (P1) firstly detected within the first area (Fa1+Sa1) in the entering behavior (Para. 0077).
As to claim 3, Sadou (Fig. 4) discloses the method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of:
displaying the menu (SC1) in a predetermined area (Sa1) within the first area (Fa1+Sa1).
As to claim 4, Sadou (Fig. 20) discloses the method according to claim 3, wherein
the menu comprises a plurality of the menus (Music application; Para. 0153), and
an area (Fig. 7 element Sa1) in which each of the menus (OB4, SC2) is to be displayed is predetermined for each of the menus (Para. 0087, 0137).
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant‘s disclosure.
Tamaoki et al (US 2017/0076503 A1) discloses displaying menu items based on gaze direction (Fig. 8A).
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Art Unit 2625
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