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 .
Inventorship
This application currently names joint inventors. In considering patentability of the claims the examiner presumes that the subject matter of the various claims was commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the claimed invention(s) absent any evidence to the contrary. Applicant is advised of the obligation under 37 CFR 1.56 to point out the inventor and effective filing dates of each claim that was not commonly owned as of the effective filing date of the later invention in order for the examiner to consider the applicability of 35 U.S.C. 102(b)(2)(C) for any potential 35 U.S.C. 102(a)(2) prior art against the later invention.
Claim Rejections - 35 USC § 101
35 U.S.C. 101 reads as follows:
Whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.
Claims 1-8 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. 101 because
the claimed invention is directed to an abstract idea without significantly more. The claim(s) recite(s) determining (evaluation), based on driving data detected by a vehicle, a first motion parameter of the vehicle, a second motion parameter of a target object with a collision risk relative to the vehicle, and a safety margin; determining (evaluation), based on the first motion parameter and the second motion parameter, a time to collision at which the vehicle is predicted to collide with the target object, and an intersection relationship between the vehicle and the target object in an image domain during a collision period from the current time to a collision time; determining (evaluation), based on the first motion parameter, the second motion parameter, the safety margin, and the time to collision, an emergency braking decision-making result in response to the time to collision being less than or equal to a preset duration threshold and the intersection relationship being intersection; and performing (judgement) intelligent driving of the vehicle based on the emergency braking decision-making result. The claim(s) does/do not include additional elements that are sufficient to amount to significantly more than the judicial exception because the claimed limitations perform the abstract idea of evaluation and judgement process without a controller for determining and controlling the steering/braking system of the vehicle.
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 9-20 are allowed.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.
Nakabayashi et al 12485862 teaches an automated braking control device of a vehicle.
Kim 2025/0346181 teaches a collision avoidance apparatus for a vehicle.
Carbaugh 12296804 teaches autonomous emergency braking system for a vehicle.
Hashimoto et al 12240443 teaches a collision avoidance system for a vehicle.
Petty et al 2025/0065853 teaches a driving assistance for a vehicle.
Kirn et al 2024/0336240 teaches an emergency braking device for a vehicle.
Gunji et al 2024/0034286 teaches a collision avoidance assistance device.
You 10752223 teaches an autonomous emergency braking system for a vehicle.
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/HAI H HUYNH/ Primary Examiner, Art Unit 3747
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