Appeal No. 2003-1611 Page 5
Application No. 09/243,794
218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983)). "[T]here is no anticipation 'unless all of the same
elements are found in exactly the same situation and united in the same way . . . in a
single prior art reference.'" Perkin-Elmer Corp. v. Computervision Corp., 732 F.2d 888,
894, 221 USPQ 669, 673 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (citing Kalman v. Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713
F.2d 760, 771, 218 USPQ 781, 789 (Fed. Cir. 1983).
Here, Sakakibara discloses "an apparatus capable of measuring the three-
dimensional position and orientation of an object having a complicated shape. . . ."
Col. 2, ll. 33-36. "A first light projector 3V is arranged so as to be horizontally aligned
with a solid-state imaging camera (hereinafter referred to as 'CCD camera') 4, and a
second light projector 3H is arranged so as to be vertically aligned with the CCD
camera 4." Col. 5, ll. 2-6. More "[s]pecifically, the first light projector 3V is positioned
so that a vertical slit light 6V with respect to the visual field of the CCD camera 4
is projected therefrom onto an object 5, and the second light projector 3H is positioned
so that a horizontal slit light 6H with respect to the visual field of the CCD camera 4 is
projected therefrom onto the object 5." Id. at ll. 6-12. Inside the light projectors,
"[a] laser beam output from [a] laser diode 21 passes through a cylindrical lens 22
where it is expanded in one direction and formed into a slit light, and this slit light 6
is reflected at a rotary mirror 24 of the scanner 23 to be projected onto the object." Id.
at ll. 35-39.
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