Appeal 2007-2480
Application 10/352,385
1 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Sakoh in view of Lemelson; and claims 58
2 and 59 under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Sakoh in view of Kirmuss.
3 OPINION
4 We reverse the rejection under 35 U.S.C. § 103 of claims 56 and 57 over
5 Sakoh in view of Lemelson, and affirm the other rejections.
6 Rejection of claims 55 and 60
7 under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) over Sakoh
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9 Sakoh discloses a vehicle driving information storage apparatus and method
10 (Sakoh, col. 1, ll. 10-12). The apparatus is “capable of storing a state inside and
11 outside the vehicle and a state of the driver in synchronization, without disturbing
12 the space inside the vehicle or causing a considerable weight increase, and that at a
13 reasonable cost” (Sakoh, col. 2, ll. 43-47). A wide angle lens is used to
14 simultaneously film the driver’s state and a state inside and outside of the vehicle
15 (Sakoh, col. 2, ll. 55-57).
16 Moreover, the apparatus further comprises a condition detection unit
17 for detecting a condition of a driver or a vehicle so as to be output as a
18 digital data, which is stored in synchronization with the image update cycle.
19 Thus, it is possible to store various data detected by the condition detection
20 unit, together with an image without a synchronization lag. [Sakoh, col. 4,
21 ll. 1-7.]
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23 Furthermore, the driver’s state and the vehicle state detected by a unit
24 other than the filming are stored in synchronization with the image take-in
25 cycle, it is possible to perform analysis of an objective condition based not
26 only on the image. [Sakoh, col. 27, ll. 4-8.]
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28 The Appellants argue that Sakoh does not disclose any sensor that monitors
29 occupant data apart from the camera (Br. 5; Reply Br. 2). Sakoh’s disclosure that
30 the driver’s state is detected by a unit other than the filming and is stored in
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