Appeal No. 96-4014
Application 08/192,939
in the art would have known how to apply fuzzy logic to aggregate
the control variable values into the single output value.
3.
Appellants argue that there is no motive to combine Hisano
with the admitted prior art because "Hisano is directed to an
improved reasoning computer system and not to an improved
approach to handling control for a system with a large number of
sensors" (Brief, page 10). Hisano does teach that the system can
be used for control. See col. 3, lines 3-6: "Thus executed
final reasoning results are displayed by a display included in
the higher rank computer 1 or applied to other system associated
therewith as control signal" (emphasis added). Hisano manifestly
does use a large number of sensors as shown in figure 1.
4.
Appellants argue, with respect to claims 8 and 14 (Brief,
page 11 and 14-15):
The MPU disclosed in Hisano, which the Examiner has
submitted is analogous to the claimed fuzzy hierarchical
controller, does not use fuzzy reasoning and therefore does
not disclose using fuzzy rules which fire predetermined
controller weights. There is no suggestion of replacing the
MPU with a fuzzy computer.
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