Appeal No. 2001-0463 Page 9
Application No. 09/250,863
After reviewing the teachings of Gille and comparing
those teachings to the subject matter of claim 1, we find
ourselves in agreement with the appellants' position set forth
in the brief (pp. 13-17) that claim 1 is not anticipated by
Gille. In that regard, Gille does not disclose a rotational
movement sensor for detecting rotational movements about a
vertical axis of a vehicle and outputting a rotational
movement signal to an evaluation circuit that receives and
evaluates the rotational movement signal and acceleration
signals generated by two acceleration sensors and outputs an
evaluation signal to a triggering circuit for generating a
triggering signal for a restraining device. In that regard,
while Gille's triaxial accelerometer, including first, second
and third motion sensing means 84, 86 and 88
for detecting motion along each of the X, Y and Z axes, can be
used to calculate rotational movement to determine if the
vehicle is spinning about a vertical axis, Gille's triaxial
accelerometer is not a rotational movement sensor for
detecting rotational movements about a vertical axis of a
vehicle and does not output a rotational movement signal to an
evaluation circuit as set forth in claim 1.
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