Appeal No. 2000-0431 Page 5
Application No. 08/789,127
part the following limitations: "recognizing means for
recognizing, when the moving apparatus travels in a current
running lane in the Y direction beyond the previously stored Y
coordinate of the obstacle, presence of a remaining running
region between the current running lane and said obstacle and not
yet covered by the moving apparatus." Similarly, independent
claim 13 specifies in pertinent part the following limitations:
"upon running in a current one of the plurality of lanes in the
Y direction beyond the Y coordinate of the obstacle, recognizing
presence of a remaining running region between the current
running lane and the obstacle not yet covered by the moving
apparatus.” Accordingly, the claims 1 and 13 require inter alia
detecting when a moving apparatus has traveled beyond a
previously stored Y coordinate of an obstacle and, upon such
detection, recognizing the presence of a region located between
the current running lane and the obstacle that has yet to be
covered by the apparatus.
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