The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was
not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 21
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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Ex parte JOONYOUL MAENG and ERROL R. WILLIAMS
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Appeal No. 2000-0546
Application 08/509,228
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ON BRIEF
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Before KRASS, FLEMING, and GROSS, Administrative Patent Judges.
FLEMING, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of
claims 1-30, all the claims pending in the instant application.
The invention relates to an automatic voice tracking camera
system, an automatic camera controller and method for
automatically controlling a camera to track the position of a
speaker using the speaker’s voice. The system (12) includes a
camera(18), a microphone array (14), a beamformer (30), and a
camera controller (36). See Appellants’ specification on page 6,
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