Ex Parte MAENG et al - Page 1




          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          not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the             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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