Appeal No. 2000-0546
Application 08/509,228
column 15, lines 44-50 and associated figures 1A and 5. Baker
teaches a camera controller that receives data from the
beamformer and sends signals based on this data to the camera in
order to steer the camera in the direction of the speaker. See
column 9, lines 20-23 and 29-33.
The Examiner should consider a rejection under 35 U.S.C.
§ 103 combining Baker and Brandstein. Factual findings regarding
the beamformer recited in claim 1 operable to generate speaker
position data in three dimensions or the step of generating the
speaker position data recited in claim 20, as taught by
Brandstein, should be addressed. Also, suggestions from
Brandstein to use the speaker position data with a camera
controller, such as the controller of Baker, should be
considered. In addition, the Examiner should include factual
findings addressing a camera controller operable to receive
speaker position data as recited in claim 12 and as suggested by
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