Appeal No. 2001-2065
Application 09/124,871
The Examiner applies Vranish, Schulz, and Santos "for
their teachings that a multiplicity or duplication of sensors
can indeed be used together to increase the coverage and
enhance the measurement resolution of a[n] item to be
measured" (EA5).
Vranish teaches (col. 6, lines 3-6): "The present invention
gathers detailed information about the approaching object
because of the tiny size of each sensor element and the fact
that there are a very large number of them in an array."
Schulz discloses an optical system for locating the position
of the tip of a probe inside a three-dimensional object using
sensors 20, 22, and 24, and states (col. 8, lines 34-37):
"Alternatively, additional sensors, identical to sensors 20,
22, and 4 [sic, 24], could be used either to broaden coverage
of the field of view or to enhance measurement resolution."
Santos teaches (col. 1, lines 9-15): "Traditionally, increased
resolution with speed or displacement sensors has been
achieved by mechanical multiplication. For example, if
magnetic poles and digital Hall-effect sensors are used to
produce data points, additional magnetic poles or sensors may
be added between initial magnetic poles or sensors to achieve
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