Appeal No. 2002-1020
Application 09/348,798
THE REJECTION
Claims 10 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a)
as being unpatentable over Nauck in view of Cooper.
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 9 and 11) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 10) for the respective positions of the appellant and the
examiner with regard to the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Nauck discloses a system for use on a driving range 10 to
track, analyze and record the flight of golf balls hit from tee
boxes 12-17 toward target greens A-K. The system essentially
consists of an array of high speed video cameras 20-25 and 30-32
located to provide efficient coverage of the range. The video
cameras embody image processors coupled to data microprocessors,
data memory devices, video monitors, control terminals, and
related hardware and software adapted to identify, track, display
and record all or part of the path of a golf ball from the time
it is struck, or shortly thereafter, to the time it reaches its
final resting point (see column 2, lines 4 through 11). The
information recorded can include shot height, distance,
trajectory, impact location, final lay location and relationship
of the impact and/or final lay location to a selected target.
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