Appeal No. 2006-1020
Application No. 09/899,066
converting a photographing mode of the CCD camera into
the daytime mode or the nighttime mode by judging whether
the detected illumination is not less or greater than a
reference illumination value;
loading the first trace data for controlling a lens
of the CCD camera so as to photograph the photographing
region through an OLPF (Optical Low Pass Filter) when the
photographing mode is converted into the daytime mode;
loading the second trace data for controlling the
lens of the CCD camera so as to photograph the
photographing region without imaged light of the
photographing region passing through the OLPF when the
photographing mode is converted into the nighttime mode;
and
adjusting a focus of the lens of the CCD camera on
the basis of the loaded trace data.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Beis 5,172,220 Dec. 15, 1992
Chino 6,046,863 Apr. 4, 2000
Mizoguchi et. al.
(Mizoguchi) 5,959,669 Sep. 28, 1999
Claims 1-5, 9, 11-13, 17 and 26-27 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Beis (U.S. Patent No.
5,172,220) in view of Chino (U.S. Patent No. 6,046,863).
Claims 6-8, 10, 14-16, 18-25 and 28 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as obvious over Beis in view of Chino
and further in view of Mizoguchi (U.S. Patent No.
5,959,669).
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