Appeal 2007-0370
Application 09/951,560
1 or another given amount, the loop exits at V5. If the violation is
2 greater than 5 miles per hour over the limit, alarm 42 is actuated
3 continuously or in a certain pattern, not just momentarily. If the
4 violation flag is set, the loop exits at V5. Thus, if a violation is
5 detected at the beginning of the sequence, the system will not keep
6 storing the same violation and fill up memory. If the violation
7 flag is not set, the next step is to set the flag and then read the next
8 address where violation data is to be stored in memory 50, and
9 then store the violation data, and then update and store the next new
10 address where the next violation data should be stored, followed by
11 return at V5. (10:48-63)(emphasis added).
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13 As the nonvolatile memory 50 of Horvat is attached to the on board
14 vehicle surveillance computer 30 (Fig. 2) and used to retain memory when
15 the vehicle battery is disconnected (4:50-54), we find it difficult to reconcile
16 the facts with the Appellant’s representation and the argument is therefore
17 unpersuasive.
18 In any event, the evidence of record reveals that this argument is
19 likewise meritless. We shall affirm this rejection as it applies to claim 15.
20 (vii) Claims 16-18
21 The Appellant urges that
22 “Claims 16-18 require providing a predetermined amount of
23 time for the driver of the vehicle to stop exceeding a speed limit
24 before the notification of traffic law infration is issued and/or
25 transmitted, so that if the driver of the vehicle stops exceeding
26 the speed limit within the predetermined amount of time then no
27 ticket will be issued for the speed limit violation before the
28 predetermined amount of time elapsed.” (Br. 18)(emphasis in
29 original).
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