Appeal 2007-0597
Application 10/423,523
regions, but each of the high-resolution cameras 106A to 106O only covers a
set of the noted plurality of image sensing regions. The low-resolution
camera 104 is configured to detect motion based on sensed images, identify
a set of the image sensing regions based on the motion, and power on the
high-resolution camera associated with the identified set of image sensing
regions.
Hunter describes a plurality of cameras 10 operating under the control
of a control unit 14 (Figure 1; paragraphs 0025 and 0026). Each of the
cameras 10 is adapted to operate in two different modes (i.e., low-resolution
and high-resolution) (paragraph 0026). Thus, Hunter has at least one first
camera 10 having a low-resolution image sensor, and a plurality of high-
resolution cameras. Each of the cameras 10 has an image sensing region in
its field of view (paragraph 0026). If each of the low-resolution cameras has
its own field of view, then none of the low-resolution camera’s fields of
view covers “a plurality of image sensing regions” as set forth in claim 1. If
none of the low-resolution cameras covers “a plurality of image sensing
regions,” then none of the high-resolution cameras is associated with “a set
of the plurality of image sensing regions.”
Westfield and Lee were applied by the Examiner to “teach that high
and low CMOS image sensors are used for motion detection and to make
low cost equipment (Westfield: column 5, lines 5-10, Lee: column 10, lines
21-43)” (Answer 6).
Smith was applied by the Examiner because “hard drives or storage
media, which are well known in the art, are used to store large amounts of
digital data (Smith: paragraph 0023, lines 10-13)” (Answer 5).
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