Appeal 2007-0677
Application 10/708,677
1 the current position and wheel angle. The display’s other predicted positions
2 are shown in Appellants’ figure 20 and discussed in paragraph 0124.
3 As discussed supra we find that Gerum teaches a system for
4 stabilizing a vehicle with a trailer which uses a model of the vehicle
5 dynamics. However, we do not find that Gerum teaches that the model
6 determines a predicted position, but rather the current position. We find that
7 Deng teaches a system to assist a driver backing up a vehicle with four
8 wheel steering and a trailer. The system calculates the steering angles
9 needed to place the trailer in an intended position. The intended position of
10 the trailer is input to the system by the user’s control of the steering wheel.
11 While the system performs calculations to interpret the intended position
12 from the user’s control of the steering wheel, this is not a predicted position,
13 but rather a position input by the user. Finally, we find that Mizusawa
14 discloses a system to provide and display a rear view of the vehicle. We do
15 not find that Mizusawa discloses calculating a predicted position. Thus, we
16 do not find that Gerum, Deng, and Mizusawa determine a predicted position
17 as recited in the claims, nor do we find that the combination of the
18 references teach or suggest displaying a predicted position as claimed.
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