UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`KYOCERA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`E-WATCH, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,365,871
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`DECLARATION OF ROBERT MICHAEL GUIDASH IN SUPPORT OF
`INSTITUTION OF INTER PARTES REVIEW OF U.S. PATENT NO.
`7,365,871
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`Declaration
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`I declare that all statements made herein on my own knowledge are true and
`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and
`further, that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`By: ___________________________
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` Robert Michael Guidash – 12/10/2014
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`Contents
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`Professional Background ................................................................................. 5 
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`Relevant Legal Standards ................................................................................ 8 
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`III.  Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art ................................................................ 10 
`IV.  Summary of the ‘871 Patent .......................................................................... 11 
`V.  Discussion of the File History ....................................................................... 15 
`VI.  Summary of Toshiba...................................................................................... 16 
`VII.  Summary of Hitachi ....................................................................................... 22 
`VIII.  Summary of Kyocera ’081 ............................................................................ 26 
`IX.  Summary of Kurashige .................................................................................. 29 
`X. 
`Claim Construction ........................................................................................ 30 
`XI.  Claims 1-8 and 12-15 Are Obvious Based on Toshiba in View of Hitachi .. 31 
`A. 
`Claim 1 ................................................................................................ 33 
`B. 
`Claim 2 ................................................................................................ 58 
`C. 
`Claim 3 ................................................................................................ 60 
`D. 
`Claims 4, 8, and 13 .............................................................................. 63 
`E. 
`Claims 5 and 14 ................................................................................... 64 
`F. 
`Claim 6 ................................................................................................ 65 
`G. 
`Claim 7 ................................................................................................ 66 
`H. 
`Claim 12 .............................................................................................. 69 
`I. 
`Claim 15 .............................................................................................. 72 
`XII.  Claims 1-4 and 6-8 Are Obvious Based on Kyocera ‘081 in View of
`Hitachi ............................................................................................................ 73 
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`Claim 1 ................................................................................................ 75 
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`Claim 2 ................................................................................................ 90 
`B. 
`Claim 3 ................................................................................................ 91 
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`Claims 4 and 8 ..................................................................................... 91 
`D. 
`Claim 6 ................................................................................................ 94 
`E. 
`Claim 7 ................................................................................................ 94 
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`XIII.  Claims 5 and 12-15 Are Obvious Based on Kyocera ‘081 in View of
`Hitachi in view of Toshiba ............................................................................ 95 
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`Claim 5 ................................................................................................ 97 
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`Claim 12 .............................................................................................. 98 
`C. 
`Claim 13 .............................................................................................. 99 
`D. 
`Claim 14 ............................................................................................ 100 
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`Claim 15 ............................................................................................ 100 
`XIV.  Claims 9-11 Are Obvious Based on Toshiba in View of Hitachi in view
`of Kurashige .................................................................................................101 
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`Claim 9 .............................................................................................. 103 
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`Claim 10 ............................................................................................ 104 
`C. 
`Claim 11 ............................................................................................ 105 
`XV.  Claims 9-11 Are Obvious Based on Kyocera ‘081 in View of Hitachi in
`view of Toshiba in view of Kurashige ........................................................105 
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`Claim 9 .............................................................................................. 107 
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`Claim 10 ............................................................................................ 108 
`C. 
`Claim 11 ............................................................................................ 109 
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`I, R. Michael Guidash, do hereby declare:
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`1.
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`I am making
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`this declaration at
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`the
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`request of Kyocera
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`Communications, Inc. in the matter of the Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No.
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`7,365,871 (“the ’871 patent.”)
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`2.
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`I am being compensated for my work in this matter at my standard
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`hourly rate of $400 for consulting services. My compensation in no way depends
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`on the outcome of this proceeding.
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`3.
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`In preparing this Declaration, I considered the following materials:
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`(a) U.S. Patent No. 7,365,871 to Monroe (Exhibit 1001);
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`(b) The ‘871 patent file history, including the selected portions
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`identified in Exhibit 1004;
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`(c)
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`Japanese Application Publication No. JP H06-133081A
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`(“Kyocera ’081”) (Exhibit 1003);
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`(d) Japanese Application Publication No. JP H8-65647A (“Toshiba”)
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`(Exhibit 1005);
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`Japanese Patent No. Hei8(1996)-315106 (“Hitachi”) (Exhibit
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`1006);
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`(f) U.S. Patent No. 6,414,714 (“Kurashige”) (Exhibit 1007).
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`I.
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`4.
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`Professional Background
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`Information concerning my professional qualifications, experience,
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`publications and presentations in the field of digital imaging in which I have served
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`as an expert are set forth in my current Curriculum Vitae, attached as Exhibit A.
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`5.
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`I started my career with Eastman Kodak as a product engineer for
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`Photometer ASIC’s for Kodak film cameras after graduating with a Bachelor of
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`Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1981. In
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`1986, I transferred to the Kodak Research Laboratories and CCD wafer fabrication
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`facility. During my time with the Kodak Research Laboratories and CCD wafer
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`fabrication facility, I developed 2um and 1um CMOS processes, and a 30V 4um
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`BiCMOS process. These processes were used for gate arrays for many Kodak
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`products and output driver ASICs for all of Kodak’s copiers. During this time, I
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`was also awarded entrance into the Special Opportunity Graduate Program that
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`allowed me to obtain a Master’s of Science in Electrical Engineering from the
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`Rochester Institute of Technology.
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`6.
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`In 1989, I transferred to the Smart Sensor Group which developed
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`BiCMOS-CCD processes to provide fully integrated CCD systems on a chip. I also
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`served as product engineer and yield enhancement engineer for Kodak’s high
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`volume CCD’s that were used in digital cameras. During this time, I led product
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`delivery and technology development of all ASIC and smart sensor products. I
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`developed a number of products during this time to include an interline CCD
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`integrated with 2um CMOS on the same chip, the world’s 1st pinned photodiode
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`Active Pixel CMOS Sensor, and linear CCD image sensor with on-chip timing and
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`control. I also led & directed the CCD dark current and point defect reduction
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`team.
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`In 1996, I formally started the CMOS Image Sensor group at Kodak.
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`From 1996 to 2009, I managed the R&D and product development of CMOS
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`Image Sensor (CIS) programs. As is further shown in my curriculum vitae, I was
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`the inventor or co-inventor inventor of many key patents in the field of CMOS
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`Image
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`sensors
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`including Pinned Photodiode Pixels, Camera-on-a-Chip
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`architecture, and shared amplifier pixel architectures. The technologies and
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`resulting products were directed at high volume consumer digital cameras, and cell
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`phone cameras.
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`technologies and
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`resulting products
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`included
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`implementations of compression and encoding algorithms for images to be
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`transmitted to remote locations, such as wirelessly via cell phone cameras. During
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`this time, I led the development of the world’s 1st pinned photodiode CIS,
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`Megapixel CIS device, and Shared amplifier CIS pixel product and the world’s
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`first ½ inch optical format 1.3 megapixel CMOS image sensor into mass
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`production, providing successful delivery to several compact digital camera
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`products. I also initiated and directed a cross-functional team including resources
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`from Motorola and other Kodak organizations to develop a small, low cost image
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`module for cell phone applications. This effort won the 1997 Team Achievement
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`Award at Kodak through development of a CIS cell phone camera module.
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`8.
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`From 2001 – 2009, I led the development of a 5 megapixel 1.4um
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`pixel sensor for improved low light cell phone camera imaging. This included
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`development of a 3D hybrid stacked BSI CIS architecture directed to reducing the
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`size and cost of cell phone camera modules. I also initiated and led a cross-
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`functional camera R&D team directed at CIS and other Kodak technologies for
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`novel co-optimized cameras and camera sub-systems for cell phones, and digital
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`cameras.
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`9.
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`In 2009, when Kodak closed its CMOS Image Sensor Business, I
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`transitioned into a role as an intellectual property technologist and coordinator.
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`This role included patent generation for digital cameras and cell phone cameras,
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`managing remaining image sensor patent applications and office actions, managing
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`broad electronic components patent applications and office actions, and providing
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`technical support for intellectual property sales and licensing teams.
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`10.
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`I have since left Kodak and transitioned into a role of providing
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`technical consulting services for CMOS image sensors. In this role I provide
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`consulting services for process, pixels, circuits, sensor architectures, systems and
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`intellectual property to companies and clients.
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`II. Relevant Legal Standards
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`11.
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`I have been asked to provide my opinion as to whether claims 1-15 of
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`the ‘871 Patent are anticipated or would have been obvious to a person of ordinary
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`skill in the art at the time of the alleged invention, in view of the prior art.
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`12.
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`I am an engineer by training and profession. The opinions I am
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`expressing in this report involve the application of my engineering knowledge and
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`experience to the evaluation of certain prior art with respect to the ‘871 patent. My
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`knowledge of patent law is no different than that of any lay person. Therefore, I
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`have requested the attorneys from Jones Day, who represent Kyocera, to provide
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`me with guidance as to the applicable patent law in this matter. The paragraphs
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`below express my understanding of how I must apply current principles related to
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`patent validity to my analysis.
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`13.
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`It is my understanding that in determining whether a patent claim is
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`anticipated or obvious in view of the prior art, the Patent Office must construe the
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`claim by giving the claim its broadest reasonable interpretation consistent with the
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`specification. For the purposes of this review, I have construed each claim term in
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`accordance with its plain and ordinary meaning under the required broadest
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`reasonable interpretation.
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`14.
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`It is my understanding that a claim is anticipated under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 102 if each and every element and limitation of the claim is found either
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`expressly or inherently in a single prior art reference.
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`15.
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`It is my understanding that a claim is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 103 if the claimed subject matter as a whole would have been obvious to a
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`person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the alleged invention. I also
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`understand that an obviousness analysis takes into account the scope and content of
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`the prior art, the differences between the claimed subject matter and the prior art,
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`and the level of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention.
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`16.
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`In determining the scope and content of the prior art, it is my
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`understanding that a reference is considered appropriate prior art if it falls within
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`the field of the inventor’s endeavor. In addition, a reference is prior art if it is
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`reasonably pertinent to the particular problem with which the inventor was
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`involved. A reference is reasonably pertinent if it logically would have
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`commended itself to an inventor’s attention in considering his or her problem. If a
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`reference relates to the same problem as the claimed invention, that supports use of
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`the reference as prior art in an obviousness analysis.
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`17. To assess the differences between prior art and the claimed subject
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`matter, it is my understanding that 35 U.S.C. § 103 requires the claimed invention
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`to be considered as a whole. This “as a whole” assessment requires showing that
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`one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention, confronted by the same
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`problems as the inventor and with no knowledge of the claimed invention, would
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`have selected the elements from the prior art and combined them in the claimed
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`manner.
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`18.
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`It is my further understanding that the Supreme Court has recognized
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`several rationales for combining references or modifying a reference to show
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`obviousness of claimed subject matter. Some of these rationales include:
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`combining prior art elements according to known methods to yield predictable
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`results; simple substitution of one known element for another to obtain predictable
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`results; a predictable use of prior art elements according to their established
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`functions; applying a known technique to a known device (method or product)
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`ready for improvement to yield predictable results; choosing from a finite number
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`of identified, predictable solutions, with a reasonable expectation of success; and
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`some teaching, suggestion, or motivation in the prior art that would have led one of
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`ordinary skill to modify the prior art reference or to combine prior art reference
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`teachings to arrive at the claimed invention.
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`III. Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art
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`19.
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`It is my understanding that when interpreting the claims of the ‘871
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`patent I must do so based on the perspective of one of ordinary skill in the art at the
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`relevant priority date. My understanding is that the earliest claimed priority date of
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`the ‘871 patent is January 12, 1998.
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`20. All of the opinions I express in this Declaration have been made from
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`the standpoint of a person of ordinary skill in the field of solid state imaging
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`cameras, also referred to as electronic cameras. This would include so-called
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`digital still cameras, video cameras, and cell-phone cameras. I have assumed that
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`the person of ordinary skill in the art would have a bachelor’s degree in electrical
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`engineering, physics or an equivalent degree, with courses in image capture
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`devices, image processing, and camera systems technologies, with at least two
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`years of experience with design and development of electronic cameras.
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`Alternatively, the person of ordinary skill in the art could have a master’s degree in
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`electrical engineering, physics or an equivalent degree with at least one year of
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`experience with design and development of electronic cameras.
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`21. As of the earliest claimed priority date of the ‘871 patent, I met these
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`criteria and was a person of ordinary skill in the art.
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`IV. Summary of the ‘871 Patent
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`22. The application for the ’871 Patent was filed on January 3, 2003, as a
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`divisional of Appl. No. 09/006,073 (“the ’073 application”) filed January 12, 1998,
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`which was abandoned in 2001 and revived nearly two years later via petition. The
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`priority date of the claims of the ’871 Patent is no earlier than January 12, 1998.
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`23. Although not explicitly stated in the specification, it is evident from
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`the ‘871 patent is directed to solving the problem of transmitting and receiving
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`image data to/from a remote location using a portable image capture device.
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`24. The ’871 Patent describes an image capture, conversion, compression,
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`storage and transmission system. (Ex. 1001 at Abstract.) The system includes a
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`camera and a transmission interface, where the camera captures an image that can
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`be transmitted to another device using cellular transmission, radio signal, satellite
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`transmission, or hard line telephonic transmission. (Id. 4:58-5:2.) Captured
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`images can be from a digital camera, an analog camera, or a video camera (e.g., a
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`camcorder). (Id. 1:37-39.)
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`25. Figure 4 of the ’871 Patent is a block diagram of the image capture,
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`conversion, compression, storage and transmission system, and illustrates the data
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`path after an image is captured by the camera 10 and conditioned by the gray scale
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`bit map 16. (Id. 7:3-48.) That data path includes a memory 46, an optional viewer
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`48, and a format select interface switch 60 that permits either automated or manual
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`selection of the image conversion such as half-tone conversion or wavelet
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`compression and attendant transmitting protocol such as a Group-III facsimile
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`format, or a PC modem protocol. (Id.) Depending on the selected protocol, the
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`appropriate signal output is generated and provided to a communications interface
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`module 83 for transmission. (Id.)
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`26.
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` The ‘871 patent discloses three basic physical implementations of the
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`image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system. The
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`first is a non-integrated system comprised of a separate camera 10, a separate
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`conversion-compression-storage system 172, with connections 182, 186 and 188 to
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`separate transmission systems. This is shown in Figure 6C.
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`27. The second physical implementation is shown in Figure 6B. In this
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`embodiment the camera 10 and the conversion-compression-storage system are
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`integrated as a single unit 160.
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`28. The third physical implementation is shown in Figure 7A. In this
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`integrated system embodiment the camera and the conversion-compression-storage
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`system and transmission system are integrated as a single unit 190, “In addition,
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`where desired, an integral cellular phone can be incorporated in the camera
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`housing and transmission can be sent directly from the camera housing to a remote
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`receiving station. The keypad for the telephone is indicated at 202, (Id. 11:16-20.)
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`V. Discussion of the File History
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`29.
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`I have reviewed the file history of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`10/336,470 (the ’470 application), from which the ’871 patent originated. I have
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`also reviewed the file history of U.S. Patent Application No. 09/006,073 (the ’073
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`application), the parent application of the ’529 application, which was abandoned.
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`30. The original examination of the ’871 Patent spanned over five years
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`and included five Office Actions and corresponding responses. Notably, in
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`response to the Sep. 27, 2004, Office Action, Patent Owner filed a declaration
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 1.131 alleging an earlier invention date of March 18, 1993,
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`nearly five years before its earliest priority date of January 12, 1998.
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`31. The Office rejected the claims multiple times based on prior art, with
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`the patent owner countering with successive claim amendments. The application
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`was allowed on December 27, 2007, with the examiner citing the integral image
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`capture device, the display, and the memory as being the key features for
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`patentability. (See Ex. 1004.)
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`32. The Office has since found that declaration under 37 C.F.R. § 1.131
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`alleging an earlier invention date of March 18, 1993 to be deficient. Iron Dome
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`LLC v. e-Watch, Inc., IPR2014-00439, Paper 16 at 5-8 (Aug. 4, 2014). During
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`prosecution, the Examiner declined to consider a large number of references,
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`several of which are listed on the face of the ’871 Patent, based on this deficient
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`declaration.
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`VI. Summary of Toshiba
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`33. The Toshiba reference is a Japanese Application Publication No. JP
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`H8-65647A, titled “Mobile Videophone Device”. This patent application was filed
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`on August 22, 1994 and published on March 8, 1996.
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`34. Toshiba discloses a series of mobile videophone devices that embody
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`different ergonomic, battery
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`life,
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`image
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`transmission, and compression
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`improvements on the traditional cell phone video conferencing and general video
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`capture use and experience. For example, an embodiment of Figure 14 provides a
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`mobile videophone device where a camera 302 captures an image of a user’s face
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`and displays that image in a user display area 301b at the lower right corner of the
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`display screen 301. (Ex. 1005 at ¶ 0069.) An image of the other party as decoded
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`from an image signal received by antenna 308 is displayed in display area 301a.
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`(Id.) The embodiment of Figure 14 includes magnification/adjustment dials 303,
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`304 on either side of the device for zooming the user’s image at 301b in or out.
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`The two dials 303, 304 provide easy zooming by a right- or left-handed person.
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`(Id. at ¶ 0070.)
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`35. Figure 19 is a block diagram depicting certain components of a
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`mobile videophone. Camera 315 takes an image of a user’s face. (Id. at ¶ 0078.)
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`A pickup image signal output from camera 315 is converted into a digital signal by
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`A/D converter 316 with preprocessing being performed at 317 and encoding at
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`318. (Id. at ¶ 0079.)
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`36. The encoded signal of a face image is transmitted to a videophone of
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`the other party through multiplexer 319. (Id.) The encoded face image signal also
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`is sent to decoder 323, post processing is performed at 322, and the image signal is
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`converted to an analog signal by D/A converter 321 prior to display at 320 for
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`viewing in display area 301b. (Id. at ¶ 0080.)
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`37. An encoded face image sent from the other party also is decoded by
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`decoder 323, processed at 322, converted to an analog format at 321, and sent to
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`display 320 for viewing in display area 301a. (Id. at ¶ 0081.) A voice produced by
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`a user is picked up by microphone 319, encoded by voice codec 326, and
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`transmitted to the other party via multiplexer 319. (Id. at ¶ 0082.) An encoded
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`voice from the other party is received at 319, decoded at 326, and output through
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`speaker 328. (Id.) The videophone further includes a battery 324 and an out of
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`battery detector 325. (Id. at ¶ 0083.)
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`38. Figure 44 discloses components of a video encoder, such as encoder
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`318 of Figure 19. One frame of a pickup image signal from a camera is written to
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`and read from frame memory 501. (Id. at ¶ 0121.) The image signal from the
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`frame memory 501 is input to encoder 504 through spatiotemporal filter 503. (Id.
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`at ¶ 0123.) The encoder 504 uses a predictive error technique, informed by a
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`spatiotemporal filter 503 to generate an encoded signal 505. (Id. at ¶ 0122.)
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`39. Another embodiment for improved battery life is disclosed, (Id. at ¶
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`0076-0077.) Battery 324 is a rechargeable type and supplies electric power to each
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`portion of Fig. 19. Out-of-battery detecting portion 325 constantly detects the
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`remaining power level of this battery 324. And when a remaining power reaches a
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`predetermined value or lower, out-of-battery portion 325 outputs an interrupt
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`instruction signal to portions to perform processes related to an image, namely,
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`display 320, D/A converter 321, postprocessor 322 and decoder 323. Upon
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`receiving this, decoder 323 stops decoding an encoded image signal from the other
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`end and an encoded image of its own, and also post processor 322, D/A converter
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`321 and display 320 stop processing. As a result, display 320 transitions to
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`displaying nothing. Therefore, power is saved as the image related processes are
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`interrupted, and thus a call can be maintained as long as possible. (Id. at ¶ 0083.)
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`40. Another embodiment is directed to improved transmission and
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`reception of voice and images. Control of each portion in Figure 27 is performed
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`by control device 109. Antenna switching/combining circuit 101 detects receiving
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`status (receiving electric field intensity for example) of each of antennas 100a and
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`100b and controls switching or combination of antennae based on the result of the
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`detection. When transmitting a signal, a particular antenna may be used, or an
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`antenna for transmission may be selected based on the result of the detection of the
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`above receiving status. (Id. at ¶ 0097.)
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`41. Toshiba also discloses an embodiment where the amount of
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`compression is set for various portions of the image to improve image quality of
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`specific desired regions of the image. Thus, the area designation signal output from
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`area designation portion 508 is input to important area address memory 509. This
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`important area address memory 509 stores a read address corresponding to the area
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`designation signal, and transmits a control signal to at least either one of filter
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`control portion 506 and quantization width control portion 507 when the stored
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`read address is output from address control portion 502 thereafter. This control
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`signal acts to decrease a filtering amount of a low pass spatiotemporal filter 503 for
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`filter control portion 506 and acts to decrease a quantization width by encoding
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`portion 507 for quantization width control portion 506, (Id. at ¶ 0125.)
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`42. Now, as shown in Figure 45(a), supposing that a user determines a
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`desire to see finely and designates important area 601 within a decoded image on
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`the receiving side, a pickup image on the transmitting side, or a local decoded
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`image (hereinafter simply referred to as image) 600, is adjusted. A quantization
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`width is made smaller in this important area 601 than in other areas or a low pass
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`filter is applied. In this manner, the image quality of important area 601 is
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`improved over other areas, (Id. at ¶ 0126.)
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`VII. Summary of Hitachi
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`43. The Hitachi reference is Japanese Patent No. Hei8(1996)-315106
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`titled “Digital Camera and Image Data Distribution System”. This patent
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`application was filed on May 12, 1995 and published on November 29, 1996.
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`44. Hitachi discloses a cell phone enabled digital camera that attaches
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`attribution metadata to a user’s photographs. Figure 1 depicts a front, side, and
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`rear view of a digital camera. The front panel includes a power switch 11, a
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`photographing unit 12 consisting of a photographing element (e.g., a CCD) and a
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`lens, and a microphone 13. (Ex. 1006 at ¶ 0018.) The rear panel includes a stylus
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`18 enabled display device 14. (Id.) The side panel includes a headphone terminal
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`15, a wired communication connection terminal 16, and a portable memory
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`connection terminal 17. (Id.)
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`45. Figure 7 depicts a finder screen 72 displayed on back panel display
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`device 14. In finder mode, finder screen 72 constantly displays the image input by
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`the photographing unit 12. (Id. at ¶ 0035.) Motion picture button 73 starts and
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`stops motion picture capturing. (Id.)
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`46. When the stationary picture button 74 is pressed, one frame of the
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`displayed image at 72 is captured. (Id.) Various pieces of information, such as the
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`photographer’s ID, location, date, and time, are stored together with the
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`corresponding image data. (Id.) When the registration screen button 71 is
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`selected, the screen shifts to the registration screen shown in Figure 8. (Id.)
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`47. The registration screen includes an image display 86 and photograph
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`data selecting buttons 80. (Id. at ¶ 0036.) When the photograph data selecting
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`buttons 80 are selected, a next set of photograph data 31 is accessed and displayed.
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`(Id. at ¶ 0037.) Photograph data includes image data and associated metadata such
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`as the photographer’s ID, a photograph location, a photograph date and time, and a
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`memo. (Id. at ¶ 0028.)
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`48. The registration screen enables editing of certain metadata associated
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`with a displayed image. (Id. at ¶ 0039.) When a photograph data transmitting
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`button 81 is selected, the photograph data 31 which is currently displayed is
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`encrypted and transmitted to the network through wireless communication
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`interface 27, such as a cellular phone handset. (Id. at ¶¶ 0022, 0041.)
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`49. Figure 2 is a block view explaining the circuit structure of the digital
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`camera. (Id. at ¶ 0020.) A first CODEC at 6 encodes image signals in the
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`photographing unit (CCD) 12 to render them into image data, and a second
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`CODEC at 7 operates on sound signals. Microprocessor (CPU) 20 controls
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`operation of the camera. (Id.) A data memory (hard disk) that stores the image
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`data is depicted at 21. (Id.) A program memory 22 stores programs executed by
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`CPU 20. (Id.)
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`50. A work memory (RAM) 23 is utilized by CPU 20 for its operations.
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`(Id.) A wireless communication interface is represented at 27, where the wireless
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`communication interface 27 may be a cellular phone handset. (Id. at ¶¶ 0020, 22.)
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`51. Responding to commands sent from CPU 20, the display device 14
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`displays three screens. (Id. at ¶ 0024.) The first screen, shown in Figure 6, accepts
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`a photographer’s ID and authentication information via a soft keyboard 62. (Id.)
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`The second screen is the finder screen shown at the time of photography, depicted
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`and discussed above with reference to Figure 7. (Id.) The third screen is the
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`registration screen shown at the time of photo transmission, discussed above with
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`reference to Figure 8. (Id.)
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`VIII. Summary of Kyocera ’081
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`52. The Kyocera ‘081 reference is a JP patent publication, HO6-133081,
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`titled “ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERA WITH PORTABLE TELEPHONE
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`FUNCTION”. This patent application was filed on October 25, 1992 and
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`published on May 13, 1994.
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`53. Kyocera ’081 discloses camera phone systems which capture, store,
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`process, and wirelessly transmit pictures. (Ex. 1003 at Abstract.) The camera
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`includes a display for confirming the taken picture. (Id.)
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`54. Figures 2a and 2b of Kyocera ’081 depict an exterior view of the
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`camera phone that includes cellular phone technology as described in paragraph
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`0005, including a user taking a camera phone picture via lens 1. Figure 2(a) “is the
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`diagrammatic perspective view of the said camera, (b) depicts the camera being
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`used in several ways by the speaker.” (Id. at ¶ 0009.) A surface speaker 13 and
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`microphone 15 are positioned on an upper and lower portion of the main body 25,
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`respectively, where antenna 23 and lens 1 are also arranged on the top portion.
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`(Id.)
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`55. A display