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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` META PLATFORMS, INC. )
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` Petitioner, )IPR NO.
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` vs. )2022-01304
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` THALES VISONIX, INC., )
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` Patent Owner. )
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` DEPOSITION OF YOHAN BAILLOT
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` WASHINGTON, D.C.
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` SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
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` REPORTED BY: Tina Alfaro, RPR, CRR, RMR
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` A P P E A R A N C E S :
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` O N B E H A L F O F T H E P E T I T I O N E R :
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` K I R K L A N D & E L L I S , L L P
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` B Y : J O S H U A G L U C O F T , E S Q .
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` O N B E H A L F O F T H E P A T E N T O W N E R :
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` W I L L I A M S & C O N N O L L Y , L L P
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` B Y : M E L I S S A C O L L I N S , E S Q .
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` S H A Y O N G H O S H , E S Q .
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` I N D E X
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` EXAMINATION
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` WITNESS PAGE
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` YOHAN BAILLOT
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` By Mr. Glucoft 5
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` By Ms. Collins 214
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` By Mr. Glucoft 218
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` PREVIOUSLY MARKED EXHIBITS
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` DEPOSITION EXHIBITS PAGE
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` Exhibit 1001 6
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` '632 Patent
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` Exhibit 1003 209
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` '253 Patent (Foxlin)
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` Exhibit 1007 7
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` Welch 2001 reference
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` Exhibit 1010 128
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` '132 Patent (Horton)
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` Exhibit 2007 8
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` Expert report
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` Exhibit 2011 92
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` '289 Patent (Harris)
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` (Witness sworn.)
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` WHEREUPON:
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` YOHAN BAILLOT,
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` called as a witness herein, having been first duly
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` sworn, was examined and testified as follows:
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` EXAMINATION
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` BY MR. GLUCOFT:
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` Q. Mr. Baillot, are you familiar with Kalman
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` filters?
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` A. I am.
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` Q. Do you agree that a Kalman filter used for
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` tracking must be configured properly to accept a
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` type and format of data produced by a sensor that
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` A. I agree to that, yeah.
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` Q. Do you agree that Kalman filters are
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` configured according to the calibration parameters
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` that it uses?
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` A. I would say that's not the only thing. It
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` might vary between different Kalman filter type.
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` You need to have -- a bit more specific.
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` Q. Do you agree that Kalman filters are
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` configured at least according to the calibration
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` parameters that they use?
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` A. I think in some case, yes. You might want
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` to be more definitive on that. I don't have really
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` an opinion right now as I stand.
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` BY MR. GLUCOFT:
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` Q. I'm going to hand you Exhibit 1001, which
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` is the '632 Patent.
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` MS. COLLINS: Just to be clear for the
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` record, these are the exhibit numbers that we were
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` using in the related IPR's and we're not marking
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` them separately for this deposition, right?
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` MR. GLUCOFT: Right.
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` Q. Can you please turn to column 2, lines 14
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` through 17.
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` A. You said column 2?
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` Q. Column 2, lines 14 through 17. Let me
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` know when you're there.
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` A. I'm there, yeah.
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` Q. The patent says "As with the localization
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` and mapping approaches, the characteristics of the
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` calibration parameters are typically reflected in
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` the implementation of the Kalman filter
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` techniques"; do you see that?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So in view of what the '632 Patent
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` teaches, do you agree that Kalman filters are
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` typically configured according to the calibration
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` parameters that they use?
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` A. That's what it says here. I would think
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` in most instances they are.
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` Q. Exhibit 1007 is referred to as Welch 2001.
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` Do you recall that prior art reference?
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` A. I do. I'd like to have a copy.
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` BY MR. GLUCOFT:
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` Q. Here is Exhibit 1007.
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` In your report you stated that "Welch's
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` HiBall sensors measure the two-dimensional
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` coordinates of the centroid of the ray that the
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` illuminated LED produces on the HiBall's detector";
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` do you recall that?
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` A. Can I have a copy of my report, please.
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` Q. Sure.
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` MS. COLLINS: Josh, we've got a clean copy
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` that's bound here that might be easier to flip
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` through. Is that okay for him to use?
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` MR. GLUCOFT: Sure.
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` MS. COLLINS: But I would then need a copy
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` BY MR. GLUCOFT:
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` Q. This is Exhibit 2007.
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` A. Could you point me to the specific --
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` Q. Yeah. Paragraph 90.
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` A. Thank you.
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` Q. Do you see about halfway down it says "The
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` HiBall"?
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` A. Uh-huh.
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` THE REPORTER: Yes?
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` THE WITNESS: Yes.
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` Q. Do the HiBall sensors also measure light
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` intensity at the centroid of the ray?
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` (Witness reviewing document.)
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` A. Can you repeat the question, please.
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` Q. Do the HiBall sensors also measure light
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` intensity at the centroid of the ray?
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` A. I believe that's what it says here, yes.
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` Q. And so given what we were just talking
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` the type and format of the data produced by the
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` sensors that feed into it, do you agree that Welch
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` 2001 configured its Kalman filter to account for
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` the type and format of data produced by the HiBall
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` sensors that feed into it?
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` A. I'm going to have to ask you to
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` question. Sorry.
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` Q. Do you agree that Welch 2001 would have
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` configured its Kalman filter to account for the
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` type and format of data produced by the HiBall
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` sensors that feed into those Kalman filters?
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` A. I'm not sure that I see the relationship
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` between the question and the text you just pointed
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` to. So that's a bit difficult to think about that
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` right now. So could you please repeat the question
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` Q. So we agree that Welch 2001 uses Kalman
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` filters, right?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And that Kalman filters are configured
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` A. Yes, I would say so.
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` Q. And so I'd just like to confirm that Welch
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` the HiBall sensors.
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` A. Again, no relationship with what I just
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` is not designed to ensure a configuration of those
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` data of this Kalman filter that can be changed. So
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` it has been done once, just to be clear.
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` A. I would think that Dr. Welch will have to
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` able to handle the type of data, he had to do it
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` Q. The type of data produced by the HiBall
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And the type and format of data generated
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` that over.
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` The type and format of data generated by
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` MS. COLLINS: Objection, vague.
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` A. I think I need more clarification. I
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` think those data might -- the data format might be
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` involved at some point in considering the type of
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` Kalman filter that you want to use or setting it up
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` one time, but it's certainly not the only thing. I
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` what is the question.
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` Q. I'm trying to understand where the system
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` provides that data; is that correct?
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` A. The HiBall produces raw data that are
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` being used by the tracking system. The HiBall does
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` not inform the system about the type of data such
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` as -- such that the Kalman filter can be
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` Q. I guess how did Dr. Welch learn about the
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` type of data produced by the HiBalls?
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` A. Because Dr. Welch developed the system, he
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` invented it maybe with other researchers.
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` Therefore he knows what the system does.
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` Q. Can you turn to page 13 of Welch 2001, and
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` if you can look at the first paragraph on the page
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` starting with the words "At each estimation cycle"
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` and finishing with "A diversity of constraints."
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` A. You want me to explain what's going on in
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` my own words without any constraint?
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` Q. Yeah.
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` A. Okay.
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` I believe what is being described is
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` taking the pose of the HiBall sensor and taking one
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` to have LED's contained in it, those will be the
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` candidate LED's to consider, and then one LED
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` Q. So what is the relationship between the
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` LED that's selected and the pose of the HiBall?
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` Excuse me. I guess the estimated pose or predicted
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` pose of the HiBall?
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` A. Yeah. I do not see in the text the
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` Q. So your prior answer discussed "taking the
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` A. I think that's correct, yes.
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` Q. So the LED's are not chosen completely at
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` A. The view is chosen randomly. The LED in
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` that view or the back-projected square created by
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` the view are chosen on a least recently used
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` MS. COLLINS: Objection, mischaracterizes.
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` A. The decision is not based on the HiBall
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` pose, no.
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` MR. GLUCOFT: Melissa, a mischaracterizes
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` objection is a speaking objection. You can object
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` BY MR. GLUCOFT:
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` Q. Please repeat your answer.
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` A. So the LED is not chosen -- can you repeat
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` the question actually?
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` Q. Yeah.
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` Is the LED chosen completely at random?
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` A. The view is chosen at random. The LED in
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` the view is not.
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` Q. Do you agree that Welch 2001's off-line
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` calibration data that is used to create calibration
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` A. Can you repeat this question, please.
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` Q. Do you agree that Welch 2001's off-line
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` tables is data that is used for configuration?
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` A. I do think those data are used for
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` configuration that in the view of the Foxlin patent
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` they are not used for the configuration of
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` the -- let me scratch that.
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` I do not think they are used for
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` configuration. I think they are used as part of
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` the tracking state estimate, not for the
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` configuration as per the Foxlin patent
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` definition.
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` Q. So I'm not asking right now about the term
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` in the patent "configuration data." I understand
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` that's a term in dispute. I'm looking at
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` section 5.1 of Welch 2001 which is titled "Benchtop
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. I just want to confirm that the data in
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` A. Again, I don't want to be definitive on
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` In some case it is used. In some case it might not
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` Q. So you have no opinion as to whether the
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` HiBall calibration data in section 5.1 is used for
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` MS. COLLINS: Objection, form.
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` A. I do not have an opinion on that
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` currently, no.
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` Q. Do you agree that Welch 2001's on-line
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` A. I do not have an opinion on this as I
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` Objection, form. You can still answer.
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` A. Can you repeat that question, please.
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` Q. Do you agree that Welch 2001's on-line
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` position coordinates is data that is used for
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` MS. COLLINS: Objection, form.
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` A. I do not really have an opinion on that.
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` This is not something I have really thought about,
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` but it seems to me no at the current time.
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` Q. And why not?
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` A. I do think currently that it is more a
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` parameter involved into computing the estimate than
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` configuration data and, again, coming back to the
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` patent, which is what I have been asked to provide
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` an opinion about.
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` Q. So you provided a construction of a term
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` "configuring"; do you recall that?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. So you have an understanding of what
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` "configuring" means, correct?
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And you separately provided construction
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` of the term "configuration data"?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. So this question is not asking about
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` configuration data as you've construed the term.
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` This is about configuring. So I'd like to
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` understand if Welch 2001's on-line calibration data
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` that is used to generate ideal position coordinates
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` is data that is used for configuring.
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` MS. COLLINS: Objection, form.
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` (Witness reviewing document.)
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` A. And we are talking about the HiBall
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` on-line. Would you please repeat the specific --
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` Q. Sure.
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` Do you agree that Welch 2001's on-line
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` A. Could you please point me to the part of
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` the text that says on-line calibration data.
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` Q. So in section 5.2 of Welch 2001 it says
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` "On-line HiBall Measurements."
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` A. Uh-huh.
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` Q. And the first paragraph culminates in the
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` calibration tables described in section 5.1."
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` So is the data that is converted to
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` "ideal" coordinates data that is used for
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` configuration?
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` A. Did you not mention on-line calibration
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` data? That's where I'm a bit confused.
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` Q. So this section is titled "On-line HiBall
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` Measurements," right?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And so maybe we're speaking past each
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` other. I think I'm referring to the measured
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` A. That measured sensor coordinates and
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` on-line calibration data are not the same thing for
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` measured sensor coordinates in section 5.2 data
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` A. So measured sensor coordinates are not
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` used for configuration.
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` Q. And why not?
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` A. Because they are raw measurement.
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` Q. Okay. Let's back up to section 5.1 titled
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` "Benchtop (Off-Line) HiBall Calibration." There
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` are some measurements taken during the process
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` described in section 5.1, correct?
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` (Witness reviewing document.)
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` A. I'm reading the beginning. Could you
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` to -- that you want me to qualify because I don't
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` see measurement at the beginning.
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` Q. So on page 10 in the second full paragraph
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` it talks about sampling various views and rays; do
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` you see that?
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` A. I see it says "We sample each view with
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` THE WITNESS: Sorry. "We repeat each
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` all.
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` Q. And those measurements, is that data
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` that's used for configuration?
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` A. Those data are not used for configuration
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` as far as I can determine.
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` Q. Those are data that are collected in a
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` section that Welch titles "Benchtop (Off-Line)
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` HiBall Calibration," correct?
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` A. That is correct.
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` Q. But it's your opinion that data is not
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` used for configuration?
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` A. The data themselves are not used.
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` Something derived from the data is used for
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` calibration. There's a process.
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` Q. Can you turn to figure 6, please. So
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` figure 6 specifies that the number of HiBall
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` sensors in this embodiment available to the system
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` is two, correct?
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` A. I do see two HiBalls in figure 6.
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` Q. If you could turn to figure 9. Figure 9
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` specifies the physical structure of each HiBall
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` available to the system, correct?
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` A. Can you repeat the question, please.
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` Q. Figure 9 specifies the physical structure
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` of each HiBall available to the system, correct?
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` A. It shows a mechanical design with some
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` label for diverse part of the system as well as a
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` Q. Sorry. You used the term "divert part."
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` A. The diverse part.
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` Q. Diverse parts?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. So figure 9 specifies the mechanical
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` A. Correct. I see a mechanical type of
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` drawing (indecipherable), and I see some kind of
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` system diagram on the right that is further
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` qualifying what those parts are doing.
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` Q. If you look on the next page, page 9, on
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` the paragraph at the top, it says "The CIB has two
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` four daisy chain HiBall units"; do you see that?
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` A. Which part again?
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` Q. It's right here, "The CIB has two tether
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` interfaces"; do you see that? So we were just
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` looking at figure 6 which specified that there were
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` two HiBalls. This says the system can communicate
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` with up to four daisy chain HiBalls. If a system
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` were modified to include four daisy chain HiBall
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` figure 6, something would have to specify that four
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` HiBall units are now available to the system,
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` correct?
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` A. I would say something would have to
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` specify, but I cannot qualify what it is. I don't
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` know if that's a specification or if that's -- I
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` mean, it's difficult to qualify right now without
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` more specifics.
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` Q. And something would have to specify that
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` each of the four units had the same properties as
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` shown in figure 9, correct?
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` A. Can you repeat that?
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` Q. Something would have to specify that each
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` of those four HiBall units had the same properties
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` as what is shown in figure 9, correct?
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` A. No. I do not think that's correct.
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` Q. Why not?
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` A. Because, as I stated before, the HiBall
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` was not designed to have a different type of
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` sensor. It uses always the same type of sensor.
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` Q. But wouldn't something have to specify,
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` then, that each of the sensors is the same?
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` A. It shows the sensor are always the same
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` because that's the type of sensor this system is
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` using.
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` Q. When you say "it shows the sensor are
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` always the same," what shows? The code?
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` A. No. Each of the sensor are always the
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` same. So nothing needs to specify that they are
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` the same.
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` Q. I guess how does the system know that all
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` the sensors are the same if nothing specifies that
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` A. Because the design of the system by
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` Dr. Welch make it something that is known by him
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` developing the system. He knows what the sensor
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` are and has used this information.
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` Q. All right. So does the system know that
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` all four HiBall units are designed the same?
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` A. I don't think this is something explained
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` in this text or addressed by the Petitioner or as
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` part of my declaration. So I would have to think
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` about that further. I don't have an opinion today.
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` Q. So you have no opinion as to whether
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` something would have to specify to the system that
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` all four HiBall units are the same?
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` MS. COLLINS: Objection, form.
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` "the same"? It could be many different things. Is
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` it the same type? Is it the same height? Is it
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` the same dimension? Is it the same orientation of
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` the sensor? It could be many different things.
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` Q. So my understanding is that whether it's
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` two or four HiBalls, all the HiBalls would have the
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` same general configuration as shown in figure 9 and
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` they would measure the same things. Is that your
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` understanding as well?
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` A. So you are saying that from the
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` description of the system all the HiBall would be
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` the same? That's what you're saying? I'm not
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` following you.
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` Q. I think that's my understanding of what
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` you're saying is that if there's four HiBalls, all
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` four HiBalls would have a physical layout in
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` accordance with the same figure 9, they would all
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` measure the same thing, produce the same type of
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` output.
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` A. I think that is correct. They are
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` using -- they are the same type. They measure the
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` same type of things, not the same thing.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. They produce the same type of output I
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` would think, but there is no detail on the specific
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` format or protocol of the output.
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` Q. And so how does the system know that all
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` of those things that you just mentioned are the
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` same among the two HiBalls in the first embodiment
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` or the four HiBalls in the second embodiment that
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` we were looking at?
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` A. The system has been designed as such to
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` support only one type of sensor, the one that is
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` described in this patent.
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` Q. And so the system designer, do you agree,
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` had to tell the system there are four or two same
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` HiBalls?
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` A. I don't think this is described in this
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` paper. So it depends. It could be many ways. I
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` don't have really an opinion about that today.
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` Q. So is it possible that the system designer
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` tells the system you have two same HiBalls or four
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` same HiBalls depending on the number of HiBalls
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` that are connected?
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` A. I guess it could be one way to do that.
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` Q. And the way that the designer would inform
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` the system that it has two HiBalls or four HiBalls
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` is by specifying that in the code of the system; is
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` A. That could be one way to do it.
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` Q. Have you ever worked with a tracking
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` system that didn't enumerate the sensors available
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` to it?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Can you describe the operation of that
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` system?
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` A. I need something more specific. It can be
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` very generic.
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` Q. So how many systems have you personally
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` worked with -- how many tracking system