pathway innovations v. recordex usa - complaint

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COMPLAINT

JAMES V. FAZIO, III (CSB NO. 183353) [email protected] TREVOR Q. CODDINGTON, PH.D. (CSB NO. 243042) [email protected] MARTIN B. READY (CSB NO. 239135) [email protected] SAN DIEGO IP LAW GROUP LLP 12526 High Bluff Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92130 Telephone: (858) 792-3446 Facsimile: (858) 792-3501

Attorneys for Plaintiff, PATHWAY INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATHWAY INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a California corporation,

Plaintiff,

vs.

RECORDEX USA, INC.; a Georgia corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive,

Defendants.

CASE NO.

COMPLAINT FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT

DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

'15CV1536 JLBLAB

Case 3:15-cv-01536-LAB-JLB Document 1 Filed 07/13/15 of 12

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Plaintiff Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc. (“Pathway”) hereby complains of

Defendant Recordex USA, Inc., and DOES 1 through 10 (collectively, “Recordex”), and alleges

as follows:

NATURE OF THE ACTION

1. This is an action for patent infringement under the patent laws of the United States,

35 U.S.C. § 271, et seq.

THE PARTIES

2. Pathway is a California corporation with its principal place of business located at

10211 Pacific Mesa Boulevard, Suite 412, San Diego, California 92121.

3. Formed in 2008, Pathway is a privately-held company that designs, develops and

sells innovative products that enhance learning, improve communication, and help people save

time. The company is the designer and manufacturer of HoverCam® branded software and

document cameras—a revolutionary product that combines the features of a digital camera and a

scanner into a new form factor. Pathway has a strong track record for developing innovative

products, especially for the education market. A HoverCam® document camera hovers over a

teacher’s desk unobtrusively and is used by teachers to capture, manipulate and present seamless

video of documents and objects to students in real-time. Traditional scanners are too slow for

the classroom and conventional cameras lack sufficient resolution, zoom video, annotation

capability, and other functions needed for an effective learning environment. However, a

HoverCam® document camera captures, digitizes and displays documents immediately at an

incredibly high resolution of 8 megapixels, which is about 4 times the resolution of a typical HD

television. Moreover, HoverCam® users can manipulate, annotate, zoom and resize documents

and video without any loss in resolution, and can record and playback seamless video at a

remarkable 30 frames per second. HoverCam® document cameras have won numerous awards

and are presently used in over 150,000 classrooms around the world.

4. Pathway is informed and believes and based thereon alleges that Defendant

Recordex is an corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Georgia with its

principal place of business located at 10-50 46th

Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101.


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According to the New York Department of State, Recordex does not have a registered agent for

service of process, but may be served by mailing service of process to Recordex USA, Inc., 10-

50 46th

Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11101.

5. Pathway is ignorant of the true names and capacities of the parties sued herein as

DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, whether individual, corporate or otherwise, and therefore sues

these defendants by such fictitious names. Pathway will seek leave to amend the complaint to

assert their true names when they have been ascertained. Pathway is informed and believes and

based thereon alleges that all defendants sued herein as DOES 1 through 10 are in some manner

responsible for the acts and omissions alleged herein.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

6. This Court has original and exclusive subject matter jurisdiction over this action

under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a).

7. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Recordex because it regularly conducts

business and/or solicit business in California and within this District; because Recordex engages

in other courses of conduct and derives revenue from products provided to residents of California

and this District as well as substantial revenue from interstate and international commerce;

because Recordex has purposefully established substantial, systematic and continuous contacts

with California and this District and should reasonably expect to be haled into court in this

District; and because Recordex has committed and continues to commit acts of patent

infringement in California and this District in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271, and placing infringing

products into the stream of commerce, with the knowledge or understanding that such products

are sold in the State of California, including in this District. On information and belief, Recordex

products may be purchased online through its online retailers School Outfitters, Touchboards and

wayfair.com and through local resellers nationwide including those in California and this District.

The acts by Recordex cause injury to Pathway within this District.

8. Venue is proper in this District under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391 and 1400(b) because

Recordex has regularly transacted business in California and within this District and offers for

sale in this District products that infringe Pathway’s patents, because certain of the acts


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complained of herein occurred in California and within this District, because Recordex derives

and seeks to derive revenue from sales of infringing products sold in California and within this

District, and because Recordex is subject to personal jurisdiction in this District. In addition,

venue is proper because Pathway’s principal place of business is in this District and Pathway

suffered harm in this district.

GENERAL ALLEGATIONS

9. Pathway has protected its innovative designs and cutting-edge technologies

through a broad range of intellectual property rights including the following utility patent and

design patents. Pathway owns all right, title, and interest in and to each of the asserted patents

listed below.

10. On August 13, 2013, the PTO duly and lawfully issued U.S. Patent No. 8,508,751,

entitled “Capturing Real-Time Video With Zooming Capability and Scanning High Resolution

Still Images of Documents Using the Same Apparatus” (“the ‘751 patent”). Pathway is the owner

by assignment of the ‘751 patent, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.

11. On January 15, 2013, the PTO duly and lawfully issued U.S. Design Patent No.

D674,389, entitled “Document Imaging Instrument” (“the ‘D389 patent”). Pathway is the owner

by assignment of the ‘D389 patent, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B.

12. On November 1, 2011, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”)

dully and lawfully issued U.S. Design Patent No. D647,906, entitled “Portable and Small Form

Factor Document Camera and Scanner with Extendible Folding Arms” (“the ‘D906 patent”).

Pathway is the owner by assignment of the ‘906 patent, a copy of which is attached hereto as

Exhibit C.

13. On October 14, 2014, the PTO duly and lawfully issued U.S. Design Patent No.

D715,300, entitled “Imaging Device” (“the ‘D300 patent”). Pathway is the owner by assignment

of the ‘300 patent, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D.

14. Recordex has willfully copied Pathway’s products and has no patents or pending

patent applications of their own.

15. Pathway is informed and believes and based thereon alleges that the making,


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using, selling, offering for sale, and/or importation of Recordex’s products infringe one or more

claims of the ‘906 patent, the ‘751 patent, the ‘389 patent, and the ‘300 patent, including without

limitation Recordex’s document cameras SimplicityCam 2i, SimplicityCam 5e, SimplicityCam

5i+, SimplicityCam 5z, SimplicityCam 5z AF, SimplicityCam 8z AF, and XSight software,

which is designed specifically for Recordex’s document cameras (collectively, the “Accused

Products”).

16. Pathway is informed and believes and based thereon alleges that Adesso, Inc.

(“Adesso”) manufactures or causes to be manufactured the SimplicityCam 2i as a white label

product for Recordex. Adesso is accused of infringing one or more Pathway patents in a lawsuit

concurrently pending in this District.

FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,508,751)

17. Pathway repeats, realleges and incorporates by reference the preceding allegations

above as though set forth fully herein.

18. Recordex, by and through its agents, officers, directors, employees and servants,

has been and is currently willfully and intentionally infringing one or more claims of the ‘751

patent by (a) making, using, offering to sell, and/or selling in the United States and/or importing

into the United States, one or more of the Accused Products ; (b) actively inducing direct

infringement of the ‘751 patent; and/or (c) importing, offering to sell, or selling the Accused

Products, knowing such products to be especially made or adapted for use in infringing the ‘751

patent and not staple articles or commodities suitable for substantial noninfringing use.

Recordex’s acts constitute infringement of the ‘751 patent in violation of 35 U.S.C. §271.

Pathway is further informed and believes and thereon alleges that Recordex’s infringement is

willful.

19. Pathway is further informed and believes and based thereon alleges that if and to

the extent Recordex is not infringing directly, Recordex is infringing indirectly by contributing to

and/or inducing direct infringers, including without limitation Recordex’s distributors, retailers,

resellers, end users, and/or customers, to infringe the ‘751 patent.


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20. Pathway is further informed and believes and based thereon alleges that Recordex

is knowingly inducing direct infringement and has the specific intent to encourage its distributors,

retailers, resellers, end users and/or customers to directly infringe the ‘751 patent by (among other

things) designing, developing and selling products, including without limitation the Accused

Products, to their distributors, resellers, retailers, end users and/or customers for the purpose of

performing real-time image and video capturing and recording with zooming and high-resolution

scanning capabilities, and/or by making, using, selling, importing and offering to sell the Accused

Products that perform real-time image and video capturing and recording with zooming and high-

resolution scanning capabilities. Pathway is further informed and believes and based thereon

alleges that the Accused Products are each a material component of Pathway’s patented methods

and/or systems and that the Accused Products are not capable of substantial non-infringing use.

21. Pathway is informed and believes and based thereon alleges that Recordex’s

infringement of the ‘751 patent will continue unless enjoined by this Court.

22. Pathway is informed and believes and based thereon alleges that Recordex became

aware of the subject matter of the ‘751 patent at least as early as August 4, 2011, but no later than

October 24, 2011. Pathway has marked its products with its patent numbers since at least June,

2015.

23. Recordex’s infringement of the ‘751 patent provides Recordex with unique

functionality for its products that was the result of Pathway’s innovation, not Recordex’s.

Recordex has not obtained permission from Pathway to use its inventions in the ‘751 patent.

24. By reason of the aforesaid infringing acts, Pathway has been damaged and is

entitled to monetary relief in an amount to be determined at trial but in excess of the jurisdictional

requirement of this Court.

25. Because of the aforesaid infringing acts, Pathway has suffered and continues to

suffer great and irreparable injury for which there is no adequate remedy at law.

SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF

(Infringement of U.S. Design Patent No. D674,389)



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27. Recordex, by and through its agents, officers, directors, resellers, retailers,

employees and servants, has been and is currently willfully and intentionally infringing the ‘D389

patent by making, using, offering to sell, and/or selling in the United States, and/or importing into

the United States one or more of the Accused Products, which embody the design covered by the

‘D389 patent. Recordex’s acts constitute infringement of the ‘D389 patent in violation of 35

U.S.C. §271. Pathway is further informed and believes and thereon alleges that Recordex’s

infringement is willful.


aware of the ‘D389 patent at least as early as January 15, 2013.

29. As the side-by-side comparison shown below reveals, Recordex has

misappropriated Pathway’s patented design (shown left) in the Accused Products, including the

SimplicityCam 5e (shown right).


infringement of the ‘D389 patent will continue unless enjoined by this Court.


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THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF









U.S.C. §271. Pathway is further informed and believes and thereon alleges that Recordex’s



aware of the ‘D906 patent at least as early as approximately November 11, 2011.



Simplicity 5e (shown right).


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FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF









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U.S.C. § 271. Pathway is further informed and believes and thereon alleges that Recordex’s



aware of the ‘D300 patent at least as early as October 14, 2014.



SimplicityCam 5i+ (shown right).




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PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Pathway prays for judgment against Recordex as follows:

(a) An Order adjudging Recordex to have infringed the ‘751, ‘D389, ‘D906, and

‘D300 patents under 35 U.S.C. § 271;

(b) An Order adjudging Recordex to have willfully infringed the ‘751, ‘D389, ‘D906,

and ‘D300 patents under 35 U.S.C. § 271;

(c) A permanent injunction under 35 U.S.C. § 283 enjoining Recordex, its officers,

directors, agents, servants, employees and attorneys, and those persons acting in concert or

participation with Recordex, from directly and/or indirectly infringing the ‘751, ‘D389, ‘D906,

and ‘D300 patents in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271;

(d) That Recordex account for all damages by its infringement of the ‘751, ‘D389,

‘D906, and ‘D300 patents in violation of 35 U.S.C. § 271, and that Recordex pay to Pathway all

damages suffered by Pathway;

(e) An order for a trebling of damages and/or enhanced damages due to Recordex’s

willful misconduct under 35 U.S.C. § 284;

(f) An Order adjudicating that this is an exceptional case;

(g) An award to Pathway of the attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Pathway in

connection with this action under 35 U.S.C. § 285;

(h) An award to Pathway of Recordex’s profits under 35 U.S.C. § 289;

(i) An award of pre-judgment and post-judgment interest and costs of this action

against Recordex; and

(j) For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.


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Dated: July 13, 2015

SAN DIEGO IP LAW GROUP LLP

By: /s/James V. Fazio, III JAMES V. FAZIO, III

TREVOR Q. CODDINGTON, PH.D. MARTIN B. READY


DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

Pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff Pathway

Innovations and Technologies, Inc. hereby demands a trial by jury of all issues so triable.

Dated: July 13, 2015

SAN DIEGO IP LAW GROUP LLP

By: /s/James V. Fazio, III JAMES V. FAZIO, III

TREVOR Q. CODDINGTON, PH.D. MARTIN B. READY



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Pathway Innovations & Technologies, Inc.

James V. Fazio, Trevor Q. Coddington, Ph.D.San Diego IP Law Group LLP12526 High Bluff Drive, #300, San Diego, CA 92130 (858) 792-3446

RecordexUSA, Inc.

35 U.S.C. 271

patent infringement

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EXHIBIT A


(12) United States Patent Shen et a].

US008508751B1

US 8,508,751 B1 Aug. 13, 2013

(10) Patent N0.: (45) Date of Patent:

(54)

(75)

(73)

(21)

(22)

(63)

(60)

(51)

(52)

(58)

CAPTURING REAL-TIME VIDEO WITH ZOOMING CAPABILITY AND SCANNING HIGH RESOLUTION STILL IMAGES OF DOCUMENTS USING THE SAME APPARATUS

Inventors: Ji Shen, San Diego, CA (US); Dongbing Zhang, Shanghai (CN)

Assignee: Pathway Innovations and Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)

Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.

Appl. N0.: 13/506,208

Filed: Apr. 4, 2012

Related US. Application Data

Continuation of application No. PCT/US2011/022549, ?led on Jan. 26,2011.

Provisional application No. 61/298,912, ?led on Jan. 28, 2010.

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(57) ABSTRACT Disclosed is a method of acquiring an image of a target to provide an output video image that has a plurality of frame images. The method includes the steps of receiving a series of frame images from a video camera, using a processor to manipulate the series of frame images, Which includes deter mining a reference resolution for providing output frame images, and displaying and/or storing the manipulated series of frame images as the output video image Without changing a resolution of the output frame images. Also disclosed is a document imaging apparatus that includes a digital imaging unit. The document imaging apparatus also includes a pro cessor that is coupled to the digital imaging unit and that is con?gured to cause the digital imaging unit to Zoom in or Zoom out in real-time While maintaining a resolution value of stored images constant.

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CAPTURING REAL-TIME VIDEO WITH ZOOMING CAPABILITY AND SCANNING HIGH RESOLUTION STILL IMAGES OF

DOCUMENTS USING THE SAME APPARATUS

This is a ContinuationApplication under 35 U.S.C. §111 of International Application PCT/US2011/022549 ?led J an. 26, 2011, Which claims priority to Provisional Application No. 61/298,912 ?led Jan. 28, 2010; the contents of are each hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.

FIELD

The disclosure generally relates to document cameras and to the ?eld of document scanning apparatuses, and methods for both capturing real-time video With Zooming capability and scanning high resolution still images of documents using the same apparatus.

BACKGROUND

In the ?eld of document cameras, it is desirable for an apparatus to capture real-time video streams With the highest clarity possible With Zooming-in and Zooming-out capability. Prior art of this ?eld have achieved Zoomable video directly output to video projectors With video resolution normally in Video Graphics Array (“VGA”) range of 640x480 or Super VGA (SVGA) 800x600 display resolution range and rarely can reach a resolution as high as 1920x1280 Without drasti cally increasing the cost needed to build such as device.

Such a limitation often comes from the limited resolution of video display projectors and the processing capacity of the electronic components Which must support the document camera’s ability to directly out put analog video signal to the projector. In order for a document camera based on prior art to capture real-time video With high resolution images, high quality tele-focal lens assembly must be employed to Zoom in and/ or out on the object of interest to compensate the limita tion in the electronic circuitry responsible for sensing, gen erating, and outputting frames of images in a video stream. Such limitation in the electronic circuitry of document cam eras based on prior art makes it unsuitable for capturing high resolution still images required for document archiving, copying and display applications. The necessary employment of an optical lens assembly makes it mandatory for these document cameras to often have elaborate motoriZed housing for the lenses, Which results inevitably in relatively heavy structural con?gurations requiring considerably siZed bottom panels serving as both a stabiliZing plate and a housing for the electronics. Due to such reasons, these document cameras take aWay signi?cant desktop space and have less than desir able portability. As an example, a prior art digital document camera is commercially available from an unbranded inter national OEM supplier, is shoWn in FIG. 1.

Other document scanning prior art methods teach methods of ?atbed scanners or scanning assembly Working in conjunc tion With a motoriZed document feeder to capture high reso lution images often in the range of 150 dpi to 600 dpi range. FIG. 2 shoWs a typical ?atbed scanner apparatus, such as a ScanJet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner by HeWlett Packard. HoWever, such an apparatus must require a platen of certain minimum dimensions, Which can accommodate various siZes of commonly used paper, and must have signi?cant height in order to accomplish the scanning functions in their enclosed housing of the various mechanical and electronic scanning components.As the siZe of paper to be scanned gets larger, the

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2 siZe of the traditional scanners Will also have to be larger. Such an apparatus is not space e?icient and often has poor portability.

Additionally, prior art scanners do not have any ability to capture real-time video of any objects, and almost impossible to capture any images of three dimensional objects. These scanners select a sub-area Within a previeW image of the document ahead of time, Which requires a pre-scan of the document and therefore takes longer than a desirable amount of time. Scanning of paper documents is also time consuming ranging from approximately 6 seconds in highly expensive professional grade scanners to 12 to 80 seconds in order to ?nish a Legal siZed document. US. Pat. No. 6,965,460 B1 describes a look-doWn digital

imaging device having a linear sensor for imaging a raster line of an original image placed substantially beloW the look doWn device, and achieving the capture of a relatively high resolution image by sWeeping a raster line across the scan area in the same fashion of a ?atbed scanner, also With the aid of a video camera device housed in the same housing unit. Although the apparatus described in this reference suspends the imaging unit on a stand, the time cost, electronic compo nents, mechanical components, and potentially motoriZed components necessary in tilting and sWeeping the raster line across the entire surface area of a target While capturing the re?ected linear line sequentially one line at a time, Were not fully disclosed. It is conceivable that the scanning time con sumed to sWeep the raster line across the entire scanning area can be similar to and not signi?cantly better than the time required by commercial available ?atbed scanners. HoWever, this reference does not address the need for speed e?iciency gains over existing ?atbed scanners. The employment of a second assisting video camera required in the prior art increases the volume and Weight of the housing unit. In another aspect, by requiring the inclusion of multiple com ponents, such as the Zoomable lenses, the linear scanning components, and the video camera, this reference is not advantageous in achieving su?icient compactness in possible embodiments of the apparatus described. US. Pat. No. 6,540,415 B1 describes a stand With a hinged

housing unit Which can hold in place a fully self-contained, ready-made, commercially available digital camera, Which closely resembles a point-and-shoot camera. As commercial digital camera products vary in design form factors, output connection technologies, control button accessibilities, and built-in imaging functions, this reference may not be adapt able to many possible variations to make a commercial embodiment practical or advantageous in real life applica tions.

SUMMARY

Recent advancements in electronic image sensing tech nologies, such as CMOS or CCD sensors, and in compact optical lenses, supported by Wide commercial adoption of compact digital cameras in cellular phones, personal desktop computers, laptop computers, and myriad other portable computing devices, has reduced the cost of digital imaging optical and sensor units dramatically. The latest Webcam like digital camera imaging units are highly compact in terms of form factor, and can capture images With resolutions ranging from 2 mega-pixel to 10 mega-pixel instantaneously With one click for an entire US Legal siZed paper surface area, and more importantly With costs at a fraction of What they used to be. Pixel resolution Will increase beyond mega-pixel as much as 30 mega-pixels and higher, While costs continue to stay loW at the current level as demand for high resolution digital


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imaging units remains strong. With 9 to 10 mega-pixel image sensing ability in the digital imaging units, one can capture a digital image With native resolution equivalent to approxi mately 300 dots per inch (dpi) scanned in image of a US Legal siZed document. With 30 mega-pixels and above image sens ing ability, one can even approach near 600 dpi native reso lution for scanning a US Legal siZed document.

Recent developments of personal computing devices have made PC’s and other personal computing devices nearly ubiquitously available in most developed and developing countries. The presence of such personal computing devices has become a necessary and indispensable part of virtually every home and professional of?ce. The application of a document imaging device in accomplishing common docu ment capturing tasks becomes naturally and necessarily con nected to personal computing machines, such as a PC or Macintosh computer.

In vieW of the aforementioned, a desire exists for a docu ment imaging system that is cost e?icient, highly compact or space e?icient, highly portable, and virtually instantaneous in terms of time ef?ciency, While at the same time, also being capable of producing real-time high resolution Zoomable video and being capable of capturing high resolution still images of documents With one click “scan” processing. As an example, a user can keep the system on a commonly used desk surface, Without consuming more than approximately 10 square inches of surface area, and can put a document or a 3D object under the facing-doWn image sensing unit of vir tually any siZe or shape, and be able to click one button to snap a high resolution image of the object. At the same time, the user can transport the apparatus to a classroom setting to visually presenting instructional materials through a con nected projector on a large screen, With real-time video, While maintaining the ability to Zoom in and out on the object. A further desire exists for the compact document imaging

system to be fully self-contained With internally integrated and fully controllable image or video sensing and processing units, Without externally combining or ?tting With any other self-contained product, such as a commercial point-and shoot digital camera. For example, such a compact and self contained nature shall enable a business user to easily carry the system in a briefcase or other travel siZed bag.

Disclosed is a method of acquiring an image of a target to provide an output video image that has a plurality of frame images. The method includes the steps of receiving a series of frame images from a video camera, using a processor to manipulate the series of frame images, Which includes deter mining a reference resolution for providing output frame images, and displaying and/or storing the manipulated series of frame images as the output video image Without ever changing a resolution of the output frame images.

Altemative embodiments of the method also include the step of executing the manipulation in an amount of time short enough so that the manipulation step is not perceived by a user, i.e., in real time. Typically, manipulation in real time Would be such that the manipulation Would cause no more than a delay of tWenty milliseconds betWeen the time that the user enters a command and the command is executed. Addi tional steps of the alternative embodiments include identify ing a ?rst resolution for the received plurality of frame images and identifying a second resolution for the reference resolu tion. In the case of a manipulated frame image having a higher resolution, as manipulated, than the second resolution, reduc ing the resolution of the frame image to that of the second resolution; and in the case of the manipulated frame image having a loWer resolution, as manipulated, than the second resolution, using the processor to further manipulate the

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lation can be any one or more of re-siZing the image, panning the image in a selected direction, rotating the image in a selected direction, or annotating the image. If the image is resiZed it can also be annotated at the same time that it is being re-siZed, panned While being re-siZed, panned While being rotated, etc. Any combination of manipulations Will not change the resolution of the output image frames. A different method of acquiring an image of a target

includes the steps of determining a reference resolution at Which each frame image of the series of frame images Will be maintained and storing the reference resolution in a non transitory medium. A video image comprising a series of frame images is captured and an external processor is used to compare a resolution of each frame image of the video image With the reference resolution and the resolution of each frame image is adjusted to correspond to the reference resolution. After comparing the resolution of each frame image, each frame image on a display is stored and/or displayed in real time. Also, a selected portion of the image of the frame can be re-siZed at any time to provide a visual effect of rotating the image in three dimensions.

Also disclosed is a document imaging apparatus that includes a digital imaging unit. The digital imaging unit con tains optics having an in?nite focal length. The document imaging apparatus also includes a processor that is coupled to the digital imaging unit and that is con?gured to cause the digital imaging unit to Zoom in or Zoom out in real-time While maintaining a resolution value of stored images constant. A non-transitory storage medium stores images obtained from the digital imaging unit and a display displays the stored images. A folding and telescoping suspension arm supports the digital imaging unit at a distance from a target to be imaged. The processor of the apparatus can be housed in the folding suspension arm or in an external personal computer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING FIGURES

FIG. 1 is an illustrative example of a prior art document camera device;

FIG. 2 is an illustrative example of a prior art ?atbed scanner;

FIG. 3a is a draWing of an embodiment of the present disclosed system;

FIG. 3b illustrates a component of the embodiment shoWn in FIG. 3a;

FIG. 30 illustrates the embodiment shoWn in FIG. 3a in various con?gurations;

FIG. 3d illustrates a relationship betWeen a top part and a bottom part of a compact camera stand;

FIG. 4 is a How chart detailing steps for executing the present system and method;

FIG. 5 is a How chart depicting additional steps in the operation of the present system and method; and

FIG. 6 illustrates a display screen shoWing additional fea tures of the present system and method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

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brie?y referred to as a Personal Computer (PC) 301 in a fashion that the Software Programming Unit (SPU) 303 executed Within the PC controls and implements the primary functions of the Document Imaging System 300 in softWare instruction code, While communicating With a miniaturized Digital Image Sensing Unit (DISU) 302, in full duplex fash ion. The SPU 303 thus becomes the master or core unit, and the DISU 302 becomes a slave or auxiliary unit of the Docu ment Imaging System. This ensures that functionality of the system can be made available to users in far more interactive and friendly Ways comparing small control buttons on tradi tional electronic devices, While streamlining the con?gura tion of the DISU 302 to an optimal level.

The DISU 302 communicates With the SPU 303 residing in a PC 301 via a high speed digital connection (named as USB for illustration purpose) 304, such as USB 2.0, USB 3.0, FireWire/IEEE 1934 400 or IEEE 1934 800. The SPU receives electric poWer from the PC 301 via the same digital connection, for the necessary imaging sensing processing functionality, Without mandatorily requiring an external poWer source. The highly compact Document Imaging Sys tem 300 includes a built-in illuminating light source, With its poWer source also primarily supplied by the PC 301 through the same USB connection 304, While an external poWerful source unit is only optional. The DISU 302 is supported by a highly compact camera

stand 305 With a folding suspension arm 306 that houses the DISU 302 along With an image processing electronic cir cuitry board 314 (shoWn in FIG. 3b) and supported by a Weighted small pro?le base 308. The Document Imaging System could also be optionally augmented by including a ?exible positioning mat 3 07, Which has pre-de?ned markings to assist users in positioning the camera stand 305, and the paper document to be “scanned” or visualiZed.

With reference to FIG. 3b, the DISU 302 comprises a miniaturized optical lens 316 along With a digital image sen sor (not separately shoWn), and has a resolution of minimum of three mega-pixels and can reach 20 to 30 mega-pixel range resolutions. The optical lens 316 and the accompanying elec tronic components are capable of capturing real-time video at approximately 30 frames per second With High De?nition (HD) resolution, While being able to capture still pictures of the objects under the camera lens at the same time. The optical lens 316 has limited Zoom range or can be a ?xed focal lens. The depth of ?eld of the DISU 302 lens hoWever has a Wide range of above 100 cm, ensuring objects appearing under the facing-doWn DISU 302 appear focused and sharp even When the DISU is substantially far aWay. Such a small imaging unit is as light as less than 1 OZ in Weight. Hence, the need for a large volume housing unit is eliminated. The DISU 302 can be easily encased in a highly compact space. For example, the embodiment of the DISU housing as shoWn in FIGS. 3a-3c can be as small as only 2.5 cm><5 cm><20 cm and in some embodiments even smaller.

The entire housing assembly including the electronic cir cuitry is encased in the folding suspension arm 306. For example, the embodiment shoWn in FIGS. 3a-3d is no more than 20 cm in length. In one possible embodiment of the present system, the upright portion of the stand has tWo tube shaped parts: top part 309 and bottom part 310 With the top part 309 being inside the bottom part 310. The top part 309 can move up and doWn so that When it is moved doWn, the total height of the stand can be reduced, hence the entire device 300 becomes smaller in siZe and easier to transport. The telescoping relationship is shoWn in FIG. 3d. The pres ence of groove in combination With an internal tooth (not shoWn), groove 318, and actuating lock 320 help a presenter

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for the base of the camera stand to be free standing instead of fastened to any desk surface, While maintaining stability only by including certain heavy matter like cast-iron Weight mat ter. Therefore, the complete external apparatus encasing the DISU 302 is highly compact, lightWeight, free standing With a folding suspension arm, Which makes the apparatus highly portable.

Displaying real-time video previeW With Zooming-in and Zooming-out is achieved by the SPU 303’s instruction to the DISU 302 to capture and transmit a continuous stream of frames of images of a minimum of 2 mega-pixel resolution, via a high speed data connection such as USB 2.0, Which for example, has raW data speed of 480 MB/ s. Each 2 mega-pixel or above frame of image is captured in one instantaneous snap shot of the entire surface area, Without the need of line by line scanning, and has a resolution of at least 6x the resolution of a VGA display often found in projectors. With an embodi ment of 5 mega-pixel DISU lens resolution Which alloWs for capturing images of signi?cantly higher resolution than tra ditional products, the resolution of the present system Will alWays be higher than the resolution of a display screen, for example, Wherein the video frames are l6>< the resolution of a VGA monitor. The SPU 303 executing Within the PC can display the captured video frames at enlarged or reduced siZes at the user’ s control through a pointer device or keyboard, for example, using the mouse Wheel to enlarge or shrink image siZes. Additional manipulation of the image to increase reso lution even further could include background ?ltering and advanced interpolation, up to combining multiple images into “super resolution” images.

Since the captured images are most often multiple times larger than the resolution of most computer monitor screens, the changes in image display siZes achieve the effect of Zoom ing-in or Zooming-out in real-time, digitally in computer softWare. For higher than actual siZed magni?cation, an extrapolation algorithm can be employed to enlarge the origi nal images With a certain level of pixelation effect, but achieves several magnitudes of higher magni?cation. At the same time, a user can click one button displayed in user interface softWare constructs to capture a still image of equally high resolution image of the object appearing under optical lens, so that in an embodiment having a 5 mega-pixel lens, the still image of a letter siZed page can reach approxi mately 300 dpi resolution. Ultimately, as imaging resolution increases to 20 to 30 mega-pixel range, one can achieve image resolution approaching near 600 dpi. The SPU 303 softWare processing can also auto-crop to trim off unWanted color around the edges of the target document, and straighten the images, remove glare spots, in real-time or in o?iine mode, to further reduce any need to adjust the lens assembly to aim or preset a scan area.

As shoWn in FIG. 4, the inventive method includes a variety of different operations that can be performed in a variety of sequences; hoWever, the order shoWn in FIGS. 4 and 5 is preferred. Step 402 is a decision step Wherein the DISU is validated. If the DISU is invalidated, the system moves to operation step 404 for error processing; hoWever, if the DISU is validated, the system moves to operation step 406, Which is the initial boot sequence. After the system is booted, an output resolution of the sensor is selected at step 408. At steps 410 and 412, the system acquires a video stream that contains a plurality of video frame images and opens a data output port. Frame validation occurs at decision step 414. If there is a problem With the frame image, the system proceeds to step


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416 for error processing; however, if the frame image is acceptable, the frame is encoded into a USB data stream at step 418, the USB data stream is outputted (at operation step 420) and steps 412 through 420 are repeated until the end of the video stream is reached (at decision step 422).

With reference to FIG. 5, the process shoWn in FIG. 4 continues to step 502 Wherein live video stream from the USB is acquired. A maximum resolutionper frame image is set and step 504 and a bitmap image is acquired as a video stream at step 506. A resolution of a display screen is determined at step 508 and the bitmap image is scaled to ?t the display screen siZe at step 510. Beginning at operation step 512, a video bitmap stream is continuously rendered on the display screen. The user can select any of the functions that are shoWn in

decision steps 51411-514]. At decision step 51411 the system determines Whether the

user has selected a scaling (re-sizing) event. If the user has selected a scaling event, each video frame is enlarged or reduced at operation step 51611 by the requested amount. At decision step 514!) the system determines Whether the user has selected a panning (scrolling) event. If the user has selected a panning event, the system at step 516!) offsets each frame image by a vector that is proportional to a magnitude that has been requested by the user. At decision step 5140, the system determines Whether the user has selected a rotation event; if so, the system at step 516c rotates each frame image by an angle that is proportional to the magnitude of rotation selected by the user. At decision step 514d, the system deter mines Whether the user has selected a cropping event. If the user has selected a cropping event, the system proceeds to step 516d and each image frame is reduced such that only the area inside of a crop box Will be displayed on the display screen. At decision step 514e, the system determines Whether an image event is being captured, i.e., Whether a screen shot is being requested, if so, at operation step 516e, the system Will capture Whatever frame image is displayed during the time of the request and/ or shortly thereafter and before the request and Will save the frame image in a ?le or memory. At decision step 514f the system determines Whether a video event is being recorded. If the ansWer to decision step 514f is yes, the system at step 516fWill capture multiple continuous frame images to save in a memory or ?le for later playback. Also it is useful to note that the system can continually look for user interfaces (at step 518) that Would prompt decision steps 51411-514], the system can intermittently look for such user interfaces and/or the user can look for these user interfaces only upon request by the user.

Additional features of the present system are shoWn in FIG. 6. Non-user controlled features such as auto-cropping pro cessing 602, auto straightening processing 604, auto-correc tion processing 606, auto-shadoW removal processing 608, automatic glare spot removal 610 and image ?le management 612 are available to a user via touch sensitive display screen 614 or other user interface means. Also, commands 616a, 616b, and 6160 can be manually selected by the user. By of?oading the processing of Zooming functions to the

SPU 303 softWare on PC 301, the present system has elimi nated the need for an optical Zoom lens assembly, Which is high cost and considerably heavy. Instead, an externally attached apparatus can use very lightWeight optical compo nents such as one might ?nd in a camera equipped mobile telephone or an in?nite focal length digital camera, and With much reduced electronic or ?rmWare processing. Such an integrated system of real-time image processing softWare Working in conjunction With the external digital imaging unit, alloWs achievement of all of the desired properties, as men tioned previously, to include, displaying real-time video pre

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8 vieW With a high Zoom capability. The system can be con?g ured to provide a minimum of 6x Zooming-in and Zooming out, and at the same time capturing high resolution still images of 300 dpi resolution, all the While maintaining a physical unit that is highly space e?icient, lightWeight, of a small base foot-print of no more than 10 square inches, com pact and highly portable. Such con?guration of a single DISU 302 achieves the above stated desirable features Without the need for an extra video camera, required in the prior art, for the purpose of assisting in and preparing for the image cap turing With previeW, alignment, or pre-selection of scan area. The present system of?oads Zooming and other optical

functions from the lens assembly to the integrated computer softWare processing unit using digital Zooming and other image processing techniques, coupled With a miniaturized high resolution image sensing unit capable of taking a full page picture instantaneously and HD real-time video Within the same unit. The present system is also highly compact and lightWeight, thereby enabling a high degree of portability and space-e?iciency. Furthermore, the system and method are novel in the aspect that they ful?ll functions of both document camera systems and document scanner devices and presenta tion and video display devices, hence the device described in the present system is recogniZed by popular computer opera tions systems, such as Microsoft WindoWs®, Mac OS X®, or Linux®, as a dual identity device, currently as a USB con nected Web camera device and a TWAIN scanner device at the same time. The dual identity aspect of the device quali?es the system in the present invention as a neW device category, Which We consider as Camera-Scanner devices. The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is

provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modi?cations to these embodi ments Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles de?ned herein may be applied to other embodiments Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. For example, one or more elements can be rear

ranged and/ or combined, or additional elements may be added. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be lim ited to the embodiments shoWn herein but is to be accorded the Widest scope consistent With the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

We claim: 1. A method of acquiring an image of a target to provide an

output video image comprising a plurality of frame images, the method comprising:

connecting a slave digital image sensing unit to a master personal processor, the master personal processor receiving a series of frame images from the slave digital image sensing unit;

using the master personal processor to manipulate the series of frame images, including Zooming in or out Without changing resolution of the frame images;

in the case of the manipulated series of frame images having a higher resolution than a reference resolution, reducing the resolution of each of the manipulated series of frame images to that of the reference resolution;

displaying and/or storing the manipulated series of frame images as an output video image Without changing reso lution of the manipulated series of frame images,

Wherein the slave digital image sensing unit is removably connected to the master personal processor via a master personal processor port.

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3. A method of acquiring an image of a target to provide an output video image comprising a plurality of frame images, the method comprising:

connecting a slave digital image sensing unit to a master personal processor, the master personal processor receiving a series of frame images from the slave digital image sensing unit;

using the master personal processor to manipulate the series of frame images, including Zooming in or out Without changing resolution of the frame images, Wherein the manipulation of the series of frame images is executed in response to a user request in real time;

identifying a ?rst resolution for the received plurality of frame images;

identifying a second resolution for the reference resolu tion;

in the case of a manipulated frame image having a higher resolution, as manipulated, than the second resolution, reducing the resolution of the frame image to that of the second resolution;

in the case of the manipulated frame image having a loWer resolution, as manipulated, than the second resolution, using the processor to further manipulate the frame image to reduce pixilation;

displaying and/or storing the manipulated series of frame images as an output video image Without changing the resolution of the manipulated series of frame images,

Wherein the slave digital image sensing unit is removably connected to the master personal processor via a master personal processor port.

4. The method of claim 3, Wherein the personal processor is housed in an external personal computer, further comprising using an external personal computer to provide the processor used to manipulate the series of frame images.

5. The method of claim 4 Wherein the manipulation further comprises at least one of the operations selected from the group consisting of:

re-siZing the image; panning the image in a selected direction; rotating the image in a selected direction; and annotating the image. 6. The method of claim 5 Wherein annotating an image is

conducted during re-siZing the image. 7. The method of claim 5 Wherein the at least one operation

is conducted Without changing a resolution of the output frame images.

8. A method of acquiring an image of a target comprising: determining a reference resolution at Which each frame

image of a series of frame images Will be maintained and storing the reference resolution in a non-transitory medium;

capturing a video image comprising the series of frame images in one instantaneous snapshot of a subj ect’s entire surface area Without line-by-line scanning and using an external processor to compare a resolution of each frame image of the video image With the reference resolution and adjusting the resolution of each frame image to correspond to the reference resolution; and

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and/or displaying in real-time each frame image on a display.

9. The method of claim 8 Wherein the external processor is housed in a personal computer.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising When dis playing each frame image on a display re-siZing the image Without changing a resolution of the output frame images.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising re-siZing a selected portion of the frame to provide a visual effect of rotating the image in three dimensions.

12. The method of claim 8 further comprising When dis playing each frame image on a display panning the image in a selected direction Without changing a resolution of the output frame images.

13. The method of claim 8 further comprising When dis playing each frame image on a display rotating the image in a selected direction Without changing a resolution of the output frame images.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising When dis playing each frame image on a display annotating the image Without changing a resolution of the output frame images.

15. The method of claim 14 Wherein annotating an image is conducted during a step of re-siZing the image.

16. The method of claim 8 further comprising When dis playing each frame image on a display, performing an image manipulation selected from the group consisting of:

re-siZing the image, re-siZing a selected portion of the frame to provide a visual

effect of rotating the image in three dimensions, panning the image in a selected direction, rotating the image in a selected direction, and annotating the image. 17. The method of claim 16 Wherein annotating an image is

conducted during a step of re-siZing the image. 18. A document imaging apparatus comprising a personal computer containing a softWare programming

unit; a miniaturiZed digital image sensing unit externally

coupled to the personal computer comprising optics having an in?nite focal length;

Wherein the personal computer is con?gured to control all actions of the miniaturiZed digital image sensing unit and cause the digital imaging unit to Zoom in or Zoom out in real-time While maintaining a resolution of a series of real-time images;

in the case of the resolution of the series of real-time images having a higher resolution than a reference reso lution, reducing the resolution of each of the series of real-time images to that of the reference resolution;

a display for displaying the images; and a suspension arm for supporting the digital imaging unit at

a distance from a target to be imaged. 19. The document imaging apparatus as recited in claim 18

Wherein the processor is housed in a folding suspension arm. 20. The document imaging apparatus as recited in claim 18

Wherein the processor is housed in an external personal com puting system.


EXHIBIT B


USOOD674389S

(12) United States Design Patent (10) Patent N0.2 US D674,389 S Shen (45) Date of Patent: *9: Jan. 15, 2013

(54) DOCUMENT IMAGING INSTRUMENT Primary Examiner * Susan Moon Lee (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * RatnerPrestia

(75) Inventor: Ji Shen, San Diego, CA (US) (57) CLAIM

(73) Assigneel Pathway Innovations & Technologies, The ornamental design for a document imaging instrument, Inc., San Diego, CA (U S) as shown and described.

(**) Term: 14 Years DESCRIPTION

(21) APP1~ NOJ 29/396,689 FIG. 1 is a perspective View of a document imaging instru ment, shown in a closed position; FIG. 2 is a left side View of the document imaging instrument

_ _ shown in FIG. 1; Related U's' Apphcatlon Data FIG. 3 is a right side View of the document imaging instru

(63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 29/354,427, nlent Shown in FIG- 1; ?led on Jan, 25; 2010, now Pat, No, Des, 647,906~ FIG. 4 is a rear View of the document imaging instrument

51 LOC 9 Cl. ................................................ .. 14-02 Show“ in FIG- 1; E52; U 5 C(1) D14/423_ 1316029 1316032 FIG. 5 is a front View of the document imaging instrument

_ _ _ _ shown in FIG. 1;

(58) Fleld of gTZ§121i3c2atégl9l 52632151.ch 81/33164/2’ FIG. 6 is a top View of a document imaging instrument shown in FIG. 1'

353/119, 122, DIG. 3, DIG. 4; 396/155, - ’ - . . . 396/133’ 86; 358/4744‘98; 348/370, 373, FIG. 7 ls abottomV1ew ofthe document 1mag1ng 1nstrument

shown in FIG. 1' 348/376, 374, 375; 248/1871, 593, 276.1, ~ ’ - - . . . _

24808111; 1326/63, 65, 64, 62, 135 FIG. 8 ls a perspectlve Vlew ofthe document 1mag1ng1nstru _ _ _ ment, shown in an open position;

see apphcanon ?le for complete search hlstory' FIG. 9 is a top View of the document imaging instrument shown in FIG. 8; FIG. 10 is a bottom View of the document imaging instrument shown in FIG. 8; FIG. 11 is a rear View of the document imaging instrument

(22) Filed: Jul. 5, 2011

(56) References Cited

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

D266,429 S * 10/1982 Overman ................... .. D16/221 - _

D290,884 s * 7/1987 Sano etal. ..... .. 1326/65 Shownm. FIG'S’ . . . . D293, 135 S >1 12/1987 Medema et al‘ ' 1326/61 FIG. 12 ls a front Vlew of the document 1mag1ng 1nstrument D303,848 s * 10/1989 Bianchi ...... .. 1326/65 shown 1n FIG. 8; D305,228 S * 12/ 1989 Allgeier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. D14/423 FIG. 13 is a left side View of the document imaging instru

3’3ii’ii‘f i i 31333 8111?“? 11' ' "" " 323%? men‘ ShOWninFIG- 8; and, 153153804 S * 3/1991 Vonolg?); 1326/65 FIG. 14 ls a nght Slde Vlew ofthe document 1mag1ng 1nstru D325,027 s * 3/1992 Wallace et a1. .. 1314/423 mem shown In FIG- 8 D325,997 S * 5/1992 Dieperink et a1. D26/107 Broken lines and portions contained within broken lines are D329,098 S * 9/1992 Lu .................. .. D26/62 not Claimed D337,843 S * 7/1993 Huang ......................... .. D26/65

(Continued) 1 Claim, 13 Drawing Sheets


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U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS D590,532 s * 4/2009 Levine ......................... .. 1326/60 *

D345,810 s * 4/1994 Yuen ............................ ..1326/44 >1 it; "" " ,, , ............ ~ 133481323 5 6/1994 Tseng ~~ ~~ D26/94 13603,889 s * 11/2009 Sukenarietal. ........... .. 1316/232

13350,620 s * 9/1994 Yuen ..1326/65 13604883 S ,, “0009 Park D26/65 133761586 5 * 12/1996 Shinano D14/423 13606’692 s * 12/2009 Waldr'r'le??"IIIWWWIIIII1326/65 133821362 5 : 8/1997 Huang ~~ D26/65 13607,482 s * 1/2010 Inoue e161. .. 1316/232

832215;: * 15133; gasegawa D5292; 13608,047 s * 1/2010 Scheperetal. . ..1326/138 13401’954 s * 12/1998 oinrm'lw HD16/232 D608’925 S * 1/2010 HOdgson "" " 'D26/62

1 * e ‘1 7,710,497 B2* 5/2010 Sukenarietal. 348/375 134055205 S * 2/1999 Huang ~~ D26/63 D617,932 S * 6/2010 Chan ““““““ H ‘ D26/63 134281179 S 70000 Huang """"""" ~ ~ D26/65 7,731,386 B2* 6/2010 Levine .. 362/197 D44l,476 S * 5/2001 Mendelsohn et a1. .. D26/63 13626164 S * 10/2010 Kato et al 1316032 D4571672 S * 5/2002 Tsai ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~ D26/62 136273-00 S >1< 11/2010 Lain ' """"""""" H D26/65

13476,658 s * 7/2003 Adachietal. .......... .. 1314/423 D627’501 S ,, 11/2010 Linet'gl """"""""""""" " D26/65

134821475 5 * 11/2003 Lee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ D26/62 13628,331 s * 11/2010 Tangetal. 1326/63 13490,926 s * 6/2004 Katsuraetal. ..1326/63 13633126 S * 20011 Park 1316032 13497914 s * 11/2004 Adachietal. 1314/423 D637’331 S ,, 5/2011 Lee "" " " D26/63 D522,158 S * 5/2006 Lovegrove .. .. D26/6l D637’332 S * 5/2011 Lee ' D26/63 13523984 8 * 6/2006 Cei ........ .. .. 1326/61 D641’515 S 1 won Chu?'g" ' D2663 13555,272 s * 11/2007 Iai et a1. .. 1326/62 D641’907 S ,, 7/2011 Lee ' D26/65 13563,583 s * 3/2008 Iai e161. .... .. ..1326/65 D642’608 S ,, 8/2011 Kato'“ "'"D16/232 135671431 S * 4/2008 691118199 "" " D26/107 2002/0106137 A1* 8/2002 Cheneta 382/321

S * Castellucm et ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ H 135691890 5 : 5/2008 Sukena?etal 1316/232 2007/0165135 A1* 7/2007 Sukenarietal. 348/373

135731146 5 7/2008 Sulfenarletal D14/431 2010/0188562 A1* 7/2010 Yamakose e161. .......... .. 348/373 13580,578 s * 11/2008 Chlen .......................... ..1326/63

D580,962 S * 11/2008 Sukenariet a1. ........... .. Dl6/232 * cited by examiner


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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION

PATENT NO. I D674,389 S Page 1 Of2 APPLICATION NO. : 29/396689

DATED : January 15, 2013

INVENTOR(S) : Ji Shen

It is certified that error appears in the above-identi?ed patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby corrected as shown below:

In the Drawings:

1. Drawing Sheet 12 of 13 should be replaced With Replacement Sheet (FIG. 13):

Signed and Sealed this Ninth Day of July, 2013

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Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark O?ice


CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION (continued) Page 2 of 2 US. Pat. No. D674,389 S

2. Drawing Sheet 13 0f 13 should be replaced With Replacement Sheet (FIG. 14):

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EXHIBIT C


USO0D647906S

(12) United States Design Patent (10) Patent N0.2 US D647,906 S Shen (45) Date of Patent: 4* Nov. 1, 2011

(54) PORTABLE AND SMALL FORM FACTOR 2 i 1515; guang ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ , asegawa .. DOCUMENT CAMERAAND SCANNER WITH B38627} S * 11/1997 Yan ““““““ “ D26/63

EXTENDIBLE FOLDINGARMS 13401,954 s * 12/1998 Oh etal. . .. 1316/232

D405,205 S * 2/1999 Huang D26/63 (75) Inventor: Ji Shen, San Diego, CA (US) D428,l79 S * 7/2000 Huang ............. .. D26/65

D44l,476 S * 5/2001 Mendelsohn et a1. . D26/63 - , - - D457,672 S * 5/2002 Tsai ................. .. D26/62

(73) Asslgnee. Pathway Innovations &Techn0l0g1es, D476’658 S * 7/2003 Adachiet a1‘ “ Dl4/423 Inc-$32111 DlegoscA (Us) 13482,475 s * 11/2003 Lee .............. .. 1326/62

D490,926 S * 6/2004 Katsura et a1. . D26/63 (**) Term: 14 Years D497,914 S * 11/2004 Adachi et a1. .. .. D14/423

D522,158 S * 5/2006 LOVegrOVe D26/61 (21) APPLNO; 29/354 427 D523,984 S * 6/2006 Cai ........... .. D26/61

’ D555,272 S * 11/2007 Iai et a1. .. D26/62 . D563,583 S * 3/2008 Iai et a1. .... .. D26/65

(22) Flled: Jan-2512010 13567,431 s * 4/2008 Garner et a1. .............. .. 1326/107

(51) LOC (9) Cl. ................................................ .. 14-02 (Continued)

(52) U.S.Cl. .................... .. D14/423;D16/229; 1316/232

(58) Field of Classi?cation Search ....... .. D14/420*425; Primary Examiner * Susan MOOn Lee

D16/232, 229, 235, 221; D18/36; 353/115, (74) Attorney, Agent, or FirmiThe Nath LaW Group; 353/119, 122, DIG. 3, DIG. 4; 396/155, Derek Richmond; Jiaxiao Zhang

396/133, 86; 358/474i498; 348/370, 373, 348/376, 374, 375; 248/1871, 593, 276.1, (57) CLAIM

248/281_11; D26/63, 65s 64s 62’ 135 I claim the ornamental design for a portable and small form See application ?le for Complete Search history factor document camera and scanner With extendible folding

arms, as shoWn and described.

(56) References Cited DESCRIPTION

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS _ _ _

FIG. 1 1s a perspectlve front V1eW of the portable and small D266,429 S * 10/1982 Overman ................... .. D16/221 f - - 13290384 S * 7/1987 Sano et a1‘ “““ “ D2665 orm factor document camera and scanner W1th extendlble

13293,135 s * 12/1987 Medema et a1. . 1326/61 folding arms, ina?rstcon?guration; D303,848 S * 10/1989 Bianchi ...... .. D26/65 FIG. 2 is aleftperspective frontVieW ofthe portable and small 133051228 5 * 12/1989 Allféeier ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ 1314/423 form factor document camera and scanner With extendible

2 i g?kawa et a1‘ ' "" " 348/373 folding arms, in a folded con?guration; and, , , omo et a1. .. .. 358/437 . . . .

13315304 S * 3/199l Von Klier ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' “ D26/65 FIG. 3 1s a left perspectlve side V1eW ofthe portable and small

D325,()27 S * 3/1992 Wallace et a1, ,,,,,,,,, ,, 1314/423 form factor document camera and scanner With extendible D325,997 S * 5/1992 Dieperink et a1. D26/ 107 folding arms, in an extended con?guration. 133291098 S : 9/1992 Lu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ D26/62 The broken lines are included for the purpose of illustrating

2 * portions of the document camera and scanner that form no D348Z323 s * 6/1994 Tseng D26/94 Part ofthe Claimed design 13350,620 s * 9/1994 Yuen 1326/65 D376,586 S * 12/1996 Shinano ..................... .. Dl4/423 1 Claim, 2 Drawing Sheets


US D647,906 S Page2

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 7,731,386 B2* 6/2010 Levine ........................ .. 362/197 *

13568,520 s * 5/2008 (363161111661 etal. ..... ..1326/65 D626’164 S ,1 10/2010 Ka-to etal' ‘B16032 . 13627,500 s 11/2010 La1n ....... .. 1326/65

13569,890 s * 5/2008 Sukenanetal. 1316/232 ,, - . 13627,501 s 11/2010 L1n et a1. ...................... .. 1326/65

13573,146 s * 7/2008 Sukenanetal. 1314/431 ,, . 13628,331 s 11/2010 Tang et a1. ................... .. 1326/63

13580,578 s * 11/2008 Chlen .......... .. ..1326/63 ,1 . 13633,126 s 2/2011 Park .... .. . 1316/232

13580,962 s * 11/2008 Sukenanetal. 1316/232 ,, . 13637,331 s 5/2011 Lee 1326/63 13590,532 s * 4/2009 Lev1ne ...... .. ..1326/60 ,,

13637,332 s 5/2011 Lee . 1326/63 13602,063 s * 10/2009 Su 1316/232 ,,

13641,515 s 7/2011 Chung .. . 1326/63 13602,971 s * 10/2009 Lee ........... .. 1316/235 ,, . 13641,907 s 7/2011 Lee 1326/65 13603,889 s * 11/2009 Sukenanetal. 1316/232 ,, 13642,608 s 8/2011 Kato 1316/232 13604,883 s * 11/2009 Park .......... .. ..1326/65 ,, 2002/0106137 A1 8/2002 Chen et a1. 382/321 13606,692 s * 12/2009 Waldmann .. .. 1326/65 ,1 - 2006/0050519 A1 3/2006 L1n ............................. .. 362/413 136071482 5 * V2010 InoueetaL ~ B16032 2007/0165135 Al* 7/2007 s k ' 131 348/373 13608,047 s * 1/2010 Scheper et a1. ....... .. 1326/138 20l0/0l88562 A1,, M010 Y“ if“ t '1 """""" " 348673 13608925 s * 1/2010 Hodgson ...................... ..1326/62 am me a‘ """"" "

7,710,497 B2* 5/2010 Sukenarietal. . 348/375 _ _

D617,932 S * 6/2010 Chan ............................ .. D26/63 *clted by examlner


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EXHIBIT D
