之前提到這件蘋果的觸控基礎915專利(US7,844,915)專利性遭遇問題,特別是其中Apple對Samsung勝訴的Claim 8,如果此項範圍被認定無效,Samsung就會繼續要求原本判決更審。
這件915專利再審程序一直處於劣勢,之前的報導比如:
http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2014/06/915.html
http://enpan.blogspot.tw/2012/12/blog-post_20.html
比較重要的Claim 8,就是在觸控屏上的觸控指令,當只是一個觸控點,就是一種捲動操作(scroll operation);如果有兩個以上的觸控點,就是一種手勢操作(gesture operation),根據此案說明書,這裡提到的手勢操作比如是縮放(zoom in, zoom out)或是旋轉物件的指令:
8. A machine readable storage medium storing executable program instructions which when executed cause a data processing system to perform a method comprising:
receiving a user input, the user input is one or
more input points applied to a touch-sensitive display that is
integrated with the data processing system;
creating an event object in response to the user input;
determining whether the event object invokes a
scroll or gesture operation by distinguishing between a single input
point applied to the touch-sensitive display that is interpreted as the
scroll operation and two or more input points applied to the
touch-sensitive display that are interpreted as the gesture operation;
issuing at least one scroll or gesture call based on invoking the scroll or gesture operation;
responding to at least one scroll call, if issued, by scrolling a window having a view associated with the event object; and
responding to at least one gesture call, if
issued, by scaling the view associated with the event object based on
receiving the two or more input points in the form of the user input.
引證案:
Hillis(US7724242,優先權溯及2004年)
這是一種在觸控屏(觸控桌)上處理多圖層顯示的技術,其中技術包括可以偵測觸碰位置,甚至包括計算觸碰移動的速度、力道,據此判斷出手勢,並識別使用者想要的觸碰動作,說明書提到縮放、旋轉等動作。
顯然,Hillis是個更早又頗為準確地對比到Apple的915專利(優先權為2007年),但差異仍有,比如應用在"小螢幕"上的捲動與翻頁的動作,"觸控桌"比較沒有這些手勢需求,在USPTO階段,這個差異並沒有足以取得專利的「非顯而易見性」。
Nomura(JP2000-163031,申請日在1998年),此案對比時,針對回應觸控產生事件的動作,提到了另一件前案文獻Rubine
本案目前進度是進入Oral Hearing階段。
從不少這類利用日本專利或文獻,或發明人為日本人的專利作為先前技術的案例來看,日本產業在不少技術領域中領先全球,甚至在Apple引以為傲的觸控技術中。
資料參考:PTAB, Foss Patents
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