Re:Apple's New Pinch-To-Zoom Monopoly is Bad News
by phillmv on Tuesday August 28, 2012 @12:45PM
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> if you were the one doing the design of a motion sensing system, I can bet it wouldn't be "easy"
WELL… I never took any visual recognition courses in university. But there is a large amount of literature on the subject. I think there may have been more innovation producing cheap infrared 3d sensors that work reliably than converting that vector field into a bit of math you can pattern match - but what do I know?
We're disagreeing on the "obviousness" of these patents.
>The aspect of a patentable invention most difficult to judge is obviousness. An invention is patentable only if it is not obvious to a person who is typically educated or trained in the field of the invention.
I'm trained in the art and I think pinch to zoom is obvious. It would be the first thing you try right after scrolling.
At the end of the day, I think the USPTO has been far too lax in what they consider obvious or not obvious. And yeah, frankly, I think a stunningly large percentage of all software patents are 'too obvious'.
None of the examples of patent trolling we've seen are really 'misuses' of the system.
WELL… I never took any visual recognition courses in university. But there is a large amount of literature on the subject. I think there may have been more innovation producing cheap infrared 3d sensors that work reliably than converting that vector field into a bit of math you can pattern match - but what do I know?
We're disagreeing on the "obviousness" of these patents.
>The aspect of a patentable invention most difficult to judge is obviousness. An invention is patentable only if it is not obvious to a person who is typically educated or trained in the field of the invention.
http://www.uspatlaw.com/contant.php?id=3
I'm trained in the art and I think pinch to zoom is obvious. It would be the first thing you try right after scrolling.
At the end of the day, I think the USPTO has been far too lax in what they consider obvious or not obvious. And yeah, frankly, I think a stunningly large percentage of all software patents are 'too obvious'.
None of the examples of patent trolling we've seen are really 'misuses' of the system.