2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10032 [Imaging Apparatus] <Kanno>
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Article type: Case note
Category: Patents
Topics: Inventive step
First published on this website: 2026-11-01
Display and classification checked: November 2, 2026
Originally published on Ameblo: 2024-12-18 (Japan time). Full English translation.
2020 (Gyo-Ke) 10032 [Imaging Apparatus] <Kanno>
*Claiming an effect ⇒ A difference, because the cited invention does not achieve that effect
⇒ Inventive step: satisfied
(Excerpts from the court's reasoning)
Even if the imaging apparatus is …rotated …into a state parallel to …the horizontal plane …, although use of the first and second inclinations can be read from the disclosure, it does not disclose detecting pitch-direction inclination and using it for the determination. …
The “inclination detector” that “detects” “inclination in the pitch direction” in Invention 1 can be understood as an inclination detector detecting the degree of tilt of the imaging apparatus about its horizontal axis. …By contrast, …the first and second inclinations measured in Exhibit Ko 1 do not calculate pitch-direction inclination, namely the degree of tilt about the apparatus's horizontal axis, except where that axis is parallel to the horizontal plane. …This is a difference, not a common feature.
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