Patent Liability Analysis March 28, 2012. Project Overview Product Infringements Patent Infringements.

SUPER TANK

Patent Liability Analysis

March 28, 2012

Project Overview

Product Infringements

Patent Infringements

Project Overview

Long Range Vehicle (Tank) Control over wiress network

Operate from anywhere in the world (Website/Android App)

Collaboration with HKUST Shared Server Customizable for new vehicle

features

PSSCs

An ability to send/receive/decode commands from a controller wirelessly

An ability to control direction/firing capability of a vehicle

An ability to autonomously avoid obstacles encountered by the tank

An ability to provide sensor feedback to a wireless controller

An ability to monitor a battery and prevent unexpected signal loss by alerting operator

Schematic

TankBot

Mini toy tank Controlled over wireless network Autonomous obstacle avoidance Android App

Literal Infringements

Similarities Wireless Internet/Android controlled Toy Tank

with obstacle avoidance Differences

No webcam or Airsoft Cannon TankBot: $20 SUPERTANK: $600

Violates: Doctrine of equivalents

Patent: Transitioning a mixed-mode vehicle to autonomous mode

Application number: 13/105,101Filing date: May 11, 2011

Infringement: Doctrine of equivalents Abstract: ‘the vehicle may use the reference

indictor to obtain an autonomous vehicle instruction via a URL’ Long Range Vehicle

Control Webcam Operation Wireless Internet

Operated Fully Autonomous

Patent: Wireless Touch-screen remote controller

US 2011/0191516 A1Filing date: Feb 4, 2010

Infringement: literal Abstract:

Communicates over wireless network Sends piloting

commands to /receive feedback from an external

source

Patent: Vehicle obstacle detecting apparatus

Patent number: 6879249Filing date: Apr 28, 2003

Infringement: Doctrine of equivalents Abstract:

Recieves sensordata from IR Rangefinders

Takes corrective measures in steering vehicle to safety

Patent: Vehicle navigation system and method thereof

Patent number: US 2008/0281508 A1Filing date: Aug 14, 2007

Infringement: Doctrine of equivalents Abstract:

Method of piloting a vehicle over a wireless network connection via a webcam

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