Judge Stark construes claim terms of image data capture patent

In Transcenic, Inc. v. Google Inc, et al., C.A. No. 11-582-LPS (D. Del. Sept. 17, 2013), Judge Leonard P. Stark construed the following disputed terms of U.S. Patent No. RE 42,289, entitled “Spatial Referenced Photographic System With Navigation Arrangement:”
“database”
“a database”
“camera path”
“launch pad control”
“means for displaying.”
The Court adopted plaintiff’s proposed constructions with a few modifications, except where it resolved the parties’ dispute over a term and concluded that no construction was needed. See id. at 9. The Court concluded that the following terms would be given their plain and ordinary meaning: “image,” “orientation of the image,” “yaw orientation of the respective image,” and “multiple images aligned in a panorama.”

Transcenic, Inc. v. Google Inc, et al., C.A. No. 11-582-LPS (D. Del. Sept. 17, 2013)