PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16079351
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["367", "093000"]

Abstract:
An occupant detection apparatus includes a wave motion sensor and an controller. The wave motion sensor provided to be upper than the seat in the vehicle, performing transmission of wave motion towards a predetermined range which includes a head part of the occupant at least, performing reception of the wave motion that is reflected. The controller calculates, as a result value, at least either a first value or a second value based on the transmission and the reception of the wave motion by the wave motion sensor; the first value is a receiving intensity and the second value is either a period of time or a distance. The controller determines either (i) that the seat is occupied by the occupant or (ii) that the seat is empty or occupied by a physical body other than the occupant, based on comparison of the result value with a threshold value.

Claim (Index 8):
An occupant detection apparatus that detects whether an occupant is seated on a seat in a vehicle, the occupant detection apparatus comprising:\n a wave motion sensor provided to be upper than the seat in the vehicle, the wave motion sensor performing transmission of a wave motion towards a predetermined range which includes a head part of the occupant at least, the wave motion sensor performing reception of the wave motion that is reflected; and a controller configured\n to calculate at least either a first value or a second value as a result value, based on the transmission and the reception of the wave motion by the wave motion sensor, the first value being a receiving intensity, the second value being a period of time or a distance, and \n to perform an occupant determination, the occupant determination determining either (i) that the seat is occupied by the occupant or (ii) that the seat is empty or occupied by a physical body other than the occupant, based on comparison of the result value with a threshold value, \n wherein: the wave motion sensor is provided either (i) in a central position in a lateral direction in the vehicle or (ii) in a position between a right seat and a left seat which are located, respectively, on a right side and a left side of the central position in the lateral direction in the vehicle; the controller is configured to perform the occupant determination with respect to a determination target based on the wave motion by the wave motion sensor, the determination target including a plurality of seats, which are either (i) the right seat and the left seat located, respectively, on the right side and the left side of the central position, or (ii) all seats in the vehicle; and the predetermined range includes at least a head part of an occupant who is seated on each of the seats included in the determination target.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 48.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34783
- Patent Class: 367.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10227780', '10114533', '15189608', '14105597', '10365129']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.584178866271322
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4845251160030889
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5742134912444987
- Mean Citation Score: 174.09828000000005
- Max Citation Score: 178.51942
- Similarity Product: 115.09895939555764

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test