PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974942
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "432000"]

Abstract:
An image sensor may include high dynamic range imaging pixels having an inner sub-pixel surrounded by an outer sub-pixel. To steer light away from the inner sub-pixel and towards the outer sub-pixel, the high dynamic range imaging pixels may be covered by a toroidal microlens. To mitigate cross-talk caused by high-angled incident light, various microlens arrangements may be used. A toroidal microlens may have planar portions on its outer perimeter. A toroidal microlens may be covered by four additional microlenses, each additional microlens positioned in a respective corner of the pixel. Each pixel may be covered by four microlenses in a 2×2 arrangement, with an opening formed by the space between the four microlenses overlapping the inner sub-pixel.

Claim (Index 4):
The image sensor defined in  claim 3 , wherein the first curved portion is interposed between the first and second planar portions, wherein the second curved portion is interposed between the second and third planar portions, wherein the third curved portion is interposed between the third and fourth planar portions, and wherein the fourth curved portion is interposed between the fourth and first planar portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93939
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15184170', '15957036', '15162914', '15758387', '15799833']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9310405162981004
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5092652544101413
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8888629901093046
- Mean Citation Score: 267.476082
- Max Citation Score: 281.03455
- Similarity Product: 202.55742027832272

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

Dataset: test