PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16027116
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["318", "161000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods of creating handwheel systems that provide haptic feedback to human operators such that handwheels have a simulated rotational inertia that is greater than their actual rotational inertial. A motor is coupled with a handwheel, and a rotation detector monitors the angular position of the handwheel. A controller creates a closed-loop control system by receiving information from the rotation detector and using that information to control the motor. Various control systems are contemplated: a 2-state system that monitors angular position and angular velocity of a handwheel, and a 4-state system that monitors angular position and angular velocity of a handwheel as well as angular position and angular velocity of a virtual mass and then drives a motor to try to make the actual values match the virtual values.

Claim (Index 16):
A digital handwheel system to control camera movements comprising:\n a first motor having a first rotor; a first handwheel coupled with the first rotor such that a first rotation of the first handwheel causes the first rotor to turn; a first rotation detector configured to detect the first rotation of the first handwheel; a controller electrically coupled with both the first rotation detector and with first the motor, configured to operate a first control system for the first motor that uses the first detected rotation of the first handwheel to generate a first simulated rotational inertia of the first handwheel that is greater than the first handwheel's actual rotational inertia such that the controller causes the first handwheel to continue to turn according to the first simulated rotational inertia upon applying the first rotation to the first handwheel; a second motor having a second rotor; a second handwheel coupled with the second rotor such that a second rotation of the second handwheel causes the second rotor to turn; a second rotation detector configured to detect the second rotation of the second handwheel; and a controller electrically coupled with both the second rotation detector and with second the motor, configured to operate a second control system for the second motor that uses the second detected rotation of the second handwheel to generate a second simulated rotational inertia of the second handwheel that is greater than the second handwheel's actual rotational inertia such that the controller causes the second handwheel to continue to turn according to the second simulated rotational inertia upon applying the second rotation to the second handwheel; wherein the first handwheel is configured to control rotation about a first axis and the second handwheel is configured to control rotation about a second axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07576
- Patent Class: 318.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13926643', '14667855', '14516274', '13606809', '15595038']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6051649293146051
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4914769383463847
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5937961302177831
- Mean Citation Score: 159.66499800000005
- Max Citation Score: 171.03548999999995
- Similarity Product: 112.99756561535057

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