PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16354833
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["701", "041000"]

Abstract:
A passive infra-red pedestrian detection and avoidance system and method for augmenting the operation of a vehicle on a roadway, especially for identifying potential pedestrian/vehicular collision danger for the vehicle in operation and adjusting the position and operation of the vehicle accordingly, includes at least one passive infra-red sensor array mounted on the vehicle in operative communication with an image processor tied into the operational system of the vehicle. The system detects, using thermal imaging and processing, the presence of people that may be in or laterally crossing into the travel lane of the vehicle. The image processor analyzes the detection of a human thermal signature and determines if the detected human thermal signature is moving, in what direction and at what speed, to assess any potential threat to the pedestrian or biker, and further whether any responsive action needs to be triggered in the vehicle's operation to avoid a collision.

Claim (Index 8):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the movement determining step comprises:\n first determining if the human thermal signature is exhibiting movement upon detection of the human thermal signature; then determining if the movement is generally perpendicular to the roadway; and then determining if the movement is toward or away from the roadway.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88372
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13628290', '14095107', '13181999', '13440555', '14588946']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4585949481259481
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4985746820196257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4625929215153159
- Mean Citation Score: 192.982048
- Max Citation Score: 212.96832
- Similarity Product: 130.7290032723999

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