PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15861147
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["356", "005010"]

Abstract:
To decrease the likelihood of a false detection when detecting light from light pulses scattered by remote targets in a lidar system, a receiver in the lidar system includes a photodetector and a pulse-detection circuit having a gain circuit with a varying amount of gain over time. The gain circuit operates in a low-gain mode for a time period T 1  beginning with time t 0  when a light pulse is emitted to prevent the receiver from detecting return light pulses during the threshold time period T 1.  Upon expiration of the threshold time period T 1,  the gain circuit operates in a high-gain mode to begin detecting return light pulses until a subsequent light pulse is emitted.

Claim (Index 3):
The lidar system of  claim 2 , wherein:\n the light pulse is a first light pulse; after the second threshold time period has elapsed, the gain circuit switches back to the low-gain mode; and the light source emits a second light pulse.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15845552', '15713192', '15710744', '15727315', '15824416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8064297459807653
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5250398632327641
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7782907577059652
- Mean Citation Score: 279.6092
- Max Citation Score: 295.8899
- Similarity Product: 223.83138138094543

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

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