PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15920263
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["385", "015000"]

Abstract:
A fiber scanning system can have optimized performance by substantially matching the natural frequencies of the fiber scanning system's actuator and fiber optic scanning element. By matching the natural frequencies, the fiber scanning system can increase the maximum distance that the tip of the fiber optic scanning element may be driven relative to a resting position. Such an effect may be produced because matching the natural frequencies of the fiber scanner allows for larger amplitudes to be achieved. It should be noted that the natural frequency of the scanning system can be selected to avoid excitation frequencies that could destabilize the system. In this way, the system as a whole may act as a tuned mass damper or a tuned resonance structure, thereby improving scan performance while maintaining a stable scanning system.

Claim (Index 20):
A method for increasing a field of view for a fiber scanning system, the method comprising:\n providing an actuator characterized by an actuator natural frequency of operation, wherein the fiber scanning system includes the actuator; providing a fiber optic scanning element coupled to the actuator, wherein the fiber optic scanning element is characterized by a fiber natural frequency that is configured to match the actuator natural frequency within a threshold of the actuator natural frequency, and wherein the fiber scanning system further includes the fiber optic scanning element; and driving the actuator at an operating frequency.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.90541
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15107894', '15835287', '15851330', '15851005', '10880008']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.805421163350743
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4799201665802642
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7728710636736952
- Mean Citation Score: 178.625848
- Max Citation Score: 197.49507
- Similarity Product: 148.68488074631452

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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