PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979891
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["600", "424000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for tracking the position of one or more connected rigid bodies using markers attached to the rigid bodies by flexible connectors. Systems based on this method are comprised of flexible connectors, a position tracking system and a data processing algorithm to determine the positions and orientations of the rigid bodies. Variations in the methods of attachment of the flexible connectors, the means by which flexibility in the connector is produced, and in the layout of the markers are presented.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for measuring the pose in space of one or more connected rigid bodies, said system comprising:\n a. One or more flexible connectors, each of said flexible connectors comprising at least three components:\n i. A proximal portion comprising at least one marker \n ii. A flexible portion allowing angular deflection in at least one direction \n iii. A distal portion comprising an attachment element for attaching the said flexible connector to said rigid bodies \n b. Optionally, zero or more rigid connectors, each of said rigid connectors comprising at least one marker and attached to one of said rigid bodies c. A position tracking system for measuring at least the position in space of at least one of the markers attached to said flexible connectors or said optional rigid connectors d. A data processing system for estimating the pose of the said rigid bodies based on the measurements of the said markers reported by the said tracking system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78
- Patent Class: 600.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14733928', '14734778', '12174914', '14035207', '14635402']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4365202368311227
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4973313446956584
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4426013476175762
- Mean Citation Score: 173.16654599999995
- Max Citation Score: 305.7302200000001
- Similarity Product: 274.956920587473

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test