PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16055548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["348", "211100"]

Abstract:
The image-capturing apparatus communicates with an accessory apparatus using a clock/communication request channel and first and second data communication channels. The camera controller switches its communication method between a first communication method in which data communication is performed while a clock signal is alternately switched between first and second levels and a second communication method in which data communication is performed in response to a communication request from the camera controller to the accessory apparatus, which is output by switching a signal level of the clock/communication request channel from the first level to the second level. The camera controller, in response to detecting a communication error in the first and second communication methods, transmits to the accessory apparatus through the second data communication channel a specific signal for restoring the communication while keeping the signal level of the clock/communication request channel at the first level.

Claim (Index 25):
A control method of an image-capturing apparatus to which an accessory apparatus is attachable, the image-capturing apparatus including a first communication channel, a second communication channel, and a third communication channel, each of these channels used for communicating with the accessory apparatus, the control method comprising the steps of:\n causing the image capturing apparatus to communicate with the accessory apparatus by a first communication method in which the image capturing apparatus transmits camera data via the first communication channel in correspondence with transmission of a clock signal via the first communication channel, or by a second communication method in which the image capturing apparatus transmits camera data in correspondence with reception of accessary data via the third communication channel, the accessary data received at a corresponding timing with a change of signal level of the first communication channel from a first level to a second level, and causing the image capturing apparatus to, when the image capturing apparatus performs transition of communication mode from the second communication method to the first communication method, keep a signal level of the second communication channel at a predetermined level for a predetermined time while keeping a signal level of the first communication channel at the first level.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74545
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15652652', '15652794', '15472362', '15468240', '15472338']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6728659108279529
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5372383368260606
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6593031534277637
- Mean Citation Score: 340.014902
- Max Citation Score: 388.76178
- Similarity Product: 325.8136073211372

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