PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16259196
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["340", "012500"]

Abstract:
A control system for hazardous environments decreases flame paths, decreases punctures to the control system when installing interfaces, and increases safety. The control system may be characterized as a “one size fits all” controller that is able to automatically recognize a plurality of user interfaces. The controller has an enclosure to which the interfaces can be attached. The interfaces may interact with control electronics wholly contained in the enclosure using a variety of “wireless” mechanisms. Such mechanisms include reflecting light waves, infrared (IR) communication, radio-frequency identification, inductive coils, short-range wireless communication, camera images, piezoelectricity, and magnetism, and the like. The interfaces may include switches, indicator lights, smoke detectors, and the like.

Claim (Index 5):
The control system of  claim 4 , wherein:\n when the optical element is exposed to light emitted by the light source, the light is reflected toward the light detector; and when the optical element is shielded from light emitted by the light source, the light is not reflected toward the light detector, wherein detection of reflected light by the light detector is indicative of a state of the interface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65854
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14867764', '09808912', '11157896', '11332012', '13037805']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6638221681413603
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5124096999109374
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.648680921318318
- Mean Citation Score: 150.75134880000005
- Max Citation Score: 257.76648
- Similarity Product: 184.02375356718065

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