PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15867213
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["356", "338000"]

Abstract:
A system ( 1 ) for detecting microscopic objects located in a flowing fluid. It comprises a lighting system ( 205, 305 ) comprising at least one LED diode ( 605 ) for supplying light to the flowing fluid; an image capture system ( 201, 601 ) configured to capture a sequence of images of the fluid. The image capture system comprises a camera comprising a plurality of pixels. The sequence of images is processed and the presence and shape of microscopic objects is determined. The lighting system ( 205, 305 ) is configured to supply high power light pulses having amplitude Io′ and very short time duration T ON , the time instant at which said pulses are triggered being synchronized with the time instants at which pixels in the image capture system ( 601 ) start to capture an image frame. The amplitude Io′ and time duration T ON  of the light pulses are controlled by calculating, from the light intensity (I frame ) of each captured image frame, a pulse amplitude setpoint (PAS) and a pulse duration setpoint (PDS) for adjusting respective potentiometers ( 651, 652 ) configured to respectively fix the amplitude Io′ and pulse duration T ON  by executing an algorithm that prioritizes amplitude rises over pulse duration rises. The lighting system ( 305 ) comprises an energy loading system ( 670 ) configured to make the amplitude requirement and response time of the lighting system ( 305 ) independent from the power supply unit. Method for detecting microscopic objects suspended in a flowing fluid.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for detecting microscopic objects located in a flowing fluid, the system comprising:\n a lighting system comprising at least one LED diode and configured to supply light to the flowing fluid; an image capture system situated on the opposite side of the flowing fluid in respect of the lighting system, said image capture system being configured to capture a sequence of images of the flowing fluid, said image capture system comprising a camera in turn comprising a plurality of pixels; processing means configured to process said sequence of images and to determine the presence of microscopic objects within said flowing fluid and the shape of the microscopic objects, the system being characterized in that said lighting system is configured to supply high power light pulses having amplitude Io\u2032 and very short time duration T ON , the time instant at which said pulses are triggered being synchronized with the time instants at which pixels in the image capture system start to capture an image frame, wherein said processing means is configured to control said amplitude Io\u2032 and time duration T ON  of the light pulses supplied by the lighting system by means for calculating, from the light intensity of each captured image frame, a pulse amplitude setpoint and a pulse duration setpoint for adjusting respective potentiometers configured to respectively fix the amplitude Io\u2032 and pulse duration T ON , said means for calculating the pulse amplitude setpoint and the pulse duration setpoint being configured to execute an algorithm that prioritizes amplitude rises over pulse duration rises, said lighting system further comprising an energy loading system configured to make the amplitude requirement and response time of the lighting system independent from a power supply unit of the system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52252
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15316998', '12893819', '15561965', '13060044', '12172524']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6379153181670656
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4663678090610524
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6207605672564643
- Mean Citation Score: 145.32367400000004
- Max Citation Score: 152.24892
- Similarity Product: 118.96049474577428

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