PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16022613
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["271", "258010"]

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a feed roller configured to feed paper toward a reading section, and a medium detection section provided along a transport path between the feed roller and the reading section and configured to include a transmitting portion configured to output an output value equivalent to a magnitude of an ultrasonic wave, and determines whether the transport of the paper is to be continued or to be brought to a halt on the basis of a lower limit value and an upper limit value for the output value, which are set in accordance with the kind of the paper. Further, in a case where the output value satisfies a first condition, a transport of the medium is continued, and in a case where the output value satisfies a condition different from the first condition, the transport of the medium is brought to a halt.

Claim (Index 1):
An image reading apparatus comprising:\n a reading section configured to read a medium being transported; feeding means configured to feed the medium toward the reading section; and a medium detection section provided along a medium transport path between the feeding means and the reading section and configured to include a transmitting portion configured to emit an ultrasonic wave and a receiving portion configured to receive the ultrasonic wave emitted from the transmitting portion, and output an output value equivalent to a magnitude of the received ultrasonic wave, wherein, in a case where the output value of the receiving portion satisfies a first condition, a transport of the medium is continued, wherein, in a case where the output value of the receiving portion satisfies either a second condition different from the first condition or a third condition different from the second condition, the transport of the medium is brought to a halt, wherein a lower limit value and an upper limit value are set in accordance with a kind of the medium, wherein the first condition is satisfied in a case where the output value falls within a reference range prescribed by the lower limit value and the upper limit value, wherein the second condition is satisfied in a case where the output value is lower than the lower limit value, and wherein the third condition is satisfied in a case where the output value is higher than the upper limit value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4375
- Patent Class: 271.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15859904', '15445370', '09982820', '12533428', '12632698']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7223429772309575
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4769759771797855
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6978062772258403
- Mean Citation Score: 150.97239
- Max Citation Score: 155.94762
- Similarity Product: 96.90059907037858

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