PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16526061
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-07
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device receives sensor data of the 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device. The assistive device establishes a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface, based on the received sensor data. A haptic feedback generator generates a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping. The touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of differential touch-discernible cues to enable the user to non-visually discern the 3D real-world area surrounding the user.

Claim (Index 1):
An assistive device, comprising:\n a haptic feedback interface comprising a plurality of haptic elements; a first circuitry configured to receive sensor data of a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device, wherein the sensor data is associated with a first proximity range of the assistive device; a second circuitry configured to:\n determine a scaling factor based on the first proximity range and a defined region of the haptic feedback interface; and \n establish a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to at least one haptic element of the plurality of haptic elements in the defined region of the haptic feedback interface, \n wherein the mapping of the plurality of objects within the first proximity range is established based on the scaling factor; and \n a haptic feedback generator configured to generate a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping, wherein the touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of touch-discernible cues to discern a 3D arrangement of each object of the plurality of objects with respect to a position of a user of the assistive device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4127
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15709793', '16297960', '15709882', '15709985', '16298016']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6745122448562604
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.52876624833123
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6599376452037573
- Mean Citation Score: 298.637692
- Max Citation Score: 365.3443
- Similarity Product: 357.51742667734027

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

Dataset: test