PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["348", "370000"]

Abstract:
An article image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a camera that captures an image of an article. A first lighting unit illuminates a first side of the article facing the camera. The article is positioned between a second lighting unit and the camera. The second lighting unit illuminates a second side of the article. The camera captures a first image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned on. The camera captures a second image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned off and the second lighting unit is turned on. A processor determines, based on the second image, an outer shape of the article. The processor extracts, from the first image, an image of the article based on the outer shape of the article. A storage device saves the extracted image of the article.

Claim (Index 11):
An article image capturing apparatus comprising:\n a right side camera configured and positioned to capture an image of a right side of an article placed on a surface; a right side lighting unit configured and positioned to illuminate the right side of the article placed on the surface; a left side lighting unit positioned facing the right side camera so that the surface on which the article is placed is between the left side lighting unit and the right side camera, and configured to illuminate a left side of the article opposite the right surface; a storage device; and a processor programmed to control the right side camera, the right side lighting unit, the left side lighting unit, and the storage device to:\n capture, with the right side camera, a first image of the right side in a state in which the right side lighting unit is turned on, \n capture, with the right side camera, a second image of the right side in a state in which the right side lighting unit is turned off and the left side lighting unit is turned on, \n determine, based on the second image, an outer shape of the right side of the article, \n extract, from the first image, an image of the right side of the article based on the outer shape of the right side of the article, and \n store the extracted image of the right side of the article in the storage device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.29787
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15891945', '15053552', '14770528', '13892430', '14776729']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5931700278859992
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4851271456536406
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5823657396627634
- Mean Citation Score: 155.88523800000004
- Max Citation Score: 163.45593
- Similarity Product: 106.15992282162132

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