PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15907178
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["315", "079000"]

Abstract:
A visual deceleration indicator signals to pedestrians and other vehicles that a vehicle is slowing down or coming to a stop. Illuminating devices, such as LEDs, contained in a license plate frame located in the front of the car or otherwise, are activated when the vehicle decelerates. An accelerometer or other sensory device detects deceleration and sends a signal to illuminate the LEDs, thereby letting others know the vehicle is slowing down. The license plate frame may be connected directly to a rear brake light component without the use of accelerometers or other sensors. When the brake is applied, the LEDs in the license plate frame are illuminated. The LEDs may be contained in other forms and located in different positions on the front or side of the car. The indicator might be one color to indicate braking and another color to indicate it is on, but not braking.

Claim (Index 3):
A method of illuminating a plurality of LEDs on a housing mounted to a front face of a vehicle, the method comprising:\n obtaining electrical power from a power source of the vehicle; detecting a deceleration of the vehicle using an accelerometer in the housing, wherein the accelerometer is powered from the power source of the vehicle; sending a signal from the accelerometer to circuitry in the housing; and actuating the plurality of LEDs to remain steadily illuminated with a first color upon while the deceleration is detected by the accelerometer and with a second color to indicate operation but not deceleration to indicate a status of the deceleration of the vehicle to pedestrians in front of the vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95181
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15647208', '13558793', '11408549', '14494518', '09509402']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6896189807652768
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4837675236384964
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6690338350525988
- Mean Citation Score: 161.29668600000005
- Max Citation Score: 171.30026
- Similarity Product: 118.07950538611652

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

Dataset: test