PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16021482
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["348", "039000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for transforming data provided in a spherical format. A spherical format is created of an image obtained by a camera, the spherical format comprising a notional sphere that has a centre corresponding to the position from which the image was obtained by the camera. A first surface represented in the image had a first orientation and was at a first distance from the camera when the image was obtained. A selected point in said spherical format is obtained, which is defined by spherical coordinates consisting of a yaw angle and a pitch angle defining a line from the centre of the sphere. A plane is identified that has the first orientation and is at the first distance from the centre. A location in a Cartesian coordinate system is calculated where the plane intersects with the line, wherein two of the axes of the Cartesian coordinate system are parallel to the first plane. Thereby, the position of the point on the first surface is identified. This location, and other locations corresponding to to other selected points, may be used to transform data in the spherical image for display.

Claim (Index 10):
Apparatus for identifying a location on a surface represented in a spherical image, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein said processor is configured to:\n create a spherical format of a first image obtained by a camera, wherein said spherical format has a centre that corresponds to the position from which said image was obtained by the camera, and wherein a first surface represented in said first image had a first orientation and was at a first distance from the camera when the image was obtained; obtain a selected point in said spherical format, defined by spherical coordinates consisting of a yaw angle and a pitch angle defining a line from said centre; retrieve from memory said first orientation and said first distance; identify a plane having said first orientation that is at said first distance from said centre; calculate a location in a Cartesian coordinate system where said plane intersects with said line, wherein two of the axes of said Cartesian coordinate system are parallel to said first plane, thereby identifying the position of the point on said first surface; and use said location to transform data in said spherical image for display.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5875
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16021587', '15473773', '15863705', '10581480', '12034362']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6087314580190075
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.573781346285063
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6052364468456131
- Mean Citation Score: 258.18035
- Max Citation Score: 481.14737
- Similarity Product: 404.0785740071118

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