PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["358", "474000"]

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes a transparent member, a white reference member, an imaging device, a conveyance member, a light source, and a processor for detecting a dirt substance from the input image. The light source is provided such that a shadow of a leading end or rear end of the document conveyed on the transparent member is formed on the white reference member at the imaging position. The processor detects a shadow region formed by the leading end or rear end of the conveyed document from the input image and detects a dirt substance from within the detected shadow region.

Claim (Index 6):
The image reading apparatus according to  claim 5 , wherein\n the conveyance member is a conveyance roller pair including a first roller and a second roller opposed to the first roller and disposed on an opposite side of the white reference member with respect to an upper surface of the transparent member from the first roller in a direction perpendicular to the transparent member, a nip position of the conveyance roller pair is disposed on an opposite side of the white reference member with respect to the upper surface of the transparent member in a direction perpendicular to the transparent member, and a rotation axis of the second roller is shifted from a rotation axis of the first roller toward a side of the imaging device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22449
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16124155', '13932478', '16097976', '12981843', '16080605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5452223741599422
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5181491103113823
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5425150477750863
- Mean Citation Score: 240.298176
- Max Citation Score: 277.6828
- Similarity Product: 173.08381490745543

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