PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974942
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["257", "432000"]

Abstract:
An image sensor may include high dynamic range imaging pixels having an inner sub-pixel surrounded by an outer sub-pixel. To steer light away from the inner sub-pixel and towards the outer sub-pixel, the high dynamic range imaging pixels may be covered by a toroidal microlens. To mitigate cross-talk caused by high-angled incident light, various microlens arrangements may be used. A toroidal microlens may have planar portions on its outer perimeter. A toroidal microlens may be covered by four additional microlenses, each additional microlens positioned in a respective corner of the pixel. Each pixel may be covered by four microlenses in a 2×2 arrangement, with an opening formed by the space between the four microlenses overlapping the inner sub-pixel.

Claim (Index 8):
The image sensor defined in  claim 5 , wherein the at least one photosensitive area comprises an inner photosensitive area and an outer photosensitive area that surrounds the inner photosensitive area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93939
- Patent Class: 257.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15184170', '15957036', '15162914', '15758387', '15799833']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.931216838507892
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5055589449657111
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8886510491536739
- Mean Citation Score: 267.476082
- Max Citation Score: 281.03455
- Similarity Product: 217.3138474550068

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

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