PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16004583
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["052", "101000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for automatically deterring pest with a light projection on the ground that is perceived as a predator by pests such as birds, which triggers a fear reaction from the birds to leave the area. The apparatus is designed to project a large beam of more than 60 mm diameter in visible light with sufficient power to be seen during daylight. The apparatus is adapted to pan and tilt continuously and randomly within specified limits that are programmed to project the beam in various areas and protect the areas from birds. The apparatus relies on a robotic arm or orientable support mounted on a frame that can be displaced or repositioned easily thanks to a forklift. Methods for activating and controlling the apparatus are also provided.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for deterring pest using a light beam generated by a lighting source mounted on an orientable support, the orientable support being controllable by a processor, the processor being connected to a memory, the orientable support being configured to rotate about a vertical axis and a longitudinal axis, the method executable by the processor, the method comprising:\n acquiring, by the processor from the memory,\n a first predetermined point on the vertical axis defining a first limit of a field, \n a second predetermined point on the vertical axis defining a second limit of the field, \n a first predetermined point on the horizontal axis defining a third limit of the field, and \n a second predetermined point on the horizontal axis defining a fourth limit of the field; \n acquiring, by the processor, an origin position of the light beam; controlling, by the processor, the orientable support to move from the origin position to one of the first predetermined point, the second predetermined point, the third predetermined point and the fourth predetermined point; controlling, by the processor, the orientable support to move linearly to every other one of the first predetermined point, the second predetermined point, the third predetermined point and the fourth predetermined point such that an entirety of the field is covered.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58333
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14940238', '13189741', '12353948', '12534335', '13839017']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7807260669628635
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4744626736752323
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7500997276341004
- Mean Citation Score: 120.260683
- Max Citation Score: 130.9501
- Similarity Product: 86.2673119008243

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