PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16048179
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["382", "284000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a method and apparatus for combining perceived depths to construct a floor plan using cameras, such as depth cameras. The camera(s) perceive depths from the camera(s) to objects within a first field of view. The camera(s) is rotated to observe a second field of view partly overlapping the first field of view. The camera(s) perceives depths from the camera(s) to objects within the second field of view. The depths from the first and second fields of view are compared to find the area of overlap between the two fields of view. The depths from the two fields of view are then merged at the area of overlap to create a segment of a floor plan. The method is repeated wherein depths are perceived within consecutively overlapping fields of view and are combined to construct a floor plan of the environment as the camera is rotated.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for constructing a floor plan using at least one camera, the method comprising:\n perceiving depths from the at least one camera to objects within a first field of view, such that a depth is recorded for specified angles within the first field of view; moving the at least one camera; perceiving depths from the at least one camera to objects within a second field of view, such that a depth is recorded for specified angles within the second field of view; comparing, with one or more processors, depths from the first field of view to depths from the second field of view; identifying, with one or more processors, an area of overlap between the depths from the first field of view and the second field of view when a number of consecutive depths from the first field of view and second field of view are similar to a specified tolerance range; and combining depths from the first field of view with depths from the second field of view at the identified area of overlap to generate combined fields of view.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.88136
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14856526', '14572712', '15353368', '15473327', '15844437']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.2769278569441314
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5030007033394667
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.299535141583665
- Mean Citation Score: 176.94737
- Max Citation Score: 178.71423
- Similarity Product: 107.26371581932068

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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