PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769499
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["356", "242100"]

Abstract:
To count cords embedded in a rubber sheet with good working efficiency while improving the reliability and accuracy, a method includes a step S 1  of acquiring raw waveform data D 1  by scanning the outer surface of the rubber sheet with a displacement sensor, a step S 2  of obtaining first corrected data D 2  by performing a moving average processing on the raw waveform data D 1 , a step S 3  of obtaining second corrected data D 3  by converting the amplitude center j of waveform of the first corrected data D 2  into a straight line, a step S 4  of obtaining concave-center-position data D 4  in which the concave-center-positions Q between the cords are defined by positions of lowest points of valleys of the waveform of the second corrected data D 3 , a step S 5  of obtaining first corrected concave-center-position data D 5  in which, by comparing intervals K between the Q with an upper threshold Kmax and lower threshold Kmin therefor, the concave-center-positions Q are added/deleted, and a step S 5  of obtaining second corrected concave-center-position data D 6  in which, by comparing the total number (m) of the concave-center-positions Q in the first corrected concave-center-position data D 5 , with the number (n) of the cords  3 , the concave-center-positions Q are added/deleted.

Claim (Index 1):
A cord counting method for counting the number of cords from one end in a widthwise direction of a rubber sheet, in which a number (n) of the cords are embedded at intervals, and in an outer surface of the rubber sheet, convex portions at which the cords are located and concave portions positioned between the cords are alternately repeated,\n said cord counting method comprising: 1) a step (S 1 ) in which, by the use of a displacement sensor, the outer surface of the rubber sheet is scanned in the widthwise direction, and raw waveform data on convexoconcave of the outer surface is acquired, 2) a step (S 2 ) in which a moving average processing is carried out on the raw waveform data so as to reduce noise, and first corrected data on the smoothed waveform is obtained, 3) a step (S 3 ) in which second corrected data is obtained from the first corrected data of which amplitude center is converted into a straight line, 4) a step (S 4 ) in which widthwise-direction concave-center-position data is obtained wherein concave-center-positions in the widthwise direction between the cords are defined by positions of lowest points of valleys of the waveform of the second corrected data, 5) a step (S 5 ) in which, with respect to said concave-center-position data, intervals K between the concave-center-positions adjacent in the widthwise direction are compared with a predetermined upper threshold Kmax, and if K>Kmax, then a concave-center-position for correction is added at the midpoint of the interval K, and said intervals K are compared with a predetermined lower threshold Kmin, and if K<Kmin, then from the concave-center-positions on both sides of the interval K, the concave-center-position on the front side in the scanning direction is removed, whereby first corrected concave-center-position data is obtained, 6) a step (S 6 ) in which, with respect to the first corrected concave-center-position data, the total number (m) of the concave-center-positions is compared with said number (n) in the order from the largest interval, and when m<(n\u22121), a concave-center-position for correction is added at the midpoint of the interval K, until becoming m=(n\u22121), when m>(n\u22121), from the concave-center-positions on both sides of the interval K, the concave-center-position on the front side in the scanning direction is deleted in the order from the smallest interval K, until becoming m=(n\u22121), whereby second corrected concave-center-position data is obtained, and 7) the count from one end in the widthwise direction, of the concave-center-positions in said second corrected concave-center-position data is considered as the number of the cords from said one end in the widthwise direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.72093
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15491416', '15491358', '15491362', '15491360', '12440568']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6437555061402174
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4880485405401251
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6281848095802082
- Mean Citation Score: 169.48461400000005
- Max Citation Score: 185.77051
- Similarity Product: 131.18903100602623

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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