PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16188872
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["701", "002000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method and system for enabling vehicles to closely follow one another through partial automation. Following closely behind another vehicle can have significant fuel savings benefits, but is unsafe when done manually by the driver. By directly commanding the engine torque and braking of the following vehicle while controlling the gap between vehicles using a sensor system, and additionally using a communication link between vehicles that allows information about vehicle actions, such as braking events, to be anticipated by the following vehicle, a Semi-Autonomous Vehicular Convoying System that enables vehicles to follow closely together in a safe, efficient and convenient manner may be achieved.

Claim (Index 28):
The method of  claim 27 , further comprising providing a display of the video to the driver of the first vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 80.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.49367
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15817038', '15607316', '16028307', '13542622', '15589124']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4614490567369118
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5068068107155776
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4659848321347783
- Mean Citation Score: 261.370548
- Max Citation Score: 285.4081700000001
- Similarity Product: 188.77538277416

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