PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["358", "474000"]

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes a transparent member, a white reference member, an imaging device, a conveyance member, a light source, and a processor for detecting a dirt substance from the input image. The light source is provided such that a shadow of a leading end or rear end of the document conveyed on the transparent member is formed on the white reference member at the imaging position. The processor detects a shadow region formed by the leading end or rear end of the conveyed document from the input image and detects a dirt substance from within the detected shadow region.

Claim (Index 3):
The image reading apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the processor detects a dirt substance based on a difference between a gradient value of the shadow region and a gradient value of the dirt substance.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22449
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16124155', '13932478', '16097976', '12981843', '16080605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5465654041837666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5110391314642325
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5430127769118133
- Mean Citation Score: 240.298176
- Max Citation Score: 277.6828
- Similarity Product: 200.0764468102932

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

Dataset: test