PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16039713
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["198", "347100"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for sorting or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a track that guides the delivery vehicles to/from the destination areas, which are positioned along the track. Once at the appropriate destination area, an item is transferred between the delivery vehicle and the destination area.

Claim (Index 16):
A method system for transferring items between delivery vehicles and a plurality of destination areas positioned along a track having horizontal and vertical sections, comprising the steps of:\n calculating a route for the one of the vehicles to travel along the track to one of the destination areas; driving the one vehicle along the route to the one destination area, wherein the step of driving the one vehicle comprises the steps of:\n monitoring the vehicles on the track; \n determining a safe distance for the one vehicle based on the positions of the vehicles on the track, wherein the safe distance is the amount that a motor of the one vehicle can rotate to drive the one vehicle along the calculated route without interfering with another vehicle on the track; \n communicating the safe distance with the vehicle; \n rotating the motor of the vehicle the safe distance to advance the vehicle along the route no further than a distance corresponding to the safe distance; and \n as the vehicles move along the track, iteratively performing the steps of determining the safe distance, communicating the safe distance, and rotating the motor of the vehicle to advance the vehicle; and \n transferring an item between the one vehicle and the one destination area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65217
- Patent Class: 198.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15618744', '14149282', '14690541', '13361490', '13631817']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7849679670443486
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4993295986108912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7564041302010028
- Mean Citation Score: 327.059162
- Max Citation Score: 359.7335
- Similarity Product: 332.4095440753698

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