PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15861147
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["356", "005010"]

Abstract:
To decrease the likelihood of a false detection when detecting light from light pulses scattered by remote targets in a lidar system, a receiver in the lidar system includes a photodetector and a pulse-detection circuit having a gain circuit with a varying amount of gain over time. The gain circuit operates in a low-gain mode for a time period T 1  beginning with time t 0  when a light pulse is emitted to prevent the receiver from detecting return light pulses during the threshold time period T 1.  Upon expiration of the threshold time period T 1,  the gain circuit operates in a high-gain mode to begin detecting return light pulses until a subsequent light pulse is emitted.

Claim (Index 16):
The method of  claim 10 , wherein the predetermined amplification amount increases in relation to the amount of time that has elapsed since the light pulse has been emitted until the second threshold time period has elapsed or a maximum predetermined gain is reached.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15845552', '15713192', '15710744', '15727315', '15824416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8060419148803003
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5289516949093847
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7783328928832087
- Mean Citation Score: 279.6092
- Max Citation Score: 295.8899
- Similarity Product: 204.17614650985004

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

Dataset: test