PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16036410
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["381", "092000"]

Abstract:
A directional microphone array which can be integrated into a case for a portable computing device. A microphone array board connects to a surface of a laptop computer, tablet computer or smart phone, which can be steered in the direction of a target source. An audio processing module (APM) is operably engaged with the array board to receive a first staged beamformed audio input from the array board, and process a second beamformed stage audio output.

Claim (Index 8):
A microphone array apparatus comprising:\n a coupling mechanism configured to be removably attached to a surface of a smart phone or tablet computer by at least partially encompassing a portion of the smart phone or tablet computer; an articulating mechanism coupled to the coupling mechanism; an array surface coupled to the articulating mechanism such that the array surface may be selectively positioned in the range of about 180 degrees vertically and about 180 degrees horizontally in the direction of a target audio source; and, a plurality of microphones comprising an array disposed on the array surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15280343', '13654225', '14561433', '12837314', '13493950']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6697949700866003
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4873866114393355
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6515541342218738
- Mean Citation Score: 156.48185
- Max Citation Score: 191.80258
- Similarity Product: 132.21636648450612

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

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