PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16197016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["134", "123000"]

Abstract:
A method of controlling wash equipment in an automated vehicle wash system having a conveyor includes, measuring one or more contours of a vehicle as the vehicle moves thorough an entry area of the automated vehicle wash system on the conveyor; tracking the distance a fixed point relative to the conveyor moves; associating the one or more contours of the vehicle with the position of the fixed point; determining, based on the one or more contours of the vehicle and the position of the fixed point, commands for operating the wash equipment; delivering the commands to the wash equipment; and operating the wash equipment in accordance with the commands.

Claim (Index 34):
An automated vehicle wash system, the system comprising:\n a drive assembly configured to move a vehicle through the automated vehicle wash system; at least one speed sensor operably connected to the drive assembly and configured to monitor a speed of the vehicle; a scanning arch positioned at a beginning of the automated vehicle wash system and configured to measure a plurality of distance measurements from the scanning arch to a vehicle being washed; a plurality of wash elements; a controller operably connected to the at least one speed sensor, the plurality of wash elements, and the scanning arch, the controller configured to: receive the plurality of distance measurements from the scanning arch, determine a contour of the vehicle based upon the plurality of distance measurements, the contour defining a profile of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle profile is based on at least measured vehicle shape and vehicle size information, receive the vehicle speed from the at least one speed sensor, determine position information related to a position of the vehicle in the automated vehicle wash system based upon the received vehicle speed, generate operating instructions based upon the contour of the vehicle and the position information, the operating instructions including a wash position and operational speed for each of the plurality of wash elements, adjust the operating instructions as the vehicle passes through the automated vehicle wash system based upon the position information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51064
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13875268', '16116339', '15214236', '15135350', '14687704']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.806139053370638
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4988777723807457
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7754129252716487
- Mean Citation Score: 183.607094
- Max Citation Score: 268.21326
- Similarity Product: 214.95982476102947

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

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