PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955824
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["348", "047000"]

Abstract:
A system and method of generating a two-dimensional image of an environment is provided. The system includes a 2D scanner that comprises a light source, an image sensor and a controller. The controller determines a distance value to at least one of the object points. An inertial measurement unit is coupled to the scanner and has a first sensor. The first sensor has a first characteristic. A mobile computing device is removably coupled to the 2D scanner, the mobile computing device having a second sensor, the second sensor having a second characteristic. Processors are provided that are responsive to compare the first characteristic and the second characteristic and select one of the first or second sensor based on the comparison. The processors are further generate an image of the environment based on a signal from the selected first or second sensor.

Claim (Index 8):
A method for generating a two-dimensional (2D) image of an environment, the method comprising:\n coupling a mobile computing device to a measurement device, wherein the measurement device having a 2D scanner, an inertial measurement unit and is sized and weighted to be carried by a single operator, the 2D scanner being configured to sweep a beam of light in a horizontal plane, the inertial measurement unit being configured to determine movement and orientation of the measurement device, the plurality of registration positions including a first registration position and a second registration position, the measurement device further including an inertial measurement unit having a first sensor, the first second having a first characteristic, and wherein the mobile computing device includes a second sensor, the second sensor having a second characteristic; selecting one of the first sensor or second sensor based at least in part on a comparison of the first characteristic and the second characteristic; moving the measurement device to a plurality of registration positions in the environment; obtaining by the 2D scanner a first plurality of 2D scan sets while the measurement device moves from the first registration position to the second registration position, each of the first plurality of 2D scan sets being a set of 2D coordinates of points in the environment, each of the first plurality of 2D scan sets being collected by the 2D scanner at a different position relative to the first registration position; determining for the measurement device a first translation value corresponding to a first translation direction, a second translation value corresponding to a second translation direction, a first rotation value corresponding to a first orientational axis, and a second rotation value corresponding to a second orientational axis, wherein the first translation value, the second translation value, the first rotation value and the second rotation value are determined based at least in part on measurements of movement and orientation by the selected first sensor and second sensor; and generating an image of the environment based at least in part on the plurality of 2D scans, the first translation value, the first translation direction, the second translation value, the second translation direction, the first rotation value, and the second rotation value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.375
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15936834', '15911956', '15896547', '15681862', '14559335']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6303120768497016
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4856129723080719
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6158421663955386
- Mean Citation Score: 207.86717
- Max Citation Score: 219.1642
- Similarity Product: 171.72883132357595

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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