PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16055548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["348", "211100"]

Abstract:
The image-capturing apparatus communicates with an accessory apparatus using a clock/communication request channel and first and second data communication channels. The camera controller switches its communication method between a first communication method in which data communication is performed while a clock signal is alternately switched between first and second levels and a second communication method in which data communication is performed in response to a communication request from the camera controller to the accessory apparatus, which is output by switching a signal level of the clock/communication request channel from the first level to the second level. The camera controller, in response to detecting a communication error in the first and second communication methods, transmits to the accessory apparatus through the second data communication channel a specific signal for restoring the communication while keeping the signal level of the clock/communication request channel at the first level.

Claim (Index 16):
An image-capturing apparatus according to  claim 15 , wherein the camera control unit controls the transition of communication mode from the second communication method to the first communication method after elapse of the predetermined time.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.74545
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15652652', '15652794', '15472362', '15468240', '15472338']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7001037348697672
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5377352902453654
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6838668904073271
- Mean Citation Score: 340.014902
- Max Citation Score: 388.76178
- Similarity Product: 272.4135994879603

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

Dataset: test