PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15983135
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["340", "929000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to traffic control systems. Various embodiments relate to systems and methods for controlling a pedestrian signal. One method includes determining, by a control system, to change the state of a pedestrian signal from a WALK state to a pedestrian clear state. The method includes generating, by the control system, a countdown control output for controlling the countdown display of the pedestrian signal. The method includes transmitting, by the control system, the countdown control output to the pedestrian signal. The pedestrian signal thereafter controls the countdown display according to the countdown control output.

Claim (Index 10):
A pedestrian signal comprising:\n a countdown display; and a controller connected to control the countdown display, wherein the controller is configured to:\n receive a countdown control output for controlling the countdown display of the pedestrian signal, and \n control the countdown display according to the countdown control output, \n wherein the countdown control output is a multi-state signal, and a flash rate of the countdown control output defines a countdown of the countdown display, and wherein: a continuous ON state of the countdown control output indicates a standard pedestrian crossing time for a pedestrian clear state; an OFF state of the countdown control output indicates that the countdown display remains dark; a first flash rate of the countdown control output indicates a first alternate crossing time for the pedestrian clear state; and a second flash rate of the countdown control output indicates a second alternate crossing time for the pedestrian clear state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59524
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14184424', '13163311', '15468252', '13059635', '12140543']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6230909501315801
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5031404050454542
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6110958956229676
- Mean Citation Score: 175.74402000000003
- Max Citation Score: 185.84879
- Similarity Product: 123.64551231794954

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

Dataset: test