PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006926
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
A user interface system for controlling a vehicle operation including a printed circuit board (PCB) that has a front side and a back side. A top layer that is electrically conductive defines the front side of the PCB. A plurality of indicia are etched into the top layer. An applique overlies the front side of the PCB. At least one proximity sensor is integrated into the front side of the PCB for detecting user object adjacent to the associated indicia and outputting a corresponding detection signal. The PCB further includes a base layer under the top layer. The base layer is at least partially formed of an optically transparent material. At least one light emitting device is positioned on the back side of the PCB for illuminating the indicia. A controller unit is coupled to the at least one proximity sensor and the at least one light emitting device.

Claim (Index 1):
A user interface system for controlling a vehicle operation, comprising:\n a printed circuit board having a front side and a back side; the printed circuit board including a top layer being electrically conductive and defining the front side of the printed circuit board; the top layer of the printed circuit board including at least one indicia etched into the top layer; at least one proximity sensor integrated into the front side of the printed circuit board and aligned with the at least one indicia for detecting a user object adjacent to the at least one indicia and outputting a corresponding detection signal; the printed circuit board further including a base layer under the top layer, the base layer being at least partially formed of an optically transparent material and defining the back side of the printed circuit board; at least one light emitting device disposed under the at least one indicia for selectively illuminating the optically transparent material of the base layer under the at least one indicia to illuminate the at least one indicia; and a controller unit coupled to the at least one proximity sensor and the at least one light emitting device and configured to process the detection signal for controlling the vehicle operation and control selective illumination of the at least one light emitting device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13333
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15935803', '15358762', '14728052', '11739738', '15597247']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.642562015161177
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4917915720029846
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6274849708453577
- Mean Citation Score: 201.454594
- Max Citation Score: 224.82115
- Similarity Product: 160.4687233599484

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