PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15884716
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["340", "463000"]

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a multi-purpose automotive sound device for alerting pedestrians. The vehicle includes front and rear wheels, side mirrors, a sound device, and a controller. The sound device operates in a first mode and a second mode to generate an audio signal. The sound device is disposed adjacent to the front wheel and one of the side mirrors. The controller activates the sound device in the first mode or the second mode based on a state of the vehicle.

Claim (Index 11):
A method of operating a vehicle, comprising:\n detecting, by a controller, a state of the vehicle; determining, by the controller, whether an input corresponds to a first mode or a second mode based on the state of the vehicle; generating, by a sound device, an audio signal corresponding to the input, the audio signal generated from a location separate from and adjacent to a front wheel and a side mirror of the vehicle, responsive to determining that the input correspond to the first mode, generating, by a first sounder included in the sound device, a first audio signal at a sound pressure level (SPL) falling under a first SPL range and at a frequency falling under a first frequency range; responsive to determining that the input correspond to the second mode, generating, by a second sounder included in the sound device, a second audio signal at a SPL falling under a second SPL range and a frequency falling under a second frequency range; defining, by the controller, the first SPL range, the first frequency range, the second SPL range, and the second frequency range; detecting, by the controller, at least a portion of the second frequency range that overlaps with the first frequency range; and omitting, by the controller, the overlapping portion of the second frequency range.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04651
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13979005', '11382501', '10695771', '15835220', '15014558']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6450685306027206
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.463410185487841
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6269026960912327
- Mean Citation Score: 115.732508
- Max Citation Score: 125.44548
- Similarity Product: 95.81805720625876

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