PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16286587
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["315", "186000"]

Abstract:
Control apparatus and system for controlling an output of a constant current driver are disclosed. A control apparatus is coupled between a constant current driver and a load, such as a lighting module, in order to add functionality to the overall system. The control apparatus is powered by the constant current driver and may control the dimming of the constant current driver by controlling the 0-10 V dim input into the driver. The control apparatus may comprise one or more switching elements between the constant current driver and the load to allow for mixing of groups of LEDs of various colors or color temperatures. The control apparatus may include a buffer load to mitigate negative impacts of turning on the lighting module after a period of deactivation. The control apparatus can also be adapted to operate as a dim-to-warm module within a lighting apparatus.

Claim (Index 19):
The lighting apparatus according to  claim 16  further comprising a light sensor; and wherein the control apparatus is operable to control the switching element to be in the first state for a first period of time and to be in the second state for a second period of time; to measure light using the light sensor during the second period of time; and to generate the indication of the dimming level at least in part in response to the measured light during the second time period; and wherein the control apparatus controls the switching element to be in the first state substantially longer than the second state, whereby the DC power source is not substantially affected by the switching of the switching element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02667
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15465589', '15465593', '15465591', '15052873', '14804327']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7257396896971947
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5447068132119363
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7076364020486688
- Mean Citation Score: 337.546698
- Max Citation Score: 387.05927
- Similarity Product: 274.6030774606633

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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