PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["356", "402000"]

Abstract:
An illumination system incorporating a multi-faceted mirror in operative communication with an array of discrete illumination sources. The multi-faceted mirror may accept incident light beams from discrete illumination sources located at different positions and then deliver a reflected output to a common location for direct acceptance by an optical/imaging device or by a light guide transmission device operatively connected to a downstream optical/imaging device. Individual light sources may be selected and/or combined in a defined sequence by selectively activating and deactivating such light sources electronically with no need for moving parts. By pulsing different illumination sources, the optical/imaging system may be provided with a feed of narrow-band illumination for use in imaging. Outputs from several illumination sources can also be combined if desired to produce a custom-tuned illumination spectrum for a particular application.

Claim (Index 21):
A method of obtaining optical images using an optical imaging device, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing a mirror comprising a plurality of faceted perimeter surfaces disposed in side-by-side relation about the perimeter of the mirror; providing a plurality of selectively activatable, defined wavelength light sources disposed circumferentially about the mirror; activating selected light sources individually or in combinations according to a defined activation sequence to direct light emissions of discrete, defined wavelengths from the activated light sources to opposing faceted perimeter surfaces on the mirror such that said light emissions are reflected by the opposing faceted perimeter surfaces to produce reflected light outputs having a reflected intensity of not less than about 5 mW; directing the reflected light outputs from the opposing faceted perimeter surfaces to a common reflection location such that upon activation of one or more of the light sources, reflected light from said one or more of the light sources is supplied to the optical imaging device; and acquiring a sequence of images at the imaging device corresponding to the activation sequence of the light sources, such that individual images within the sequence of images are acquired in conjunction with activation of corresponding defined light sources during the activation sequence.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65476
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14419855', '12194602', '12473745', '13741476', '13788022']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6881563508316084
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.478732024035105
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6672139181519581
- Mean Citation Score: 163.25448799999995
- Max Citation Score: 213.22256
- Similarity Product: 167.0689025442028

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

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