PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15743948
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["382", "106000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are described for generating a distance map (e.g., a map of disparity, depth or other distance values) for image elements (e.g., pixels) of an image capture device. The distance map is generated based on an initial distance map (obtained, e.g., using a block or code matching algorithm) and a segmentation map (obtained using a segmentation algorithm). In some instances, the resulting distance map can be less sparse than the initial distance map, can contain more accurate distance values, and can be sufficiently fast for real-time or near real-time applications. The resulting distance map can be converted, for example, to a color-coded distance map of a scene that is presented on a display device.

Claim (Index 9):
An apparatus for generating a distance map of a scene, the apparatus comprising:\n one or more image capture devices to acquire images of the scene; a first engine comprising one or more processors configured to generate a distance map in which a respective initial distance value is assigned for at least some individual image elements, the first engine operable to generate the distance map by applying a matching algorithm to the acquired images; a segmentation engine comprising one or more processors configured to apply a segmentation algorithm to at least one of the acquired images and to generate a segmentation map in which image elements are divided into a plurality of segments; a distance value assignment engine comprising one or more processors configured to:\n assign a respective distance value to each of the segments, wherein the distance value assigned to each particular segment is derived based on the initial distance values assigned to individual image elements associated with the particular segment; and \n assign to each of the image elements a respective updated distance value, wherein the updated distance value assigned to each particular image element is the same as the distance value assigned to the particular segment of which the particular image element is a part; and \n a display device operable to display a distance map of the scene, wherein the distance map indicates the respective updated distance values for the image elements

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09231
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15752682', '15749825', '13278184', '14089300', '14578404']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3339166905386794
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5020268093588749
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3507277024206989
- Mean Citation Score: 228.049144
- Max Citation Score: 253.70798
- Similarity Product: 174.35056101815223

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