PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16197016
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["134", "123000"]

Abstract:
A method of controlling wash equipment in an automated vehicle wash system having a conveyor includes, measuring one or more contours of a vehicle as the vehicle moves thorough an entry area of the automated vehicle wash system on the conveyor; tracking the distance a fixed point relative to the conveyor moves; associating the one or more contours of the vehicle with the position of the fixed point; determining, based on the one or more contours of the vehicle and the position of the fixed point, commands for operating the wash equipment; delivering the commands to the wash equipment; and operating the wash equipment in accordance with the commands.

Claim (Index 23):
A system for operating wash equipment in an automated vehicle wash system, the system comprising:\n a scanning arch positioned at a beginning of the automated vehicle wash system and configured to measure a plurality of distance measurements from the scanning arch to a vehicle being washed; a plurality of wash elements; and a controller operably connected to the scanning arch and the plurality of wash elements and configured to: receive the plurality of distance measurements from the scanning arch, determine a contour of the vehicle based upon the plurality of distance measurements, the contour defining a profile of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle profile is based on at least measured vehicle shape and vehicle size information, generate operating instructions based upon the contour of the vehicle; determine position information related to a position of the vehicle as the vehicle passes through the automated vehicle wash system, and adjust the operating instructions as the vehicle passes through the automated vehicle wash system based upon the position information.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 62.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51064
- Patent Class: 134.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13875268', '16116339', '15214236', '15135350', '14687704']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8060215445486922
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4998054277506659
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7753999328688896
- Mean Citation Score: 183.607094
- Max Citation Score: 268.21326
- Similarity Product: 211.8716151275611

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