PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059028
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["356", "004010"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an apparatus, system, and method for detecting light returned from an object. The apparatus includes a plurality of lenses. Each lens is configured to collect light from a respective direction. The apparatus also includes a plurality of receivers. At least one of the plurality of receivers corresponds to one of the plurality of lenses and is configured to convert the light collected by the corresponding lens into an electrical signal. The apparatus further includes a multiplexer operatively coupled to the plurality of receivers and configured to select at least one of the plurality of receivers to output the corresponding electrical signal. The selected at least one receiver corresponds to the lens collecting the light returned from the object.

Claim (Index 7):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of lenses are arranged in an array.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15612906', '15898392', '15713192', '15979235', '15822677']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7024613609679125
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4756106801556694
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6797762928866882
- Mean Citation Score: 149.70612599999995
- Max Citation Score: 153.59618999999995
- Similarity Product: 107.53855256641565

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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