PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896426
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["701", "049000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a non-contact power closure member system for operating a liftgate of vehicle. The non-contact power closure member system includes at least one sensor for sensing an object or motion when a key fob is located within a predetermined distance of the vehicle. An indicator is located on the vehicle to inform the user of the appropriate location to make an activation gesture. The system also includes an electronic control unit connected to the at least one sensor and executing software. The electronic control unit processes the data to determine if the gesture made by the user is the activation gesture required to open the liftgate, or a false signal. In response to the activation gesture, the electronic control unit initiates opening of the liftgate. Methods are provided for operating the liftgate of a vehicle using a non-contact power closure member system.

Claim (Index 21):
A method for operating a closure member of a vehicle using a non-contact power closure member system including an indicator and at least one non-contact sensor coupled to an electronic control unit, comprising the steps of:\n detecting movement of an object adjacent the closure member and outputting data associated with the object using the at least one non-contact sensor; determining that there is a first detection associated with the detecting the movement of the object moved adjacent the closure member and outputting data associated with the object; determining whether the object remains adjacent the closure member with no additional movement of the object within a required amount of time after the first detection and outputting data associated with the object; ignoring the first detection and transitioning to a reset state and returning to the steps of determining that there is a first detection and whether the object remains adjacent the closure member with no additional movement of the object within the required amount of time after the first detection; initiating movement of the closure member in response to determining that there is the first detection and that is no second detection within the required amount of time after the first detection; and notifying the user using the indicator in response to one of initiating movement of the closure member and ignoring the first detection.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12329
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15696657', '15477272', '15845309', '15589224', '15493285']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4241327378570444
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5054871114209093
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4322681752134309
- Mean Citation Score: 201.219164
- Max Citation Score: 312.54398
- Similarity Product: 269.117301054368

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

Dataset: test