PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15926836
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["348", "087000"]

Abstract:
An inspection system inspects points of interest on an item. A two-axis gimbal holds the item and is controlled to adjust an angle of incidence and angle of approach of a line of sight of an imaging device with respect to the point of interest. A Y-axis actuator adjusts a position of the imaging device along a Y-axis of the item, and an X-axis actuator adjusts a position of the imaging device along an X-axis of the item. A controller controls the gimbal, the Y-axis actuator and the X-axis actuator. Upon selecting a point of interest, angle of incidence, and angle of approach, the imaging device displays and/or captures an image, and the image can be inspected by a human inspector or automated inspection system.

Claim (Index 1):
An inspection system for inspecting points of interest on an item positioned with respect thereto, the item having an X-Y plane associated therewith, the system comprising:\n an imaging device for viewing and/or capturing an image of each point of interest, the imaging device having a line of sight; a two-axis gimbal holding the item, the gimbal being controlled by one or more motors to adjust an angle of incidence of the line of sight of the imaging device with respect to the point of interest and an angle of approach of the line of sight of the imaging device with respect to the point of interest; a Y-axis actuator holding the item, the Y-axis actuator being controlled by a motor to adjust a position of the imaging device along a Y-axis of the item; an X-axis actuator holding the item, the X-axis actuator being controlled by a motor to adjust a position of the imaging device along an X-axis of the item; and a controller controlling the motors of the gimbal, the Y-axis actuator and the X-axis actuator to control the line of sight of the imaging device with respect to the point of interest, wherein the line of sight of the imaging device can be adjusted toward most any point of interest on the item at a selected angle of incidence and a selected angle of approach, an image of the point of interest can be viewed and/or captured, and thereafter the image can be inspected by at least one of a human inspector and an automated inspection system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47273
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14548385', '14174652', '14898016', '12389024', '13918960']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5810866568974774
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5391844939327323
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5768964406010029
- Mean Citation Score: 181.99091400000003
- Max Citation Score: 384.22937
- Similarity Product: 348.91745764126307

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