PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16170174
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["235", "455000"]

Abstract:
A method of decoding one or more barcodes on a target object with an imaging scanner is described. The imaging scanner comprises an image sensor and a dynamic linear polarizer. The method includes the following: (1) capturing at least one image of the target object through the dynamic linear polarizer with the imaging sensor while the dynamic linear polarizer is set to a different defined polarization during each of N time periods; and (2) processing at least N images of the target object to decode the one or more barcodes on the target object. At least one image that is captured during each of the N time periods. Here, N is an integer that can be three, four, five, six, or other natural numbers.

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 4 , wherein the imaging scanner further comprises an auxiliary dynamic linear polarizer, the method further comprising:\n generating illumination light through the auxiliary dynamic linear polarizer while the auxiliary dynamic linear polarizer is set to a corresponding defined polarization direction during each of the N time periods; and wherein said capturing at least one image of the target object further comprises capturing the at least one image of the target object while the target object is illuminated by the illumination light through the auxiliary dynamic linear polarizer during each of the N time periods.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02899
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14226056', '14064115', '13324197', '14533453', '14259860']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5688959944140171
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4828228390656243
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5602886788791778
- Mean Citation Score: 186.830402
- Max Citation Score: 267.009
- Similarity Product: 219.4137028194665

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