PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898473
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["180", "167000"]

Abstract:
On-road autonomous vehicles and other vehicles operative to: autonomously collect and transport a load over public roads, autonomously collect and transport a passenger in a cabin, autonomously collect transport and place a functional load according to a request, autonomously collect and use a functional load, exchange a functional load between at least two on-road autonomous vehicles in a convoy, lift and transport a load by at least two on-road autonomous vehicles, charge batteries of the on-road autonomous vehicle on the move, provide a hybrid air-gap and mechanical protection for a passenger cabin, protect the on-road vehicle from impact with foreign objects, control a length thereof, reduce drag on the vehicle, and adapt to carry a long load.

Claim (Index 1):
An on-road autonomous vehicle operative to autonomously collect and transport a load over public roads, comprising:\n an upper horizontal structure elevated above ground by vertical structures mounted on at least four wheels touching ground, so as to create a certain clearance above ground for at least a first connector associated with the upper horizontal structure and attached thereunder; a control sub-system comprising a processing unit and a plurality of sensors and actuators, in which the control sub-system is configured to generate, in real-time, a three-dimensional representation of surrounding environment using data collected by the plurality of sensors; and at least a first linear actuator configured to control and set said certain clearance of the first connector, by causing the first connector, or the entire upper horizontal structure, to move up or down relative to ground; wherein the control sub-system is further configured to use said three-dimensional representation, said actuators, and said processing unit in conjunction with a set of public-road self-driving directives, to: (i) self-drive the on-road autonomous vehicle, over public roads and alongside regular car traffic, to a location in which a first load is parked, (ii) position the on-road autonomous vehicle in front of the load, and (iii) straddle the on-road autonomous vehicle over the first load, such that said first connector is brought to a predetermined position over the first load; and the control sub-system is further configured to use the first linear actuator to: (i) lower the first connector into mechanical contact with the first load thereby allowing the connector to connect to or grab the first load, and (ii) lift the first load above ground into a position operative to self-transport the first load.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09677
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13446518', '14190621', '14570321', '15673331', '14482800']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7559836008858065
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4842327081642317
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.728808511613649
- Mean Citation Score: 184.07731400000003
- Max Citation Score: 185.11848
- Similarity Product: 124.88932437539576

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