PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955105
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["702", "034000"]

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method is provided for estimating the remaining life of a structure being monitored by a sensor. The method includes: receiving data from a sensor, where the data is indicative of strain experienced by a structure and is reported as a plurality of cumulative distribution functions; extracting a probability density function from the data received from the sensor; computing a damage index for the structure from parameters of the probability density function, where the damage index is indicative of damage to the structure accumulated over time; and estimating a remaining life of the structure using the damage index.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for monitoring a wind turbine blade, comprising:\n receiving design data for the wind turbine blade; performing finite element analysis on the design data to thereby identify at least one location on the wind turbine blade susceptible to damage; mounting a sensor on the wind turbine blade at the identified location; capturing, by the sensor, amount of energy absorbed by the wind turbine blade at location of the sensor and storing the captured amount of energy as a plurality of cumulative distribution functions, where the sensor employs a piezoelectric transducer; extracting a probability density function from the plurality of cumulative distribution functions by fitting data from the plurality of cumulative distribution functions to an equation which expresses the cumulative distribution function in terms of the parameters of the probability density function; computing a damage index for the wind turbine blade from parameters of the probability density function, where the damage index is indicative of damage to the wind turbine blade accumulated over time; and presenting the damage index on a display of a computing device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09804
- Patent Class: 702.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16076804', '14562925', '14106919', '12795538', '11653067']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.1647598750746609
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5031195027945783
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.1985958378466527
- Mean Citation Score: 178.86715599999997
- Max Citation Score: 201.7446
- Similarity Product: 124.69163686180114

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