PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16059028
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["356", "004010"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the disclosure provide an apparatus, system, and method for detecting light returned from an object. The apparatus includes a plurality of lenses. Each lens is configured to collect light from a respective direction. The apparatus also includes a plurality of receivers. At least one of the plurality of receivers corresponds to one of the plurality of lenses and is configured to convert the light collected by the corresponding lens into an electrical signal. The apparatus further includes a multiplexer operatively coupled to the plurality of receivers and configured to select at least one of the plurality of receivers to output the corresponding electrical signal. The selected at least one receiver corresponds to the lens collecting the light returned from the object.

Claim (Index 8):
A system for detecting light returned from an object, comprising:\n a scanner configured to emit light to the object in a first direction within a scan angle; a detector configured to detect the light returned from the object in a second direction, comprising: a plurality of lenses, each configured to collect light from a respective direction; a plurality of receivers, at least one of the plurality of receivers corresponding to one of the plurality of lenses and configured to convert the light collected by the corresponding lens into an electrical signal; and a multiplexer operatively coupled to the plurality of receivers and configured to select at least one of the plurality of receivers to output the corresponding electrical signal; and a controller operatively coupled to the scanner and detector and configured to:\n control the scanner to emit the light in the first direction; \n determine the at least one receiver among the plurality of receivers based on the first direction; \n provide, to the multiplexer, a selection signal indicative of the determined at least one receiver; and \n control the multiplexer to select the at least one receiver based on the selection signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15612906', '15898392', '15713192', '15979235', '15822677']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6821393602246846
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.451451455451071
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6590705697473233
- Mean Citation Score: 149.70612599999995
- Max Citation Score: 153.59618999999995
- Similarity Product: 127.45728760213848

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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