PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896426
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["701", "049000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a non-contact power closure member system for operating a liftgate of vehicle. The non-contact power closure member system includes at least one sensor for sensing an object or motion when a key fob is located within a predetermined distance of the vehicle. An indicator is located on the vehicle to inform the user of the appropriate location to make an activation gesture. The system also includes an electronic control unit connected to the at least one sensor and executing software. The electronic control unit processes the data to determine if the gesture made by the user is the activation gesture required to open the liftgate, or a false signal. In response to the activation gesture, the electronic control unit initiates opening of the liftgate. Methods are provided for operating the liftgate of a vehicle using a non-contact power closure member system.

Claim (Index 1):
A user-activated non-contact closure member system for detecting a gesture and operating a closure member a vehicle, comprising:\n at least one non-contact sensor attached to a vehicle body for detecting at least one of an object and motion corresponding to the gesture made by a user and outputting data in response to detecting the at least one of the object and the motion; said at least one non-contact sensor including a radar based gesture recognition subassembly for providing an intermediate radar field within a predetermined distance from said radar based gesture recognition subassembly in which the user can interact; an indicator attached to the vehicle body for informing the user of an appropriate location to make the gesture; an electric control unit coupled to said indicator and said at least one non-contact sensor and configured to: receive and analyze the data output by said at least one non-contact sensor, determine whether the data corresponds with an activation gesture to transition to a triggering event mode defined by the gesture made by the user corresponding to the activation gesture and a non-triggering event mode defined by the gesture not corresponding to the activation gesture, initiate movement of the closure member in response to transitioning to the triggering event mode, and notify the user using said indicator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12329
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15696657', '15477272', '15845309', '15589224', '15493285']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4239691048901143
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5069888770592682
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4322710821070297
- Mean Citation Score: 201.219164
- Max Citation Score: 312.54398
- Similarity Product: 258.93913941129085

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