PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933460
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["358", "406000"]

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first sensor, a roller, a correction unit, a second sensor, a control unit, and a scanner. Upstream to downstream positions with regard to a transportation direction of the sheet are determined in the following order: the first position, a second position, a third position. The first sensor detects the presence or absence of a fold of the sheet in the first position. If it is detected in the first position that the fold is present, the roller transports a sheet in a reverse transportation direction. The correction unit corrects the fold in the first position. The second sensor detects the presence or absence of the fold in the second position. If it is detected in the second position that the fold is present, the control unit controls drive of the roller in such a manner that the sheet is transported up to the first position in the reverse transportation direction. The scanner reads an image on the sheet of which the fold is corrected in the first position.

Claim (Index 1):
An image reading apparatus comprising;\n a first sensor configured to detect the presence or absence of a fold of a sheet in a first position, with upstream to downstream positions with regard to a transportation direction of the sheet being determined in the following order: the first position, a second position, a third position; a roller configured to transport the sheet in the reverse transportation direction if in the first position, the fold is determined as being present; a correction unit configured to correct the fold in the first position; a second sensor configured to detect the presence or absence of the fold in the second position; a control unit configured to control drive of the roller in such a manner that the sheet is transported up to the first position in a reverse transportation direction, if it is detected in the second position that the fold is present; and a scanner configured to read an image on the sheet of which the fold is corrected in the first position, in the third position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.0625
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14838890', '15412339', '12537344', '15917959', '10809495']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4337191202108769
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4638783282979766
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4367350410195869
- Mean Citation Score: 139.406648
- Max Citation Score: 145.15251
- Similarity Product: 117.15438144540668

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

Dataset: test