PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962704
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["348", "349000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for actuator control. The methods and apparatus may comprise a control circuit adapted to generate a control signal and various signal processing functions to generate a calibration code that is used to calibrate the control circuit. The apparatus for actuator control may comprise an induced voltage detection circuit to detect an induced voltage and a calibration circuit to generate the calibration code, which is used to calibrate the induced voltage detection circuit.

Claim (Index 14):
An imaging system capable of performing autofocus with an actuator, comprising:\n an image signal processor configured to generate a position signal; and a camera module connected to the image signal processor, comprising:\n an image sensor connected to the image signal processor; and \n a control circuit connected to the image signal processor and configured to receive the position signal, wherein the control circuit comprises:\n a drive circuit configured to supply a current to the actuator; and \n a feedback network connected to the drive circuit and configured to generate a feedback signal, wherein the feedback network comprises:\n an induced voltage detection circuit connected to an output terminal of the drive circuit; and \n a calibration circuit connected to an output terminal of the induced voltage detection circuit and configured to: \n \u2003detect a DC offset level of the feedback signal; and \n \u2003supply a code to the induced voltage detection circuit according to the detected DC offset level; \n \n wherein the control circuit generates a final position signal based on the position signal and the feedback signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.28947
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15962710', '15595024', '15942989', '14106836', '11358523']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6017616750161169
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4698371532345097
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5885692228379562
- Mean Citation Score: 157.512302
- Max Citation Score: 202.14844
- Similarity Product: 168.6223052573919

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