PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16079351
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["367", "093000"]

Abstract:
An occupant detection apparatus includes a wave motion sensor and an controller. The wave motion sensor provided to be upper than the seat in the vehicle, performing transmission of wave motion towards a predetermined range which includes a head part of the occupant at least, performing reception of the wave motion that is reflected. The controller calculates, as a result value, at least either a first value or a second value based on the transmission and the reception of the wave motion by the wave motion sensor; the first value is a receiving intensity and the second value is either a period of time or a distance. The controller determines either (i) that the seat is occupied by the occupant or (ii) that the seat is empty or occupied by a physical body other than the occupant, based on comparison of the result value with a threshold value.

Claim (Index 16):
An occupant detection apparatus that detects whether an occupant is seated on a seat in a vehicle, the occupant detection apparatus comprising:\n a wave motion sensor provided to be upper than the seat in the vehicle, the wave motion sensor performing transmission of wave motion towards a predetermined range which includes a head part of the occupant at least, the wave motion sensor performing reception of the wave motion that is reflected; and a controller configured\n to calculate at least either a first value or a second value as a result value based on the transmission and the reception of the wave motion by the wave motion sensor, the first value being a receiving intensity, the second value being a period of time or a distance, and \n to perform an occupant determination, the occupant determination determining either (i) that the seat is occupied by the occupant or (ii) that the seat is empty or occupied by a physical body other than the occupant, based on comparison of the result value with a threshold value, \n wherein: the wave motion sensor comprises at least one transmitter that performs the transmission of the wave motion, and a receiver that performs the reception of the wave motion reflected; and the at least one transmitter is provided in a first range in the vehicle and the receiver is provided in a second range in the vehicle, the second range being separate from the first range.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 48.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.34783
- Patent Class: 367.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10227780', '10114533', '15189608', '14105597', '10365129']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.583572029280822
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4869324442149959
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5739080707742393
- Mean Citation Score: 174.09828000000005
- Max Citation Score: 178.51942
- Similarity Product: 112.23630109745622

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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