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 15):
A method for detecting light returned from an object, comprising:\n emitting light to the object in a first direction within a scan angle; collecting, by one of a plurality of lenses, the light returned from the object in a second direction; determining at least one receiver among the plurality of receivers based on the first direction; providing a selection signal indicative of the determined at least one receiver; selecting the determined at least one receiver based on the selection signal; converting, by the selected receiver, the collected light into an electrical signal; and outputting the electrical 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): 0.6804058478365699
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4588768249346776
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6582529455463807
- Mean Citation Score: 149.70612599999995
- Max Citation Score: 153.59618999999995
- Similarity Product: 120.6783419864058

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

Dataset: test