PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15862052
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["235", "455000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for use with a handheld mark reader that reduce the time between activation of the reader's trigger and the reader returning a successful decode response. At least one pre-trigger image can be acquired and at least one pre-trigger image parameter determined. Post-trigger image acquisition or analysis of post-trigger images can be implemented based upon the at least one pre-trigger image parameter.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for decoding an image of a target using a handheld reader, the handheld reader including an image acquisition sensor and a trigger that is configured to initiate a post-trigger acquisition of the image of the target when the trigger is actuated, with a processor being operatively coupled to the trigger and to the image acquisition sensor, the method comprising:\n a) acquiring at least one pre-trigger image of the target prior to actuation of the trigger; b) activating the processor to analyze the at least one pre-trigger image; c) based upon the analyzing of the at least one pre-trigger image, calculating at least one pre-trigger image parameter; d) using the calculated at least one pre-trigger image parameter to adjust at least one subsequent pre-trigger image acquisition with the image acquisition sensor; e) repeating operations b) through d) until the trigger is actuated; and f) after the trigger is actuated, at least one of:\n acquiring at least one post-trigger image of the target using the calculated at least one pre-trigger image parameter; and \n analyzing the at least one post-trigger image based upon the calculated at least one pre-trigger image parameter.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54545
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15082459', '12978156', '12982007', '14145024', '13925366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5944241806947008
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5071470069570466
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5856964633209354
- Mean Citation Score: 254.903516
- Max Citation Score: 340.12006
- Similarity Product: 301.6719456672895

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

Dataset: test