PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15875223
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["340", "003430"]

Abstract:
A sensor controller for a sensor module includes at least one interface to obtain sensor information from the sensor module and to communicate with a sensor signal receiver. The sensor controller includes a control module to control the at least one interface. The control module is configured to obtain the sensor information from the sensor module; generate a sensor signal based on the sensor information; and transmit the sensor signal. The control module is further configured to detect a fault state of the sensor module; transmit a fault indicator if the fault state indicates a failure of at least a part of the sensor module; and receive a control signal from the sensor signal receiver based on the fault indicator. The control signal includes at least one fault handling instruction. The control module is configured to execute the at least one fault handling instruction.

Claim (Index 9):
The sensor controller according to  claim 1 , wherein the control module is configured to transmit the sensor signal based on two or more sensor signal transmission current levels, and wherein the control module is configured to transmit the fault indicator by using a current level above or below the two or more sensor signal transmission current levels, and/or\n wherein the control module is configured to transmit the sensor signal based on one or more signal pulses, wherein pulses of the one or more signal pulses comprise a pre-defined maximal pulse width, and wherein the control module is configured to transmit the fault indicator by transmitting a pulse having a pulse width at least 10% longer than the pre-defined maximal pulse width, and/or wherein the control module is configured to transmit the sensor signal based on one or more signal pulses, wherein each pulse of the one or more signal pulses is followed by a protocol frame and wherein the control module is configured to transmit the fault indicator using a flag or message encoded within the protocol frame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.42222
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12860370', '12860376', '12860418', '15041805', '12860362']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.690615950352113
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4800785239830679
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6695622077152086
- Mean Citation Score: 159.118094
- Max Citation Score: 164.51148999999995
- Similarity Product: 122.88560820250272

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

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