PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990124
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["348", "308000"]

Abstract:
An image sensor comprises: an array ( 102 ) of pixels ( 104 ) arranged in rows and columns; readout circuitry ( 110 ) for reading out image information from pixels ( 104 ) in the array ( 102 ) of pixels ( 104 ); signal lines ( 112 ) for providing control signals to the pixels ( 104 ) in the array ( 102 ) and/or the readout circuitry ( 110 ); a programmable sequence controller ( 114 ) configured to control the control signals provided on the signal lines ( 112 ), said programmable sequence controller ( 114 ) comprising: at least one programmable signal controlling state machine ( 140 ), which is configured to define a sequence of states and to define control parameters for the states in the sequence, wherein the control parameters include the control signals to be provided on at least one signal line ( 112 ) for controlling at least one of a row of pixels ( 104 ) or the readout circuitry ( 110 ).

Claim (Index 13):
A method for acquiring images using an image sensor comprising an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns, readout circuitry for reading out image information from pixels in the array of pixels, and signal lines for providing control signals to the pixels in the array and/or the readout circuitry; said method comprising\n receiving control parameters including control signals from at least one programmable signal controlling state machine based on a current state of the at least one programmable signal controlling state machine; receiving row number information from at least one row controller; generating and outputting control signals on the signal lines based on the control parameters; updating state of the at least one programmable signal controlling state machine to change the control parameters output by the at least one programmable signal controlling state machine; wherein a sequence of control signals are generated and outputted on the signal lines based on updates of the state of the at least one programmable signal controlling state machine, said sequence of control signals causing acquiring of an image frame by the array of pixels and/or calibration of analog-to-digital conversion of the readout circuitry.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.75758
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15968993', '11418119', '14951763', '13811724', '13067594']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6147863105489807
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4808075553406434
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.601388435028147
- Mean Citation Score: 184.056294
- Max Citation Score: 190.46149
- Similarity Product: 137.34731521020055

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