PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16138442
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["700", "275000"]

Abstract:
A system and method are provided for automated engaging of a truck trailer at a loading dock. Sensors measure a distance and an angle of alignment between the incoming trailer and a wall of the loading dock. An outside lighting system guides a truck driver backing the trailer toward the dock door. A vehicle restraint system fixates the trailer within the loading dock in response to signals from the sensors. An overhead dock door opens once the trailer is successfully fixated by the vehicle restraint system. A dock leveler deploys after the overhead dock door opens. An inside dock light indicates to dock personnel that the trailer is ready to be serviced. Once servicing of the trailer is finished, an automated release of the trailer from the loading dock may be initiated by PLC communication.

Claim (Index 17):
A method for providing an automated docking bay, comprising:\n positioning one or more sensors to detect an orientation of a truck trailer and the docking bay; coupling a programmable logic controller (PLC) system with the one or more sensors; configuring the PLC system to signal a truck driver in response to orientation data received from the one or more sensors; placing the PLC system in communication with a vehicle restraint system, such that the PLC system causes the vehicle restraint system to engage and fixate the truck trailer in response to the orientation data; configuring the PLC system to raise an overhead door and deploy a dock leveler once the vehicle restraint system fixates the truck trailer; and configuring the PLC system to indicate a status of the truck trailer to dock personnel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14855175', '10918472', '15305296', '10918352', '15340614']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4384014974324668
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6090541739447589
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.455466765083696
- Mean Citation Score: 343.38324
- Max Citation Score: 598.1578400000002
- Similarity Product: 501.0817482703973

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

Dataset: test