PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16075915
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["074", "563000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a haptic pedal ( 10 ) for a vehicle ( 4 ). The pedal comprises a plurality of piezoelectric actuators ( 22 ) operable for providing haptic feedback to a driver through the footrest ( 18 ) and sensing means ( 26 ) for mapping the area of the footrest in contact with a driver's foot so that haptic feedback is delivered by selective activation of actuators in the mapped area. The invention also comprises a haptic feedback system including the haptic pedal ( 10 ) and a controller ( 6 ) for receiving an input from the sensing means ( 26 ) relating to the area of the footrest in contact with the driver's foot and for delivering an output to selectively activate piezoelectric actuators overlapping the contact area in dependence on a sensed state of the vehicle. The haptic feedback system may be implemented as part of the vehicle's navigation system.

Claim (Index 16):
The navigational aid of  claim 15  wherein the pedal comprises sensing means for mapping the area of the footrest in contact with a driver's foot and wherein the control means is further responsive to the sensing means such that the navigational direction signal is delivered by activating selected piezoelectric actuators in the mapped area.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.26027
- Patent Class: 74.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['09922917', '10550315', '15210375', '12182960', '15695095']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8150387672650867
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4500329413369838
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7785381846722765
- Mean Citation Score: 172.92454399999997
- Max Citation Score: 194.87267
- Similarity Product: 141.15108886276718

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

Dataset: test