PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962183
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["348", "078000"]

Abstract:
System and Method pertaining to the modification and integration of an existing consumer digital camera, for example, with an optical imaging module to enable point and shoot fundus photography of the eye. The auto-focus macro capability of existing consumer cameras is adapted to photograph the retina over an extended diopter range, eliminating the need for manual diopter focus adjustment. The thru-the-lens (TTL) auto-exposure flash capability of existing consumer cameras is adapted to photograph the retina with automatic flash exposure eliminating the need for manual flash adjustment. The consumer camera imaging sensor and flash are modified to allow the camera sensor to perform both non-mydriatic focusing of the retina using infrared illumination and standard color flash photography of the retina without the need for additional imaging sensors or mechanical filters. These modifications and integration of existing consumer cameras for fundus photography of the eye significantly improve ease of manufacture and usability.

Claim (Index 12):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein the identifying the non-retinal ophthalmic reflection, automatically constructing the digital representation of the mask, and removing the non-retinal ophthalmic reflection by digitally applying the mask to the retinal image are performed using a processor included as a portion of the camera device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13394055', '15090054', '13993249', '15510923', '15290911']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6698522618856898
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5666545710641407
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6595324928035349
- Mean Citation Score: 320.221174
- Max Citation Score: 493.7821
- Similarity Product: 344.6452262065292

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

Dataset: test