PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["356", "402000"]

Abstract:
An illumination system incorporating a multi-faceted mirror in operative communication with an array of discrete illumination sources. The multi-faceted mirror may accept incident light beams from discrete illumination sources located at different positions and then deliver a reflected output to a common location for direct acceptance by an optical/imaging device or by a light guide transmission device operatively connected to a downstream optical/imaging device. Individual light sources may be selected and/or combined in a defined sequence by selectively activating and deactivating such light sources electronically with no need for moving parts. By pulsing different illumination sources, the optical/imaging system may be provided with a feed of narrow-band illumination for use in imaging. Outputs from several illumination sources can also be combined if desired to produce a custom-tuned illumination spectrum for a particular application.

Claim (Index 1):
An illumination system adapted to supply defined wavelength light to an optical imaging device, the illumination system comprising:\n a mirror comprising a top and a bottom and a central axis extending between the top and the bottom, a plurality of faceted perimeter surfaces disposed in side-by-side relation about the perimeter of the mirror; a plurality of selectively activatable, defined wavelength light sources disposed circumferentially about the mirror, wherein at least a portion of the light sources are adapted to direct light emissions of discrete, defined wavelengths to opposing faceted perimeter surfaces on the mirror at an incident intensity and wherein said light emissions are reflected by the opposing faceted perimeter surfaces to produce reflected light outputs having a reflected intensity of not less than about 5 mW, and wherein the reflected light outputs from the opposing faceted perimeter surfaces are directed to a common reflection location such that upon activation of one or more of the light sources, reflected light from said one or more of the light sources is supplied to the optical imaging device; and optionally a light guide operatively coupled to the optical imaging device, the light guide having a light intake positioned to receive the reflected light outputs from the opposing faceted perimeter surfaces for transmission to the optical imaging device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65476
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14419855', '12194602', '12473745', '13741476', '13788022']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.68795920884303
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4796681041753959
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6671300983762666
- Mean Citation Score: 163.25448799999995
- Max Citation Score: 213.22256
- Similarity Product: 165.4471127514839

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

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