PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15924880
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["382", "118000"]

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods provide for improved facial detection and facial recognition in vehicle interior inspections. In various embodiments, one or more high-resolution cameras having one or more lens and filter attachments operate in conjunction with one or more auxiliary illumination devices and a related computer system. According to various embodiments, an auxiliary illumination device can be synchronized to one or more cameras, and configured to supply auxiliary illumination to facilitate capture of accurate and usable images. The filter(s) and advanced image processing solutions assist with facial detection and identifying individuals inside a vehicle, removing light glare and undesired reflections from a window surface, and capturing an image through a tinted window, among other things. Further, embodiments can compare a captured image to an authenticated image from a database, in order to confirm the identity of a vehicle occupant.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for detecting a vehicle occupant, comprising the steps of:\n providing a camera comprising a camera lens having a field of view; detecting the presence of an oncoming vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes at least one vehicle window separating a vehicle interior enclosure from an external environment, wherein the at least one vehicle window has a frame surrounding the at least one vehicle window; triggering the automatic capture of a plurality of current facial images of at least one vehicle occupant present within the vehicle interior enclosure when the at least one vehicle window frame is maximized in the field of view, wherein each of the plurality of current facial images is captured automatically via the camera through the camera lens, and wherein each of the plurality of current facial images is further captured from a different distance to the oncoming vehicle; obtaining, by a processing unit, at least one archived image of at least one individual; comparing, by the processing unit, at least one of the current facial images with the at least one archived image; and determining whether the vehicle occupant in the at least one of the current facial images is the same individual as the at least one individual from the at least one archived image.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76404
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15608422', '10413426', '10116808', '13473955', '10895121']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3211582320824604
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5109691993871832
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3401393288129328
- Mean Citation Score: 194.545004
- Max Citation Score: 323.80966
- Similarity Product: 307.16730843480707

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