PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16102488
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "435000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.

Claim (Index 11):
An advanced warning and risk evasion system comprising:\n a vicinity monitoring unit comprising:\n a data storage device having program instructions and a heat map stored therein; \n a sensor having a transmitter and a receiver for detecting objects in the sensor's field of view; and \n a processor operatively coupled to the data storage device and the sensor; \n a personnel tracking unit communicatively coupled to the vicinity monitoring unit; wherein the processor is configured to receive information from the sensor and execute the program instructions to:\n calculate velocities and positions for each of the objects detected by the sensor; \n plot the positions of each of the detected objects relative to the sensor to corresponding locations on the heat map; \n estimate where a lane of traffic is located on the heat map based at least in part on the plotted positions; \n analyze the calculated velocities and positions of the detected objects to estimate a trajectory of each of the detected objects; and \n identifying that a hazardous situation exists when the estimated trajectory of one of the detected objects is towards the personnel tracking unit; and \n wherein the vicinity monitoring unit is configured to transmit a warning signal to the personnel tracking unit upon the hazardous situation existing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.93671
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15682500', '15180924', '14500778', '11609669', '11874732']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6676099092173315
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5982877590777774
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6606776942033761
- Mean Citation Score: 331.148678
- Max Citation Score: 483.5693
- Similarity Product: 464.1060664055585

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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