PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15966399
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["367", "011000"]

Abstract:
A method for efficiently achieving full-matrix ultrasonic data capture which includes the steps of providing an ultrasound array apparatus, the ultrasound array apparatus further comprising a probe, collecting data over a plurality of inspection locations, generating a plurality of data matrices, each of the data matrices reflecting data collected at the locations, and collecting, initially, a subset of a quantity of data needed for reconstruction of each of the inspection locations. In the method, as the probe moves from collection location to collection location, a data matrix at a prior collection location is gradually filled in as the probe moves to subsequent collection locations. In certain embodiments physical scanning of a probe with few elements is replaced by electronically scanning using an array with many elements.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for efficiently achieving full-matrix ultrasonic data capture comprising:\n (a) providing an ultrasound array apparatus, the ultrasound array apparatus comprising a probe, the probe adapted for positioning over a test piece; (b) collecting data over a plurality of locations; (c) generating a plurality of data matrices, each of the data matrices reflecting data collected at the locations; (d) collecting, initially, a subset of a quantity of data needed for reconstruction at each of the locations; and (e) collecting data from location to location, gradually filling in a data matrix at a prior location as the probe moves to subsequent locations.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02941
- Patent Class: 367.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13760172', '13461854', '15105078', '15491518', '14347267']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5587731846849636
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4699996072780377
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5498958269442711
- Mean Citation Score: 129.48146839999998
- Max Citation Score: 198.87247
- Similarity Product: 158.7239341436899

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

Dataset: test