PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16206313
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["356", "603000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods that provide a framework for location tracking of a movable target component or device (e.g., an automated device or a hand-operated device) to accurately cover an area of interest along a specified path or in a specified region. Grid patterns are projected onto a surface of a workpiece or a part. The projected grid lines may be straight or curved. Straight grid lines can be parallel or intersecting. The grid pattern may include a path to be followed. The lines of the projected grid pattern are detected by a grid detection sensor which is mounted onboard the movable target component or device. Information from the grid detection sensor is fed to a location mapping program. The systems and methods also enable navigation for use in automated and autonomous manufacturing and maintenance operations, as well as other tracking-based applications.

Claim (Index 10):
An apparatus comprising a movable target component, a tool mechanically coupled to the movable target component, and a grid-line detection unit mechanically coupled to the movable target component, wherein the grid-line detection unit comprises a substrate, first through fourth photo-sensors that detect light having a first wavelength and do not detect light having a second wavelength different than the first wavelength, and fifth through eight photo-sensors that detect light having the second wavelength and do not detect light having the first wavelength, the first and second photo-sensors being disposed adjacent to each other on a surface of the substrate and away from the other photo-sensors, the third and fourth photo-sensors being disposed adjacent to each other on the surface of the substrate, away from the other photo-sensors and opposite to the first and second photo-sensors, the fifth and sixth photo-sensors being disposed adjacent to each other on the surface of the substrate and away from the other photo-sensors, and the seventh and eighth photo-sensors being disposed adjacent to each other on the surface of the substrate, away from the other photo-sensors and opposite to the fifth and sixth photo-sensors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82143
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14993202', '15623304', '13921246', '14672952', '14418663']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6427143893546429
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5445092220879338
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.632893872627972
- Mean Citation Score: 219.80118
- Max Citation Score: 428.29837
- Similarity Product: 264.1357887281781

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

Dataset: test