PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16124091
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["358", "474000"]

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes a transparent member, a white reference member, an imaging device, a conveyance member, a light source, and a processor for detecting a dirt substance from the input image. The light source is provided such that a shadow of a leading end or rear end of the document conveyed on the transparent member is formed on the white reference member at the imaging position. The processor detects a shadow region formed by the leading end or rear end of the conveyed document from the input image and detects a dirt substance from within the detected shadow region.

Claim (Index 1):
An image reading apparatus comprising:\n a transparent member; a white reference member provided either above or below the transparent member; an imaging device for, provided on an opposite side of the white reference member across the transparent member, generating an input image of a document and a periphery of the document conveyed between the transparent member and the imaging device at an imaging position; a conveyance member for conveying a document between the transparent member and the imaging device; a light source for, provided on an opposite side of the white reference member across the transparent member, irradiating light toward the white reference member; and a processor for detecting a dirt substance from the input image, wherein the light source is provided such that a shadow of a leading end or rear end of the document conveyed on the transparent member is formed on the white reference member at the imaging position, and the processor detects a shadow region formed by the leading end or rear end of the conveyed document from the input image and detects a dirt substance from within the detected shadow region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22449
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16124155', '13932478', '16097976', '12981843', '16080605']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5178952126355986
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5038943056689925
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.516495121938938
- Mean Citation Score: 240.298176
- Max Citation Score: 277.6828
- Similarity Product: 218.46818940281867

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