PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["348", "370000"]

Abstract:
An article image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a camera that captures an image of an article. A first lighting unit illuminates a first side of the article facing the camera. The article is positioned between a second lighting unit and the camera. The second lighting unit illuminates a second side of the article. The camera captures a first image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned on. The camera captures a second image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned off and the second lighting unit is turned on. A processor determines, based on the second image, an outer shape of the article. The processor extracts, from the first image, an image of the article based on the outer shape of the article. A storage device saves the extracted image of the article.

Claim (Index 12):
The device according to  claim 11 , further comprising:\n an upper side camera configured and positioned to capture an upper side of the article place on the surface; an upper side lighting unit configured and positioned to illuminate an upper side of the article placed on the surface, the upper side of the article facing the upper side camera; and a lower side lighting unit positioned facing the upper side camera so that the surface on which the article is placed is between the lower side lighting unit and the upper side camera, and configured to illuminate a lower side of the article opposite the upper side, wherein the processor is further configured to control the upper side camera, the upper side lighting unit, the lower side lighting unit, and the storage device to:\n capture a third image of the upper side in a state in which the upper side lighting unit is turned on, \n capture a fourth image of the upper side in a state in which the upper side lighting unit is turned off and the lower side lighting unit is turned on, \n determine, based on the fourth image, an outer shape of the upper side of the article, \n extract, from the third image, an image of the upper side of article based on the outer shape of the upper side of the article, and \n store the extracted image of the upper side of the article in the storage device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.29787
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15891945', '15053552', '14770528', '13892430', '14776729']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5942877891424972
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4807421900569791
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5829332292339455
- Mean Citation Score: 155.88523800000004
- Max Citation Score: 163.45593
- Similarity Product: 110.59084942902088

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

Dataset: test