PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16035244
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["320", "109000"]

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide control means for a vehicle, the control means being operable to control charging of tractive energy storage means of the vehicle, the control means being configured to allow charging of the energy storage means in dependence on a location of the vehicle and a time of day, wherein if the location of the vehicle corresponds to one or more prescribed locations the control means is operable to permit charging only during one or more prescribed periods of the day.

Claim (Index 1):
A controller for a vehicle, the controller operable to control charging of at least one battery that powers one or more electric propulsion motors in dependence on a location of the vehicle and a time of day, wherein the controller is operable to determine if the location of the vehicle corresponds to one or more prescribed locations, and, if the location of the vehicle does correspond to one or more prescribed locations, to perform charging during one or more prescribed periods of the day, and wherein the controller is operable to determine if the at least one battery will be sufficiently charged during the one or more prescribed periods of the day, and, if the at least one battery will not be sufficiently charged during the one or more prescribed periods of the day, to commence charging in advance of the one or more prescribed periods of the day.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11905
- Patent Class: 320.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14419261', '15065277', '12568101', '14910814', '11850113']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7059260961390921
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5220690025235958
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6875403867775425
- Mean Citation Score: 196.782962
- Max Citation Score: 329.19913
- Similarity Product: 269.5483170894646

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

Dataset: test