PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894959
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["324", "207120"]

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a proximity sensor and a manufacturing system for the proximity sensor capable of improving detection precision or expanding a detectable range are provided. A method of manufacturing a proximity sensor outputting presence or absence of a detection object or a position of the detection object as a detection result is provided. The manufacturing method includes: disposing the proximity sensor in a temperature-changeable environment; setting an environment of the proximity sensor to a plurality of different temperatures respectively and storing temperature detected by the temperature detection part of the proximity sensor in association with the detection result output by the control calculation part at each temperature; determining a characteristic parameter unique to a target proximity sensor based on the stored temperature and detection result; and setting the determined characteristic parameter for the target proximity sensor.

Claim (Index 2):
A manufacturing system for a proximity sensor outputting presence or absence of a detection object or a position of the detection object as a detection result, the manufacturing system comprising:\n a thermostatic chamber configured to accommodate one proximity sensor or a plurality of the proximity sensors and change a temperature environment, the proximity sensor including a detection part that includes a detection coil and a capacitor, an oscillation circuit that excites the detection part, a temperature detection part that detects a temperature inside a casing of the proximity sensor, and a control calculation part that outputs a signal indicating a distance to the detection object as the detection result based on a signal change occurring in the detection part; a storage unit configured to set an environment of the proximity sensor to a plurality of different temperatures respectively and store temperature detected by the temperature detection part of the proximity sensor in association with the detection result output by the control calculation part at each temperature; a determination unit configured to determine a characteristic parameter unique to a target proximity sensor based on the stored temperature and detection result; and a setting unit configured to set the determined characteristic parameter for the target proximity sensor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19697
- Patent Class: 324.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12161828', '10471558', '15839871', '11094324', '12789227']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4985552472405285
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.46201360174705
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4949010826911806
- Mean Citation Score: 141.52657
- Max Citation Score: 146.09978
- Similarity Product: 112.22641999549391

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