PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894567
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["348", "068000"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed for making three-dimensional models of the inside of an ear canal using a projected pattern. A system comprises a probe adapted to be inserted into the ear canal. The probe comprises a narrow portion adapted to fit inside the ear canal and a wide portion adapted to be wider than the ear canal, which may be formed by a tapered stop. An illumination subsystem projects a pattern of light from the distal end of the probe onto a surface of the ear canal, the pattern being modulated by the three-dimensional surface of the ear canal. An imaging subsystem captures a series of individual images of the pattern of light projected onto the surface of the ear canal. A computer subsystem calculates digital three-dimensional representations from the individual images and stitches them together to generate a digital three-dimensional model of the ear canal.

Claim (Index 18):
A method as recited in  claim 11 , wherein the illumination subsystem projects only ultraviolet light.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 30.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24638
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10476574', '10476624', '10476581', '14762435', '10476583']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6662796945046104
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4948395410221985
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6491356791563693
- Mean Citation Score: 228.264068
- Max Citation Score: 235.04077
- Similarity Product: 169.9001650379932

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