PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16073381
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["315", "149000"]

Abstract:
In various embodiments, a lighting control apparatus ( 100 ) may include logic such as a controller ( 102, 202, 302, 502 ) and a thermal imaging sensor ( 108, 208, 308, 408 a - b,  508 ) operably coupled with the controller. The thermal imaging sensor may have at least one field of view ( 110, 210, 310, 410 a - b,  510 ) pointed at a surface ( 112, 212, 312, 412 a - b,  512, 612 ). The surface may exhibit various degrees of thermal conductivity. The controller may be configured to: receive a signal from the thermal imaging sensor, the signal being indicative of heat ( 114 ) captured by the surface and sensed by the thermal imaging sensor. Based on the signal received from the thermal imaging sensor, the controller may cause one or more light sources ( 104, 204, 304, 504 ) to emit light having one or more selected properties.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus, comprising:\n a controller; and a thermal imaging sensor operably coupled with the controller and having at least one field of view pointed at a surface; wherein the controller is configured to:\n receive a signal from the thermal imaging sensor, the signal being indicative of a thermal imprint created on the surface by a user and sensed by the thermal imaging sensor; \n identify, based on processing of the signal, one or more spatial or temporal aspects of the thermal imprint, the one or more spatial or temporal aspects comprising a shape of the thermal imprint; and \n transmit one or more commands selected based on the one or more identified spatial or temporal aspects.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 33.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.03297
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14296564', '11010840', '15328591', '15117290', '14201852']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6399654824528946
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4757644394930032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6235453781569056
- Mean Citation Score: 126.221376
- Max Citation Score: 129.3216
- Similarity Product: 91.931296427536

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

Dataset: test