PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16257675
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["477", "097000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting powertrain torque in a vehicle based on driver intent. Driver intent is inferred based on foot motion inside a foot well monitored via a foot well region sensor and changes in clearance outside the vehicle monitored via a range sensor. By adjusting powertrain torque based on operator foot motion and traffic movements outside the vehicle, frequency of lash transitions can be reduced and lash transition initiation can be adjusted based on expected changes in torque demand.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for an engine coupled to a vehicle, comprising:\n responsive to a first operator foot-off accelerator pedal event, reducing engine torque to a threshold torque outside a lash region, and maintaining the engine torque at the threshold torque until a subsequent operator foot-on accelerator pedal event; responsive to a second operator foot-off accelerator pedal event, reducing engine torque to a threshold positive torque outside the lash region, then transitioning through the lash region at a slower rate to reduce engine torque to a threshold negative torque outside the lash region; and responsive to a third operator foot-off accelerator pedal event, reducing engine torque to the threshold positive torque outside the lash region, then transitioning through the lash region at a faster rate to reduce engine torque to the threshold negative torque outside the lash region.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.74
- Patent Class: 477.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15210631', '15434588', '15467195', '14566153', '14862214']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.753184882362298
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5881899887511163
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7366853930011799
- Mean Citation Score: 320.272002
- Max Citation Score: 503.82773
- Similarity Product: 426.43730948225794

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