PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16356043
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["701", "028000"]

Abstract:
A passive infra-red guidance system and method for augmenting operation of an autonomous vehicle on a roadway includes at least one forward-looking infra-red imaging sensor mounted on the vehicle in operative communication with an image processor tied into the vehicle's operational system. The system determines the left and right edges of the roadway using thermal imaging, and then determines the centerline of the travel lane in which the vehicle is travelling based on the determined left and right edges of the roadway. The system then compares the determined centerline of the travel lane with the actual position of the vehicle and identifies any adjustment needed for the vehicle's position based on the comparison. The left and right edge determination may comprise identifying a difference between a thermal signature representative of the roadway and a thermal signature representative of a non-roadway portion that is located proximate to the roadway portion.

Claim (Index 20):
A method for centrally locating a vehicle on a roadway, said method comprising:\n identifying tire tracks of a previous vehicle's travel on the roadway using thermal imaging; determining a travel path based on the identified tire tracks; determining a target centerline of the travel path; comparing the determined target centerline of the travel path with an actual position of the vehicle; and identifying any adjustment for the vehicle's position based on the comparison; wherein the tire track identification comprises identifying a thermal difference between a first thermal signature on a portion of the roadway traversed by the previous vehicle's tires and a second thermal signature representative of a portion of the roadway not traversed by the previous vehicle's tires.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02597
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16354833', '14938352', '15883223', '14951356', '15673343']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4346769985654488
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5107625049417408
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.442285549203078
- Mean Citation Score: 213.15767
- Max Citation Score: 309.052
- Similarity Product: 221.3913771052361

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

Dataset: test