PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15932751
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["315", "307000"]

Abstract:
A sensor, such as a motion sensor and/or an occupancy sensor, a soft switch relay controller, or a power pack can significantly reduce the in-rush current and thereby extend the life of relays and other electrical components susceptible to damage caused by in-rush current or voltage surges. The sensor, soft switch relay controller, and/or power pack can reduce the in-rush current when enabling or disabling a light source.

Claim (Index 1):
A motion sensor device comprising:\n a motion sensor configured to detect motion of an object; a relay configured to control whether a light source receives power; and a controller coupled to the motion sensor and the relay, wherein a 0-10V driver dimming wire couples the controller and the light source, where an active high/low wire couples the controller and the relay, and wherein the controller is configured to:\n receive a signal from the motion sensor indicating that motion of the object is detected; \n output a first voltage on the 0-10V driver dimming wire that causes a current passing through the relay to reach a first level; \n receive an indication from the relay that the current passing through the relay has reached the first level; \n instruct the relay to close via the active high/low wire; and \n output a second voltage on the 0-10V driver dimming wire, wherein the second voltage is higher than the first voltage.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63043
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15439682', '15387835', '14562452', '15167962', '14813006']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6446861140985729
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4879242840519172
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6290099310939073
- Mean Citation Score: 161.07204199999995
- Max Citation Score: 222.71127
- Similarity Product: 185.50222744875668

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