PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["348", "370000"]

Abstract:
An article image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a camera that captures an image of an article. A first lighting unit illuminates a first side of the article facing the camera. The article is positioned between a second lighting unit and the camera. The second lighting unit illuminates a second side of the article. The camera captures a first image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned on. The camera captures a second image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned off and the second lighting unit is turned on. A processor determines, based on the second image, an outer shape of the article. The processor extracts, from the first image, an image of the article based on the outer shape of the article. A storage device saves the extracted image of the article.

Claim (Index 1):
An article image capturing apparatus comprising:\n a camera configured and positioned to capture an image of a surface on which an article is placed; a first lighting unit configured and positioned to illuminate a first side of the article placed on the surface, the first side of the article facing the camera; a second lighting unit positioned facing the camera so that the surface on which the article is placed is between the second lighting unit and the camera, and configured to illuminate a second side of the article opposite the first side; a storage device; and a processor programmed to control the camera, the first lighting unit, the second lighting unit, and the storage unit to:\n capture a first image of the surface in a state in which the first lighting unit is turned on, \n capture a second image of the surface in a state in which the first lighting unit is turned off and the second lighting unit is turned on, \n determine, based on the second image, an outer shape of the article, \n extract, from the first image, an image of the article based on the outer shape of the article, and \n store the extracted image of the article in the storage device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.29787
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15891945', '15053552', '14770528', '13892430', '14776729']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.593406286281021
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4842004120830119
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5824856988612201
- Mean Citation Score: 155.88523800000004
- Max Citation Score: 163.45593
- Similarity Product: 107.0961214868563

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

Dataset: test