PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15865002
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["348", "308000"]

Abstract:
An over sampled image sensor in which the pixel size is small enough to provide spatial oversampling of the minimum blur size of the sensor optics is disclosed. Image processing to detect targets below the typical limit of 6× the temporal noise floor is also disclosed. The apparatus is useful in detecting dimmer targets and targets at a longer range from the sensors. The inventions exploits signal processing, which allows spatial temporal filtering of the superpixel image in such manner that the Noise Equivalent Power is reduced by a means of Superpixel Filtering and Pooling, which increases the sensitivity far beyond a non-oversampled imager. Overall visual acuity is improved due to the ability to detect dimmer targets, provide better resolution of low intensity targets, and improvements in false alarm rejection.

Claim (Index 12):
The imaging system of  claim 1 , wherein said circuitry is operative to:\n capture a first image by storing a first intensity value from each pixel of said plurality of individual pixels; capture a second image by storing a second intensity value from each pixel of said plurality of individual pixels; for each pixel of said plurality of individual pixels, subtract said first intensity value from said second intensity value to obtain a remainder value associated with each pixel of said plurality of individual pixels; compare each said remainder value to a predetermined threshold value to determine whether each said remainder value exceeds said predetermined threshold value; for each pixel of said plurality of individual pixels associated with one of said remainder values that exceeds said predetermined threshold value, determine whether each of said second number of others of said pixels within said predetermined area associated with said particular pixel is also associated with a remainder value that exceeds said predetermined threshold value; associate a value indicative of a verified signal with said particular pixel if at least a predetermined number of said remainder values associated with said second number of others of said pixels exceed said predetermined threshold value; and associate a value indicative of a false signal with said particular pixel if at least said predetermined number of said remainder values associated with said second number of others of said pixels do not exceed said predetermined threshold value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 32.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61628
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13663290', '15002185', '13740227', '12967807', '12466191']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6555053414649453
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6017149769644231
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6501263050148931
- Mean Citation Score: 327.787
- Max Citation Score: 522.77423
- Similarity Product: 492.7756577967919

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