PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16119033
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
A multi-dimensional track pad is described that acts as human-machine interface (HMI). Inputs to the HMI can be made not only using the tradition two-dimensional (X-Y) inputs of a track pad, but also a third dimension, force, and even a fourth dimension, time. Tactile or audible feedback to the inputs can be provided. Methods of using the HMI to control a system are described as well as a track pad system that utilizes the HMI in communication with a processor.

Claim (Index 23):
A method of selecting and controlling a system using a track pad, the method comprising:\n providing a track pad integrated into a steering mechanism of a vehicle, said track pad comprising at least a touch interface positioned over an array of force sensors that are arranged to have a width and a length, and wherein said track pad is not associated with a display; receiving, by the track pad, a touch force; passing at least a portion of said touch force through the touch interface to one or more force sensors of the array of force sensors; transmitting, by the one or more force sensors of the array of force sensors, force information to a processor in communication with the array of force sensors; determining, by the processor, from the force information one or more force positions along the width and length and corresponding force magnitudes; selecting, by the processor, a system from among a plurality of systems, wherein the system is selected based at least in part on the corresponding force magnitudes along the width and the length; selecting, by the processor, a control message from among a plurality of control messages to send to the system based on one or more of a time the touch force is applied to the track pad at one of the one or more force positions, a change of the force touch from a first location to a second location on the track pad, a rate of change of the force touch from the first location to the second location on the track pad, a direction of the change of the force touch from the first location to the second location on the track pad, a length from the first location to the second location of the force touch, a change in the corresponding force magnitudes of the touch force, and a rate of change of the corresponding force magnitudes of the touch force; and sending, by the processor, the selected control message to the selected system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67273
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14291845', '14509598', '12635614', '14097145', '15063195']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6389154143227304
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5023919444152164
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.625263067331979
- Mean Citation Score: 216.60782000000003
- Max Citation Score: 308.13672
- Similarity Product: 298.7694439069605

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

Dataset: test