PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15968811
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["356", "600000"]

Abstract:
A road surface detection system for a vehicle includes an optical emitter disposed at the vehicle and configured to emit a beam of light downward and forward of the vehicle. A receiver is disposed at the vehicle so as to receive light emitted by the optical emitter that is scattered or reflected from the road surface. The receiver includes a prism and an imager, and the prism refracts the light so that the imager captures received light that is refracted by the prism. A control includes a processor operable to process image data captured by the imager. The control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the imager, determines spectral characteristics of materials present on the road surface. The control may determine the type of material present on the road surface by determining the parts of the spectrum absorbed by the material.

Claim (Index 17):
The road surface detection system of  claim 14 , wherein said control communicates the signal to alert a driver of the vehicle of the determined type of material present at the road surface.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23529
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12883621', '13689798', '13942757', '15866503', '12802994']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7229433486601239
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4394407720016444
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.694593090994276
- Mean Citation Score: 122.1946012
- Max Citation Score: 126.51434
- Similarity Product: 93.07981376052857

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

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