PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15743948
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["382", "106000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are described for generating a distance map (e.g., a map of disparity, depth or other distance values) for image elements (e.g., pixels) of an image capture device. The distance map is generated based on an initial distance map (obtained, e.g., using a block or code matching algorithm) and a segmentation map (obtained using a segmentation algorithm). In some instances, the resulting distance map can be less sparse than the initial distance map, can contain more accurate distance values, and can be sufficiently fast for real-time or near real-time applications. The resulting distance map can be converted, for example, to a color-coded distance map of a scene that is presented on a display device.

Claim (Index 13):
The apparatus of  claim 9  including:\n an infra-red projector to project an infra-red pattern onto the scene; and \n a plurality of stereo images sensors that are sensitive to infra-red radiation and to light in the visible part of the spectrum, wherein a first one of the stereo image sensors is controlled to acquire a first image of the scene while the infra-red pattern is projected onto the scene, and wherein a second one of the stereo image sensors is controlled to acquire a second image of the scene while the infra-red pattern is projected onto the scene; \n wherein the first engine is configured to apply the matching algorithm to the first and second images to generate the initial distance map; \n wherein at least one of the first or second stereo image sensors is controlled to acquire a third image of the scene while the infra-red pattern is not projected onto the scene; and \n wherein the segmentation engine is configured to apply the segmentation algorithm using the third image to generate the segmentation map.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09231
- Patent Class: 382.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15752682', '15749825', '13278184', '14089300', '14578404']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3598633761052092
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5092842263726354
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3748054611319519
- Mean Citation Score: 228.049144
- Max Citation Score: 253.70798
- Similarity Product: 160.64575812054633

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