PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15955147
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["381", "339000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for enhancing microphone performance of a voice-controlled smart home device is disclosed. The apparatus generally comprises a lower ring having a first diameter an upper ring having a second diameter and a reflective surface. The reflective surface is disposed along the perimeter of the apparatus so as to directionally alter incoming sound waves and focus them toward an array of microphones.

Claim (Index 11):
An apparatus for enhancing microphone performance of a voice-controlled smart home device, the apparatus comprising:\n at least one ring-shaped structure defining a circumference; a plurality of acoustic reflecting structures disposed on an upper surface of the at least one ring-shaped structure, each acoustic reflecting structure in the plurality of acoustic reflecting structures comprising a concave interior portion extending along an x-axis and y-axis from an upper surface of the at least one ring-shaped structure to define a parabolic curve, the concave interior portion being oriented adjacent to an outer perimeter of the at least one ring-shaped structure; and, at least one orientation indicator disposed on the at least one ring-shaped structure, the at least one orientation indicator corresponding to the location of one or more microphones on a voice-controlled smart home device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.43478
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15751025', '15840844', '13743551', '15099252', '10524709']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6073865118924712
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4800588087149884
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5946537415747228
- Mean Citation Score: 105.2188948
- Max Citation Score: 116.160355
- Similarity Product: 77.18999580485462

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

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