PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16373578
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["701", "070000"]

Abstract:
An automatic braking system and method are provided for controlling the automatic operation of a pneumatic (air) brake system installed on commercial highway vehicles and the like, particular heavy trucks and buses. When a possible collision is detected or an object is detected in proximity to at least one side and/or end of the vehicle, the system automatically operates the existing, factory installed air braking system of the vehicle to avoid a collision or mitigate the collision impact by concurrently pressurizing each of the rear and front pneumatic service brakes of the vehicle. Pressing the existing vehicle brake pedal deactivates the automatic braking system, thereby permitting the driver to take over control of braking at any time.

Claim (Index 22):
A method of automatic braking of a moving vehicle that has pneumatic brakes and a vehicle brake pedal, the method comprising the steps of:\n a) monitoring for the presence of obstacles that are either:\n (i) in proximity of at least one side and/or end of the vehicle; or \n (ii) within a pre-set time to collision value in front of the vehicle; \n b) activating automatic braking when an object is either:\n (i) detected in proximity of at least one side and/or end of the vehicle; or \n (ii) detected within said pre-set time to collision value in front of the vehicle; \n wherein automatic braking is activated by energizing at least one solenoid operated pneumatic valve which opens said energized solenoid operated pneumatic valve and initiates flow of air from an air pressure reservoir through said open solenoid operated pneumatic valve, wherein said air then flows concurrently to each of a front left pneumatic brake assembly, a front right pneumatic brake assembly, to rear left brake assemblies that form a rear left pneumatic brake unit and to rear right brake assemblies that form a pneumatic brake unit, thereby causing the concurrent engaging of all of said brakes assemblies; and wherein pressing the vehicle brake pedal causes the solenoid of each open solenoid operated pneumatic valve to de-energize, thereby causing all of said open solenoid operated pneumatic valves to close, and thereby deactivating automatic braking.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.68
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16188175', '15439261', '15961656', '14606485', '13483314']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4457939886151959
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5400467676477274
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4552192665184491
- Mean Citation Score: 331.67759399999994
- Max Citation Score: 391.01953
- Similarity Product: 302.5179191917228

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

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