PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15753605
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["701", "043000"]

Abstract:
When the state where steering torque detected by a torque detection unit is normal and the value of the steering torque is the same as or larger than a threshold value continues, an assist command generation unit that generates an assist command corresponding to steering torque produced by a driver limits the assist command; a failure determination unit includes a first failure determination unit that performs determination on a failure regardless of the limitation of the assist command and a second failure determination unit that performs determination on a failure while the assist command is limited, and stops driving of a motor when the second failure determination unit determines that there exists a failure.

Claim (Index 16):
An electric power steering apparatus comprising:\n a torque detector that detects steering torque produced by a driver of a vehicle; a motor that assists steering by a driver; an assist command generator that generates an assist command corresponding to the steering torque; a motor driver that drives the motor, based on the assist command; and a failure determiner that performs determination on a failure in the motor or the motor driver, wherein when the state where steering torque detected by the torque detector is normal and the value thereof is the same as or larger than a predetermined threshold value continues, the assist command generator limits the assist command, wherein the failure determiner includes a first failure determiner that performs determination on the failure regardless of the limitation of the assist command and a second failure determiner that performs determination on the failure when the limitation is applied to the assist command, and wherein when the second failure determiner determines that the failure exists, the failure determiner stops driving of the motor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14545
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13738399', '11836410', '15531535', '11921279', '14182392']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.420150040353327
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4940046602658804
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4275355023445824
- Mean Citation Score: 257.291612
- Max Citation Score: 264.77634
- Similarity Product: 222.69590877620087

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

Dataset: test