PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15942934
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["315", "291000"]

Abstract:
An illumination light communication apparatus to be connected to a light source that emits illumination light due to a current from a constant current generation device, and that modulates the illumination light includes: a switch connected in series to the light source; a signal generator circuit that generates a binary communication signal which controls ON and OFF states of the switch to modulate the illumination light; a current suppression circuit that is connected in series to the light source and the switch, and that suppresses the current flowing in the light source so that a current setting value corresponding to a reference value is not exceeded; and a controller that can change an ON duty ratio of the switch through the communication signal. The controller changes the ON duty ratio of the switch during a transition period in which a current flowing in the current suppression circuit changes.

Claim (Index 9):
The illumination light communication apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the transition period is set during switching between a first light adjustment state and a second light adjustment state having different values for the average current flowing in the light source, and the controller first increases the ON duty ratio of the switch and then decreases the ON duty ratio during the transition period.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4375
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15388217', '13547361', '15394224', '14843458', '14356426']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7280598489566008
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5024790916125675
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7055017732221975
- Mean Citation Score: 210.88722400000003
- Max Citation Score: 272.70786
- Similarity Product: 222.47926893189307

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

Dataset: test