PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16198394
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["381", "071400"]

Abstract:
A virtual engine sound system for a vehicle includes: a speaker mounted on an intake system, and generating an anti-noise sound with inverted phase to an engine noise of an internal combustion engine or a virtual sound; and a valve which is movable between an open position in which an outlet of an air cleaner is opened and a closed position in which the outlet of the air cleaner is closed. The speaker is controlled by an ECU, and the valve is controlled by a valve controller. The ECU controls the speaker to generate the anti-noise sound in an operating condition in which the internal combustion engine is operating, and controls the speaker to generate the virtual sound in an operating condition in which the internal combustion engine is not operating.

Claim (Index 1):
A virtual engine sound system for a vehicle, the virtual engine sound system comprising:\n a speaker mounted on an intake system, and configured to generate an anti-noise sound with inverted phase to an engine noise of an internal combustion engine and a virtual sound; a valve which is movable between an open position in which an outlet of an air cleaner is opened and a closed position in which the outlet of the air cleaner is closed; a valve controller configured to control the valve to move between the open position and the closed position, depending on whether the internal combustion engine is operating; and one or more controllers configured to control the speaker and further configured to control operation of the valve; wherein the one or more controllers are configured to control the speaker to generate the anti-noise sound in an operating condition in which the internal combustion engine is operating, and further configured to control the speaker to generate the virtual sound in an operating condition in which the internal combustion engine is not operating, wherein the valve and a throttle valve are mounted in a downstream side intake conduit connected to the outlet of the air cleaner, wherein the valve is disposed between the outlet of the air cleaner and the throttle valve, wherein the valve is disposed upstream from the throttle valve, wherein the valve controller controls the opening rate of the valve in connection with the operation of the throttle valve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 15.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57407
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14394537', '16197420', '10578317', '13883614', '15227225']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7104316564345193
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.48329938677363
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6877184294684304
- Mean Citation Score: 200.557854
- Max Citation Score: 211.52339
- Similarity Product: 164.33180165583968

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