PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15896256
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["356", "006000"]

Abstract:
For test/calibration of an electro-optic range-finding device, one or more fiber bundles each are selected to have a length corresponding to predetermined time-of-flight for light pulses. An input end is positioned proximate to the laser aperture of the range-finding device to receive a portion of light emitted through the laser aperture, and the output end is positioned to emit light from the respective fiber bundle through the detector aperture of the range-finding device. A fiber attenuator is connected along each fiber of the one or more fiber bundles to attenuate an amplitude of light propagating through the respective fiber by an amount corresponding to a target of known reflectance and distance. The one or more fiber bundles are each coiled to reduce a linear distance over which the one or more fiber bundles extend. The one or more fiber bundles may each comprise a plurality of fibers.

Claim (Index 18):
An apparatus, comprising:\n a first fiber bundle having each having a first length selected such that time-of-flight for light pulses to travel from an input end of the first fiber bundle to an output end of the first fiber bundle corresponds to time-of-flight for the light pulses to travel a first distance in open air; a first fiber attenuator connected along each fiber of the first fiber bundle to attenuate an amplitude of light propagating through the respective fiber by an amount corresponding to reflection of light traveling in open air from a target of known reflectance at the first distance; a second fiber bundle having each having a second length selected such that time-of-flight for light pulses to travel from an input end of the second fiber bundle to an output end of the second fiber bundle corresponds to time-of-flight for the light pulses to travel a second distance in open air; and a second fiber attenuator connected along each fiber of the second fiber bundle to attenuate an amplitude of light propagating through the respective fiber by an amount corresponding to reflection of light traveling in open air from the target of known reflectance at the second distance, wherein the first and second fiber bundles are coiled to reduce a linear distance over which the first and second fiber bundles extend.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16901
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15851686', '10836022', '15841340', '15189580', '11320675']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7024346484414153
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4709782067656011
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6792890042738339
- Mean Citation Score: 186.72782
- Max Citation Score: 200.2699
- Similarity Product: 161.6365705651939

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

Dataset: test