PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947995
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "908000"]

Abstract:
A remote controlled mobile traffic control system which can be used in the place of a human flag person. A mobile platform with an adjustable traffic control indicator thereon is controlled by a remote control. The operator can move the platform and change the indication of the traffic control apparatus from a safe distance. The apparatus permits “flagging” of traffic in a moving traffic control zone arrangement, and operational safety is maximized. A traffic barrier arm is movable between deployed and retracted positions obstructing the path of oncoming traffic, for example by a remote controlled actuator or by remote controlled turning of the platform. A remote alarm unit accompanies to the work crew to alarm them of traffic entering the work zone without authorization or at unsafe speed. The apparatus can travel with a moving or changing work zone, either by human remote control or autonomous “follow me” functionality.

Claim (Index 11):
A remote controlled mobile traffic control apparatus comprising:\n a mobile platform; a locomotion system installed on the mobile platform to carry the mobile platform in a movable manner over a ground surface; a traffic control indicator mounted on the mobile platform and operable to display different traffic control indications to oncoming traffic approaching said mobile platform; a control module installed on the mobile platform and operable to receive incoming signals, and based on said incoming signals,-switch between the different traffic control indications displayed to the oncoming traffic and move the mobile platform over the ground surface via the locomotion system; and one or more remote devices operable to transmit said incoming signals to the control module from remote distances, wherein at least one of said remote devices comprises a worker-carried or worksite vehicle-carried leader device, wherein said control module and said leader device are configured to detect movement of the worker-carried or worksite vehicle-carried, and in response to said detected movement, autonomously drive the location system in a manner following said movement of said leader device, whereby the mobile platform and the traffic control indicator mounted thereon autonomously follow said worker or said worksite vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94048
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15362379', '11055558', '15655901', '15013107', '12577111']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6876250946534936
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5710695901329954
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6759695442014438
- Mean Citation Score: 202.39201
- Max Citation Score: 436.74652
- Similarity Product: 426.84741543892136

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