PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15978688
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["381", "092000"]

Abstract:
A sound signal processing apparatus including a plurality of microphones, where each microphone is configured to receive the sound signal from the target source, a processor configured to estimate a first power measure on the basis of the sound signal from the target source received by a first microphone of the microphones and a second power measure on the basis of the sound signal from the target source received by at least a second microphone of the microphones, which is located more distant from the target source than the first microphone, and the processor is further configured to determine a gain factor on the basis of a ratio between the second power measure and the first power measure, and an amplifier configured to apply the gain factor to the sound signal from the target source received by the first microphone.

Claim (Index 14):
A sound signal processing method for enhancing a sound signal from a target source, comprising:\n receiving the sound signal from the target source by a plurality of microphones; estimating a first power measure on a basis of the sound signal from the target source received by a first microphone of the microphones and a second power measure on a basis of the sound signal from the target source received by a second microphone of the microphones, the second microphone being located further from the target source than the first microphone; determining a gain factor on a basis of a ratio between the second power measure and the first power measure; and applying the gain factor to the sound signal from the target source received by the first microphone to enhance the sound signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.92
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13904870', '13445560', '15915734', '09604904', '12547681']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7113476188427529
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.494428967764324
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6896557537349101
- Mean Citation Score: 252.288202
- Max Citation Score: 262.2184
- Similarity Product: 211.1458152749061

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

Dataset: test