PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16205889
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["367", "088000"]

Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are therefore provided for producing a 3D image of an underwater environment. An example method for providing an image of an underwater environment includes analyzing sonar returns to identify and display objects, such as fish or debris, in a 3D view. Such an image allows for differentiation between the sea floor and objects in a 3D sonar view. Some example methods provide for real-time tracking of fish. Further, the fish or other objects may be displayed over a continuous surface geometry based on sonar returns from a lake, sea, or river “floor.”

Claim (Index 8):
The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more groups of sonar returns associated with the one or more objects in the underwater environment further comprises:\n generating a first 2D representation of each sonar return in at least one cluster, wherein the first 2D representation includes the x coordinate and the y coordinate of each sonar return in the at least one cluster; generating a second 2D representation of each sonar return in at least one cluster, wherein the second 2D representation includes the x coordinate and the z coordinate of each sonar return in the at least one cluster; generating a third 2D representation of each sonar return in at least one cluster, wherein the third 2D representation includes the y coordinate and the z coordinate of each sonar return in the at least one cluster; and analyzing the first 2D representation, the second 2D representation, and the third 2D representation to determine one or more characteristics of the at least one cluster, wherein the one or more characteristics of the at least one cluster include at least one of a shape, a size, and a direction of movement of an object associated with each cluster.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.67164
- Patent Class: 367.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15098603', '15060032', '14683573', '14683578', '14683583']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6271908896992197
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5771973534228214
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6221915360715798
- Mean Citation Score: 372.535946
- Max Citation Score: 460.34903
- Similarity Product: 441.5597216561698

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