PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16175662
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["348", "308000"]

Abstract:
An imaging system for capturing light over a wide dynamic range and method for operating the same are provided. In some aspects, the method includes positioning an imaging pixel to image a scene described by light signals that extend over a wide dynamic range, and selecting a different integration time for at least two photodiodes in the imaging pixel based on light signals received by the imaging pixel, wherein the photodiodes are coupled to a sense node, and each photodiode is controlled using a different transfer gate. The method also includes performing a readout of the imaging pixel using a readout circuit connected to the sense node, wherein a capacitance associated with the sense node is modified during the readout of the at least two photodiodes.

Claim (Index 24):
The system of  claim 23 , where the controller, the gain capacitor and the readout circuit cooperate to read out the different integration times, read out in order from the first photodiode that has a shorter integration time to the second photodiode that has a longer integration time, and the controller is configured to electrically connect the gain capacitor to the sense node when the shorter integration time is being readout by the readout circuit and disconnect the gain capacitor to the sense node when the longer integration time is being read out.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91429
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15238063', '11303769', '16028769', '11030843', '14739981']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.618583565185455
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5329055042105122
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6100157590879608
- Mean Citation Score: 253.593866
- Max Citation Score: 337.17563
- Similarity Product: 227.03724274469616

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