PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15949149
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["348", "069000"]

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes an imaging element, a video signal generating circuit, an illuminator, and one or more controllers. An imaging area in which a plurality of pixels are disposed includes a scanning area. In a case in which a first operation mode is set, the one or more controllers control the imaging element such that at least parts of the exposure periods of the pixels disposed in at least a part of the scanning area overlap each other. In a case in which a second operation mode is set, the one or more controllers control the illuminator such that the light source is turned on in a period in which at least parts of the exposure periods of the pixels disposed in at least a part of the scanning area overlap each other.

Claim (Index 21):
A method of operating an endoscope apparatus, comprising:\n a first step; a second step; and a third step, wherein the endoscope apparatus includes:\n an imaging element configured to generate imaging signals by imaging a subject and include a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix pattern, an imaging area in which the plurality of pixels are disposed including a scanning area, the imaging signals being read from at least a part of the pixels of each row in the scanning area; \n a video signal generating circuit configured to generate video signals from the imaging signals; \n an illuminator including a light source configured to generate illumination light emitted to the subject; and \n one or more controllers configured to\n control the imaging element and the illuminator in accordance with a set operation mode among a plurality of operation modes, the plurality of operation modes including a first operation mode and a second operation mode, \n control the illuminator such that the light source is continuously controlled to be turned on in exposure periods of all of the pixels disposed in the scanning area in the first step, in a case in which the first operation mode is set, \n control the imaging element such that at least parts of the exposure periods of the pixels disposed in at least a part of the scanning area overlap each other in the second step, in a case in which the second operation mode is set, and \n control the illuminator such that the light source is turned on in a period in which at least parts of the exposure periods of the pixels disposed in at least a part of the scanning area overlap each other in the third step, in a case in which the second operation mode is set.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 56.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.6
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15948264', '14472606', '12561050', '15351527', '12765265']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5713014727410031
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5207890212893515
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.566250227595838
- Mean Citation Score: 220.689056
- Max Citation Score: 329.73175
- Similarity Product: 308.49810055324434

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

Dataset: test