PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16055891
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["701", "028000"]

Abstract:
A self-propelling item of luggage, for example a suitcase, includes at least a storage area, a drive, a camera, and a data processing device which is designed to recognize an authorized user in a predefined distance range by means of at least one image captured with the camera and on the basis of at least one visual feature extracted from the image, and to actuate the drive so that the item of luggage follows the authorized user in a self-propelling manner at a distance, where the at least one visual feature is characteristic of at least one item of clothing of the authorized user. A method for operating such a self-propelling item of luggage is also described.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for operating the self-propelling item of luggage of  claim 1 , comprising\n capturing at least one image of the authorized user of the self-propelling item of luggage using the camera of the self-propelling item of luggage; extracting at least one visual feature from the image based on which the authorized user can be recognized; and actuating the drive ( 14 ) of the self-propelling item of luggage so that the item of luggage follows the authorized user at a distance which lies in a predefined distance range in response to recognizing the authorized user, wherein the at least one visual feature is determined by at least one item of clothing of the authorized user, and at least one of the at least one visual feature is selected from a coloring of the at least one item of clothing of the authorized user, a size of the clothing of the authorized user, or a proportion of at least two items of clothing of the authorized user, and the at least one visual feature comprises a recognition element worn by the authorized user.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.1
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13879403', '14979680', '14952996', '15784511', '15330988']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.395579331383143
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4588952053025598
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4019109187750847
- Mean Citation Score: 113.2719638
- Max Citation Score: 117.423294
- Similarity Product: 83.36259238518906

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

Dataset: test