PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15991138
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["200", "341000"]

Abstract:
A keyboard device includes a key structure, a switch circuit board, a supporting plate and an identification module. The key structure includes a keycap and a fingerprint sensing module. The fingerprint sensing module is installed on an inner surface of the keycap in order to acquire a fingerprint information of a finger. The identification module is located under the supporting plate and electrically connected with the fingerprint sensing module. The identification module receives the fingerprint information and determines whether an unlocking operation of unlocking a computer is performed according to the fingerprint information. Since the keycap is not equipped with a hollow region and the fingerprint sensing module is not exposed, the keyboard device has the aesthetically-pleasing appearance.

Claim (Index 1):
A keyboard device, comprising:\n a key structure comprising a keycap and a fingerprint sensing module, wherein the keycap is exposed outside the keyboard device, and the fingerprint sensing module is installed on an inner surface of the keycap, wherein when a finger placed on an outer surface of the keycap is detected by the fingerprint sensing module, a fingerprint information of the finger is acquired; a switch circuit board located under the key structure, wherein when the switch circuit board is triggered by the key structure, a key signal is generated; a supporting plate located under the switch circuit board, wherein the key structure and the switch circuit board are supported by the supporting plate; and an identification module electrically connected with the fingerprint sensing module, and receiving the fingerprint information, wherein the identification module determines whether an unlocking operation is performed according to the fingerprint information, wherein the fingerprint sensing module is covered by the keycap and not exposed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22807
- Patent Class: 200.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15450437', '15627104', '15596176', '15627083', '15331535']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8249590045625694
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.460888635432394
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7885519676495519
- Mean Citation Score: 311.3662720000001
- Max Citation Score: 312.8461
- Similarity Product: 259.4521238268613

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

Dataset: test