PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15916222
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["084", "723000"]

Abstract:
Provided is an electronic percussion instrument that is capable of simulating a playing technique for an acoustic percussion instrument. A tubular body part is opened on an axial end surface, and a head is attached to the axial end surface to be struck on the front surface. A capacitance sensor includes an electrode that generates a capacitance with respect to a detected conductor, such as a human body, positioned on the front surface side of the head. Because the capacitance sensor detects a change of a capacitance corresponding to a distance between the electrode and the detected conductor, whether the detected conductor approaches (contacts) the head or presses the head can be determined. As a result, the playing technique for the acoustic percussion instrument is simulated.

Claim (Index 1):
A detecting method of an electronic percussion instrument, comprising:\n providing a tubular body opened on an axial end surface; providing a head attached to the axial end surface of the body and having a front surface to be struck; providing a capacitance sensor comprising an electrode, which generates a capacitance with respect to a detected conductor located on a front surface side of the head, and detecting a change of the capacitance corresponding to a distance between the electrode and the detected conductor; and providing a sensor for detecting whether the electronic percussion instrument is struck.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09091
- Patent Class: 84.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15431775', '11030033', '11514805', '13571267', '10733587']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5556636769464017
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5121152680459001
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5513088360563516
- Mean Citation Score: 207.667822
- Max Citation Score: 335.17065
- Similarity Product: 332.0464330798477

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

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