PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16101323
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["463", "002000"]

Abstract:
A sports simulator calculates spin of a sports object using image analysis. A velocity vector is also calculated. These are combined to produce a predicted future trajectory of the sports object. In one embodiment, the sports object is a golf ball and the sports simulator simulates golf.

Claim (Index 28):
A method for predicting a future trajectory of a golf ball in a golf simulator, using at least one processor, the method comprising:\n detecting, utilizing the at least one processor, a striking of the golf ball; in response to the detecting the striking of the golf ball, utilizing the at least one processor to:\n trigger a shutter of a camera to open, \n trigger a strobe controller to flash at least one strobe light such that the golf ball is illuminated multiple times while the shutter is open, and \n trigger the camera to capture multiple images of the illuminated golf ball on a single image frame before the shutter is closed; \n compute a spin of the golf ball, utilizing the at least one processor, based on at least two of the multiple images of the illuminated golf ball from the single image frame; and predict, utilizing the at least one processor, the future trajectory of the golf ball based at least in part on the computed spin; and provide the predicted future trajectory of the golf ball to a screen for subsequent display.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.52941
- Patent Class: 463.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12688659', '14586620', '11837289', '14306081', '14855292']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3878059523012388
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5084854359608594
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3998739006672008
- Mean Citation Score: 341.847772
- Max Citation Score: 345.56808
- Similarity Product: 222.2322038140297

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