PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980509
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["356", "004010"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems can augment 360 degree panoramic LIDAR results (e.g., from a spinning LIDAR system) with color obtained from color cameras. A color-pixel-lookup table can specify the correspondence between LIDAR pixels (depth/ranging pixels) and color pixels, which may be done at different viewing object distances. The operation of the color cameras can be triggered by the angular positions of the LIDAR system. For example, a color image of a particular camera can be captured when the LIDAR system is at a particular angular position, which can be predetermined based on properties of the cameras (e.g., shutter speed). Alternatively or in addition, a common internal clock can be used to assign timestamps to LIDAR and color pixels as they are captured. The corresponding color pixel(s), e.g., as determined using a color-pixel-lookup table, with the closest timestamp can be used for colorization.

Claim (Index 11):
A method comprising:\n determining a first angular position of a light ranging and detection (LIDAR) system that rotates; acquiring, by the LIDAR system, a first LIDAR pixel at the first angular position; storing, in memory of the LIDAR system, the first LIDAR pixel; determining that the first angular position equals a first specified value associated with a first color camera, wherein the first specified value is set such that the first LIDAR pixel is within an angular field of view of the first color camera; as a result of determining that the first angular position equals the first specified value, causing the first color camera to acquire a first color image, the first color image comprising a set of color pixels; storing the first color image in memory; and generating, by a processor of the LIDAR system, a first colorized LIDAR pixel by assigning, to the first LIDAR pixel, at least one color value from at least one color pixel of the set of color pixels using a color-pixel lookup table stored in the memory, wherein the color-pixel lookup table defines mappings between a plurality of LIDAR pixels and the set of color pixels.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9186
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15719366', '15047525', '15139183', '15385181', '15129655']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6889579470222624
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4797755877061168
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.668039711090648
- Mean Citation Score: 161.711566
- Max Citation Score: 170.47818
- Similarity Product: 117.1566613258338

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

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