PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16286587
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["315", "186000"]

Abstract:
Control apparatus and system for controlling an output of a constant current driver are disclosed. A control apparatus is coupled between a constant current driver and a load, such as a lighting module, in order to add functionality to the overall system. The control apparatus is powered by the constant current driver and may control the dimming of the constant current driver by controlling the 0-10 V dim input into the driver. The control apparatus may comprise one or more switching elements between the constant current driver and the load to allow for mixing of groups of LEDs of various colors or color temperatures. The control apparatus may include a buffer load to mitigate negative impacts of turning on the lighting module after a period of deactivation. The control apparatus can also be adapted to operate as a dim-to-warm module within a lighting apparatus.

Claim (Index 2):
A control apparatus adapted to be coupled to a DC power source operable to generate a DC voltage across first and second nodes to maintain a particular current level flowing through a load coupled between the first and second nodes, the particular current level being determined based upon an indication of a dimming level, the control apparatus comprising:\n a voltage control module adapted to be coupled to the first and second nodes and operable to generate a controlled voltage independent of the DC voltage generated by the DC power source across the first and second nodes; and a control module powered by the controlled voltage and operable to generate the indication of the dimming level; whereby the control module at least in part controls the particular current level set by the DC power source flowing through the load coupled between the first and second nodes.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02667
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15465589', '15465593', '15465591', '15052873', '14804327']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7240921342098914
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.546473379542827
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7063302587431849
- Mean Citation Score: 337.546698
- Max Citation Score: 387.05927
- Similarity Product: 333.1939190200019

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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