PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16356043
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["701", "028000"]

Abstract:
A passive infra-red guidance system and method for augmenting operation of an autonomous vehicle on a roadway includes at least one forward-looking infra-red imaging sensor mounted on the vehicle in operative communication with an image processor tied into the vehicle's operational system. The system determines the left and right edges of the roadway using thermal imaging, and then determines the centerline of the travel lane in which the vehicle is travelling based on the determined left and right edges of the roadway. The system then compares the determined centerline of the travel lane with the actual position of the vehicle and identifies any adjustment needed for the vehicle's position based on the comparison. The left and right edge determination may comprise identifying a difference between a thermal signature representative of the roadway and a thermal signature representative of a non-roadway portion that is located proximate to the roadway portion.

Claim (Index 27):
The method according to  claim 21 , further comprising the step of displaying the identified adjustment on at least one of a heads-up display and a see-through OLED panel, either affixed to the interior of a windshield of the vehicle or sandwiched between layers of said windshield, associated with the vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.02597
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16354833', '14938352', '15883223', '14951356', '15673343']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4343351632176838
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5135804885347317
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4422596957493885
- Mean Citation Score: 213.15767
- Max Citation Score: 309.052
- Similarity Product: 203.5473861021996

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

Dataset: test