PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15867497
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["348", "375000"]

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus includes a USB connector compliant with a USB standard, and is configured to be electrically connectable to a device including an adaptor apparatus via the USB connector. The imaging apparatus includes a system control circuit that detects whether the adaptor apparatus is electrically connected via the USB connector, and a switch that performs processing for changing a signal group to be assigned to terminals of the USB connector, according to a result of detection by the system control circuit.

Claim (Index 21):
An imaging system comprising:\n an adaptor apparatus; and an imaging apparatus including a USB connector compliant with a USB standard, the imaging apparatus being configured to be electrically connectable to a device including the adaptor apparatus via the USB connector, wherein the imaging apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect whether the adaptor apparatus is electrically connected via the USB connector, a second detection unit configured to, in a case where the first detection unit detects that the adaptor apparatus is connected, detect whether another device connected to the adaptor apparatus is a device capable of communication of a communication standard different from the USB standard, and a signal assignment unit configured to perform processing for changing a signal group to be assigned to terminals of the USB connector, according to a result of detection by the first detection unit and a result of detection by the second detection unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.85106
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15636495', '11892604', '12273016', '14532096', '14805277']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6101110194039928
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4569524483364084
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5947951622972344
- Mean Citation Score: 166.592728
- Max Citation Score: 179.39517
- Similarity Product: 154.65718646962344

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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