PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882239
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["340", "917000"]

Abstract:
A bus lane prioritization system and method uses an approach magnetometer to detect a bus or other vehicle in a bus lane approaching an intersection, and an island exit magnetometer to detect when the vehicle has cleared the intersection. When the vehicle is approaching the intersection, the system signals a traffic light controller to control at least one traffic light to allow the vehicle in the bus lane to traverse the intersection without delay or with minimal delay, thereby prioritizing the bus lane. An optional crossing gate may also be used to prevent traffic from a perpendicular roadway from entering the intersection. When the vehicle clears the intersection, the system informs the traffic light controller that it is no longer necessary to configure the at least one traffic light to prioritize the bus lane, and optionally controls the crossing gate in a manner synchronized to the at least one traffic light.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for prioritizing bus lane traffic, the method comprising:\n determining at a system controller that a vehicle in a bus lane is approaching an intersection based on a signal from an approach magnetometer, wherein the signal from the approach magnetometer is created by a presence of a metallic object, wherein the approach magnetometer does not send a signal for the presence smaller metallic objects; in response to determining that the vehicle is approaching an intersection, sending a first signal from the system controller to a traffic signal controller to cause the traffic signal controller to set at least one traffic signal to a state that allows the vehicle to traverse the intersection until a further notice is received; determining that the vehicle has cleared the intersection based on a signal from an exit island magnetometer; and in response to determining that the vehicle has cleared the intersection, sending a second signal from the system controller to the traffic controller to inform the traffic signal controller that it no longer needs to set the at least one first traffic signal to a state that allows the vehicle to pass through the intersection.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22222
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15470627', '15150267', '14944349', '12496424', '12664049']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6547419841215744
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4846061599126947
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6377284017006865
- Mean Citation Score: 156.62841600000004
- Max Citation Score: 175.14796
- Similarity Product: 127.19394915304665

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