PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16103366
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["348", "297000"]

Abstract:
When imaging bright objects, a conventional detector array can saturate, making it difficult to produce an image with a dynamic range that equals the scene's dynamic range. Conversely, a digital focal plane array (DFPA) with one or more m-bit counters can produce an image whose dynamic range is greater than the native dynamic range. In one example, the DFPA acquires a first image over a relatively brief integration period at a relatively low gain setting. The DFPA then acquires a second image over longer integration period and/or a higher gain setting. During this second integration period, counters may roll over, possibly several times, to capture a residue modulus 2 m  of the number of counts (as opposed to the actual number of counts). A processor in or coupled to the DFPA generates a high-dynamic range image based on the first image and the residues modulus 2 m .

Claim (Index 1):
A method of generating a motion-compensated representation of a scene with a detector element operably coupled to an m-bit counter, where m is a positive integer, the method comprising:\n generating, in the m-bit counter, a first count representative of detections by the detector element during a first integration period; generating, in the m-bit counter, a second count representative of detections by the detector element during a second integration period; performing a comparison of the first count to the second count; identifying motion in the scene based on the comparison of the first count to the second count; and generating the motion-compensated representation of the scene based at least in part on the first count and the motion in the scene, the motion-compensated representation of the scene having a bit depth greater than m bits.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81319
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15463590', '14261840', '14995557', '15331455', '15851611']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6742429716027296
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5449657020862438
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.661315244651081
- Mean Citation Score: 349.176756
- Max Citation Score: 393.264
- Similarity Product: 378.5505791473389

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

Dataset: test