PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118345
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "407100"]

Abstract:
A haptic system includes a haptic ring that is worn on the finger of a user. The haptic ring includes a flexible tube that is positioned against the finger pad of the user and configured to transport a fluid across the finger pad of the user. A first pump is configured to pump a warm fluid into the flexible tube and a second pump is configured to pump a cold fluid into the flexible tube, thereby providing a haptic sensation of temperature. A valve is positioned downstream of the haptic ring that is configured to open and close to modulate the pressure of the fluid, thereby providing a haptic sensation of pressure and/or vibration to the finger pad of the user. The haptic ring is unobtrusive and therefore does not significantly interfere with the ability of the user to perceive tactile sensations of the real world.

Claim (Index 18):
A computer-implemented method for outputting physical stimuli to a user, the method comprising:\n determining a first pump rate for a first pump based on a first sensor reading, wherein the first pump is fluidly connected to a haptic device that is worn on the finger of the user and includes a tube router and a tube that transports a fluid, wherein the tube router is coupled to the tube and positions a haptic section of the tube across a portion of the finger of the user, wherein the tube router and the haptic section form a ring around the finger of the user; and transmitting the first pump rate to the first pump to cause the first pump to pump a first portion of fluid through the tube, wherein the haptic device outputs a first physical stimulus to the finger of the user in response to the first pump pumping the first portion of fluid through the tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59322
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15016302', '12061463', '12910156', '14664740', '15801262']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6499832063731671
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4843397999484244
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6334188657306928
- Mean Citation Score: 144.99313999999995
- Max Citation Score: 155.26978
- Similarity Product: 107.76093012849331

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