PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16526061
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-07
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
An assistive device and method for non-visually discerning a three-dimensional (3D) real-world area surrounding a user, comprises a haptic feedback interface that includes a plurality of haptic elements. The assistive device receives sensor data of the 3D real-world area within a first proximity range of the assistive device from a plurality of different types of sensors that are communicatively coupled to the assistive device. The assistive device establishes a mapping of a plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the plurality of haptic elements in a defined region of the haptic feedback interface, based on the received sensor data. A haptic feedback generator generates a touch-discernible feedback on the haptic feedback interface based on the established mapping. The touch-discernible feedback comprises a plurality of differential touch-discernible cues to enable the user to non-visually discern the 3D real-world area surrounding the user.

Claim (Index 9):
The assistive device according to  claim 1 , wherein the second circuitry is further configured to update the mapping of the plurality of objects within the first proximity range to the at least one haptic element of the plurality of haptic elements in the defined region of the haptic feedback interface,\n wherein the mapping is updated based on a change in position of at least one movable object of the plurality of objects or the user, and wherein the change in the position is detected in real time or near-real time from the sensor data.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.4127
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15709793', '16297960', '15709882', '15709985', '16298016']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.700530005572719
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.531409760888155
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6836179811042626
- Mean Citation Score: 298.637692
- Max Citation Score: 365.3443
- Similarity Product: 332.08273963314286

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

Dataset: test