PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767783
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["315", "082000"]

Abstract:
A device and a method for controlling at least one headlight for a motor vehicle involve a control apparatus, at least one sensor configured to detect information about objects in a surrounding area of the motor vehicle and to supply the detected information to the control apparatus. The headlight can be adjusted by the control apparatus depending on at least one detected object. A range between at least one light source and at least one lens of the headlight can be adjusted by the control apparatus in order to adapt a projection of the light source to the at least one detected object.

Claim (Index 20):
A method for controlling at least one headlight in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:\n detecting, by at least one sensor, information about objects in a surrounding area of the motor vehicle; supplying, by the at least one sensor to a control apparatus, the information about the objects; adjusting, by the control apparatus, the at least one headlight depending on at least one detected object; adjusting, by the control apparatus, a range between at least one light source, which comprises a row or an array of light-emitting diodes or which comprises an array of micro-mirrors, and at least one lens of the headlight to focus a projection of the light source on the at least one detected object.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22917
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14548398', '13445032', '14238549', '15497294', '11031268']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6867413361917813
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4573202343864216
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6637992260112454
- Mean Citation Score: 143.809534
- Max Citation Score: 151.81673999999995
- Similarity Product: 123.91170383605952

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

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