PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16006926
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
A user interface system for controlling a vehicle operation including a printed circuit board (PCB) that has a front side and a back side. A top layer that is electrically conductive defines the front side of the PCB. A plurality of indicia are etched into the top layer. An applique overlies the front side of the PCB. At least one proximity sensor is integrated into the front side of the PCB for detecting user object adjacent to the associated indicia and outputting a corresponding detection signal. The PCB further includes a base layer under the top layer. The base layer is at least partially formed of an optically transparent material. At least one light emitting device is positioned on the back side of the PCB for illuminating the indicia. A controller unit is coupled to the at least one proximity sensor and the at least one light emitting device.

Claim (Index 11):
A keypad assembly for controlling a vehicle operation, comprising:\n a printed circuit board including a top layer being formed of an electrically conductive material defining a front side of the printed circuit board and a base layer disposed under the top layer being at least partially formed of an optically transparent material defining the back side of the printed circuit board; an applique being at least semi-transparent overlying the front side of the printed circuit board and defining a touch surface; the printed circuit board including a plurality of indicia etched into the top layer, wherein the plurality of indicia are defined by an absence of the electrically conductive material; the printed circuit board including a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on the back side of the printed circuit board, each of the plurality of light emitting devices associated with one of the plurality of indicia for selectively illuminating the optically transparent material of the base layer under the associated one of the plurality of indicia to illuminate the one of the plurality of indicia; and the printed circuit board including a plurality of capacitive electrodes integrated into the front side of the printed circuit board and each being aligned with and associated with one of the plurality of indicia for detecting a user object contacting the touch surface adjacent to the one of the plurality of indicia and outputting a corresponding detection signal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13333
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15935803', '15358762', '14728052', '11739738', '15597247']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6415642987245032
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4963403809406603
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6270419069461189
- Mean Citation Score: 201.454594
- Max Citation Score: 224.82115
- Similarity Product: 151.5182847536504

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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