PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872308
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["348", "162000"]

Abstract:
The present invention relates to an image sensor for spectral imaging, said image sensor comprising: an array of light-detecting elements; and at least one filter arrangement being arranged on the array for defining a plurality of separate sensor blocks comprising at least: a first mosaic block associated with a first mosaic filter and comprising a first plurality of rows of the array to acquire a first sub-image in two spatial dimensions, wherein image points in the first sub-image has a spectral resolution defined by unique wavelength bands detected in sub-groups of the light-detecting elements; and a second block comprising a second plurality of rows of the array to acquire a second sub-image in two spatial dimensions wherein each image point in the second sub-image corresponds to a single light-detecting element.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for spectral imaging, said method comprising:\n acquiring a first frame with an image sensor comprising an array of light-detecting elements arranged in rows and columns, said first frame comprising a first sub-image depicting an object acquired by a first sensor block of the array, wherein the first sensor block comprises a first plurality of rows and wherein the light-detecting elements of the first sensor block are arranged to detect light of a first wavelength band, wherein the first sensor block is a first mosaic block associated with a first mosaic filter, wherein the first mosaic block is divided into sub-groups of light-detecting elements, wherein each sub-group extends across at least two rows and at least two columns and the first mosaic filter is arranged to transmit a plurality of unique wavelength bands to the light-detecting element within the sub-group, wherein one wavelength band is transmitted to each light-detecting element, wherein one or more of the sub-groups are repeated across the rows and columns of the array of the first mosaic block such that the light-detecting elements of the first mosaic block are arranged to acquire the first sub-image in two spatial dimensions, wherein image points in the first sub-image has a spectral resolution defined by the unique wavelength bands in each sub-group; acquiring a second frame after the image sensor and the object are moved in relation to each other, wherein the second frame is acquired with the array of light-detecting elements arranged in rows and columns, said second frame comprising a second sub-image depicting the object acquired by a second sensor block of the array, wherein the second sensor block comprises a second plurality of rows and wherein the light-detecting elements of the second sensor block are arranged to detect light of a second wavelength band, wherein the second sensor block is a further mosaic block associated with a further mosaic filter, wherein the further mosaic block is divided into sub-groups of light-detecting elements, wherein each sub-group extends across at least two rows and at least two columns and the further mosaic filter is arranged to transmit a plurality of unique wavelength bands to each light-detecting element within the sub-group, wherein one wavelength band is transmitted to each light-detecting element, wherein one or more of the sub-groups are repeated across the rows and columns of the array of the further mosaic block such that the light-detecting elements of the further mosaic block are arranged to acquire the second sub-image in two spatial dimensions, wherein image points in the second sub-image has a spectral resolution defined by the unique wavelength bands in each sub-group, and acquiring a third frame after the image sensor and the object are moved in relation to each other, wherein the third frame is acquired with the array of light-detecting elements arranged in rows and columns, said third frame comprising a third sub-image depicting the object acquired by a third sensor block of the array, wherein the third sensor block comprises a third plurality of rows and wherein each light-detecting element of the third block is arranged to detect light of a common wavelength band such that the light-detecting elements of the third block are arranged to acquire the third sub-image in two spatial dimensions wherein each image point in the third sub-image corresponds to a single light-detecting element in the array.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10769
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14539981', '14267758', '11577860', '12328881', '12374308']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6147039584061894
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4899877963824677
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6022323422038172
- Mean Citation Score: 192.560628
- Max Citation Score: 203.3056
- Similarity Product: 137.96907218265534

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

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