PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15946270
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["348", "230100"]

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: a light source that applies light at a timing according to a light emission control signal; a light receiver that performs exposure to reflected light from an object at different timings according to an exposure control signal, and outputs exposure signals generated as a result of the exposure; a calculator that calculates a distance to the object; and a controller that outputs the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal for any of: modulating a length of a light emission period and an exposure period by increasing or decreasing the number of pulses of each of the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal; and modulating a repetition sequence of the light emission period and the exposure period while maintaining a phase relationship between the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal, randomly or in conformity with a specific rule.

Claim (Index 10):
A solid-state imaging element used for an imaging device that measures a distance to an object by applying light to and receiving reflected light from the object, the imaging device including: a controller that outputs a light emission control signal and an exposure control signal; a light source that applies the light at a timing according to the light emission control signal; the solid-state imaging element; and a calculator that receives a plurality of exposure signals and calculates the distance, the controller outputting the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal for any of: modulating a length of a light emission period of the light source and an exposure period of the solid-state imaging element for generating each of the plurality of exposure signals, by increasing or decreasing the number of pulses of each of the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal; and modulating a repetition sequence of the light emission period and the exposure period while maintaining a phase relationship between the light emission control signal and the exposure control signal, randomly or in conformity with a specific rule,\n wherein the solid-state imaging element performs exposure at a plurality of different timings according to the exposure control signal, and outputs the plurality of exposure signals generated as a result of the exposure at the plurality of different timings.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40909
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15882493', '15045851', '14965901', '15883938', '14973002']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6665050066525047
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.476809804448178
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.647535486432072
- Mean Citation Score: 234.414176
- Max Citation Score: 245.56366
- Similarity Product: 230.8223750798213

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

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