PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118345
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "407100"]

Abstract:
A haptic system includes a haptic ring that is worn on the finger of a user. The haptic ring includes a flexible tube that is positioned against the finger pad of the user and configured to transport a fluid across the finger pad of the user. A first pump is configured to pump a warm fluid into the flexible tube and a second pump is configured to pump a cold fluid into the flexible tube, thereby providing a haptic sensation of temperature. A valve is positioned downstream of the haptic ring that is configured to open and close to modulate the pressure of the fluid, thereby providing a haptic sensation of pressure and/or vibration to the finger pad of the user. The haptic ring is unobtrusive and therefore does not significantly interfere with the ability of the user to perceive tactile sensations of the real world.

Claim (Index 13):
The haptic ring device of  claim 11 , further comprising:\n an expansion constraint coupled to the tube router that restricts expansion of the haptic section of the tube; and a valve that is fluidly connected to the tube and that is at least partially closed when the haptic section of the tube outputs the first physical stimulus, wherein the first fluid has a first pressure when the valve is at least partially closed, the haptic section of the tube expands against the expansion constraint in response to the first pressure, and the first portion of fluid generates the first physical stimulus via a transfer of force that results when the haptic section of the tube expands against the expansion constraint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.59322
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15016302', '12061463', '12910156', '14664740', '15801262']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.653299294642109
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4706480497105371
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6350341701489518
- Mean Citation Score: 144.99313999999995
- Max Citation Score: 155.26978
- Similarity Product: 120.4183777720201

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