PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15878579
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["348", "113000"]

Abstract:
A vision system for a vehicle includes a windshield camera module having a camera and a circuit board, with the camera having a field of view through the windshield and forward of the vehicle. The camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at the circuit board via a flexible electrical connection, where the circuitry (i) provides power to the camera, (ii) controls the camera and (iii) receives image data from the camera. With the camera module at the windshield, at least a portion of the circuit board is further from the windshield than the lens of the camera. With the camera module at the windshield, at least a portion of the circuit board is disposed at the windshield higher up than the lens of the camera. An image processor processes captured image data and is part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle.

Claim (Index 1):
A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:\n a camera module disposed at a windshield of a vehicle; wherein said camera module comprises a camera and a circuit board; wherein, with said camera module disposed at the windshield, said camera has a field of view forward of the vehicle and through the windshield of the vehicle; wherein said camera comprises (i) an imager and (ii) a lens; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said camera is electrically connected to circuitry established at said circuit board; wherein said camera is electrically connected to said circuitry established at said circuit board via a flexible electrical connection; wherein, via said flexible electrical connection, said circuitry established at said circuit board (i) provides power to said camera, (ii) controls said camera and (iii) receives image data from said camera; wherein, with said camera module disposed at the windshield, at least a portion of said circuit board is disposed at the windshield further from the windshield than said lens of said camera; wherein, with said camera module disposed at the windshield, at least a portion of said circuit board is disposed at the windshield higher up than said lens of said camera; wherein said image processor comprises part of a driver assistance system of the vehicle; and wherein said driver assistance system comprises at least one system selected from the group consisting of (i) a vehicle headlamp control system of the vehicle, (ii) a lane change assistance system of the vehicle, (iii) a lane departure warning system of the vehicle, (iv) an object detection system of the vehicle, (v) a traffic sign recognition system of the vehicle and (vi) a distance determining system operable to determine distance to a leading vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.5
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15494646', '15180643', '14112343', '15871173', '14377939']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.613902668620873
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5215959162163447
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6046719933804201
- Mean Citation Score: 299.1705780000001
- Max Citation Score: 330.67462
- Similarity Product: 314.58094449584723

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

Dataset: test