PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15757489
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["345", "418000"]

Abstract:
An initial 3D microstructural image of at least a part of a sample consisting of at least one mineral is obtained. Then, a mineral distribution image of at least one part of the sample is obtained so that each obtained mineral distribution image at least partially overlaps with the obtained initial 3D microstructural image and spatial registration with the obtained initial 3D microstructural image is provided in overlapping regions. Then at least one local feature in each point of the obtained initial 3D microstructural image is extracted by a computing system. A correspondence is found between the extracted local features in each point of the overlapping regions in the obtained initial 3D microstructural image and the minerals in the corresponding points in the overlapping regions in the obtained mineral distribution images. The extracted local features in each point of the obtained initial 3D microstructural image and the found correspondence are used for segmenting the obtained initial 3D microstructural image. A 3D mineral model of the sample is created from the segmented initial 3D microstructural image.

Claim (Index 29):
A system for creating a 3D mineral model of a heterogeneous media sample, the system comprising:\n a first image producing device configured to produce an initial 3D microstructural image of at least a part of the sample, a second image producing device for obtaining a mineral distribution image of at least one part of the sample so that each obtained mineral distribution image at least partially overlaps with the produced initial 3D microstructural image, a computing device coupled to the first and the second image producing devices and comprising: at least one computer processor, input and output devices in communication with the computer processors, storage media storing one or more computer programs with computer-readable instructions that when executed by the computer processors cause the processors to perform the steps of: providing spatial registration of the mineral distribution images and the initial 3D microstructural image in overlapping regions of the images, extracting at least one local feature in each point of the 3D microstructural image, finding correspondence between the extracted local features in each point of the overlapping regions in the initial 3D microstructural image, and minerals of the corresponding points in the overlapping regions in the mineral distribution images, segmenting the initial 3D microstructural image using the extracted local features in each point of the initial 3D microstructural image and the correspondence between the extracted local features and the minerals, creating the 3D mineral model of the sample from the segmented initial 3D microstructural image.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 77.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.08475
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14411415', '14992367', '14475313', '15562205', '12673483']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6255270492504464
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695786870259789
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6099322130279997
- Mean Citation Score: 174.88995400000005
- Max Citation Score: 182.99507
- Similarity Product: 144.2775333051729

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

Dataset: test