PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16234983
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["315", "152000"]

Abstract:
A security light technology to configure an automatically setting timer used for selecting and operating a light-on duration activated by a motion sensor is disclosed. The disclosed uses a shutoff transition mode to eliminate a hassle or hardship caused by an unexpected “shutoff” of illumination. The shutoff transition mode also serves a communication interface between the motion sensor and an occupant remaining in a detection space such that the occupant can interrupt the shutoff transition mode. The disclosed uses a software algorithm to detect and learn the motion characteristics of occupants in the detection space and thereby to automatically set a timer to operate the light-on duration triggered by a motion intrusion. The disclosed also teaches a dual mode motion sensing light configured with a short timer to manage a pathway illumination and a long timer to manage an occupancy illumination bridged by the shutoff transition mode.

Claim (Index 14):
A method for configuring a hybrid dual mode motion sensing security light capable of serving both a pathway illumination need and an occupancy illumination need, comprising:\n using a motion sensor working in conjunction with a controller to turn on the security light upon detecting a first motion signal to perform a first illumination mode with a first high level illumination and continue the first high level illumination for a short time duration set by a short timer before entering a process to turnoff the security light, wherein the first illumination mode is for serving a pathway illumination need; wherein the first illumination mode is a motion sensing illumination mode with the motion sensor continuing to detect new motion to renew a time counting of the short time duration set by the short timer; using a shutoff transition mode to turnoff the security light over a predetermined time period upon a maturity of the short time duration, wherein the shutoff transition mode is designed with a two-step shutoff process in the predetermined time period, wherein during a first step shutoff process, the first high level illumination is instantly dropped to a noticeably lower level illumination followed by a second step shutoff process to turn off the lower level illumination at an end of the predetermined time period; using the instant drop of light from the first high level illumination to the noticeably lower level to serve as a warning signal to an occupant remaining in a detection space; and using an interruption motion signal generated by the occupant responding to the warning signal to stop the two-step shutoff process and manage the security light to perform a second illumination mode with a second high level illumination for a long time duration before entering the turnoff process to turn off the lighting device, wherein the second illumination mode is for serving an occupancy illumination need, wherein the second illumination mode is a non-motion sensing illumination mode with the motion sensor being temporarily suspended; wherein upon the maturity of the long time duration, the controller manages the security light to enter the shutoff transition mode, wherein during the predetermined time period of the shutoff transition mode the motion sensor is reactivated; wherein during the shutoff transition mode if no motion signal is detected indicating the detection space is unoccupied, the security light is thereby successfully turned off.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16201219', '15856468', '15719846', '15785658', '15896403']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7666455505773501
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5400898064510308
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7439899761647182
- Mean Citation Score: 373.99475
- Max Citation Score: 391.73267
- Similarity Product: 308.7420773839307

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

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