PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947995
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["340", "908000"]

Abstract:
A remote controlled mobile traffic control system which can be used in the place of a human flag person. A mobile platform with an adjustable traffic control indicator thereon is controlled by a remote control. The operator can move the platform and change the indication of the traffic control apparatus from a safe distance. The apparatus permits “flagging” of traffic in a moving traffic control zone arrangement, and operational safety is maximized. A traffic barrier arm is movable between deployed and retracted positions obstructing the path of oncoming traffic, for example by a remote controlled actuator or by remote controlled turning of the platform. A remote alarm unit accompanies to the work crew to alarm them of traffic entering the work zone without authorization or at unsafe speed. The apparatus can travel with a moving or changing work zone, either by human remote control or autonomous “follow me” functionality.

Claim (Index 15):
A remote controlled mobile traffic control apparatus comprising:\n a mobile platform; a locomotion system installed on the mobile platform to carry the mobile platform in a movable manner over a ground surface; a support shaft standing upright from the mobile platform; and a traffic control indicator mounted on the support shaft at a spaced elevation above the mobile platform, said traffic control indicating comprising a set of one or more traffic lights operable to display different traffic control indications to oncoming traffic approaching said mobile platform; and a barrier arm movably mounted to said support shaft and movable into and out of a deployed position reaching laterally outward from said support shaft to obstruct a travel path of the oncoming traffic beside said mobile platform; wherein said support shaft comprises a rotatable portion on which the traffic control indicator and the barrier arm are mounted, and which is rotatable about an upright axis between a first position in which the traffic indicator faces forwardly from the mobile platform and the barrier arm reaches outwardly to a first lateral side of the mobile platform when deployed, and a second position in which the traffic indicator faces rearwardly from the mobile platform and the barrier arm reaches outwardly to an opposing second lateral side of the mobile platform when deployed.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94048
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15362379', '11055558', '15655901', '15013107', '12577111']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6920293376561226
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5613400203838187
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6789604059288923
- Mean Citation Score: 202.39201
- Max Citation Score: 436.74652
- Similarity Product: 340.97663699996946

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