PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15970520
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["440", "075000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed is an control device of an outboard motor, including: a computation unit configured to set, as a starting point, a timing before a gearshift mechanism is shifted from forward to neutral after an accelerator opening level is fully closed in a case where an operator's manipulation is performed from forward to neutral, and compute a time-series change of an engine rotation speed as a simulated ship speed on the basis of the engine rotation speed detected by an engine rotation speed detector at the starting point; and a control unit configured to control an actuator such that, in a case where the operator's manipulation is performed from forward to reverse through neutral, the gearshift mechanism is maintained in the neutral position until the simulated ship speed estimated by the computation unit becomes a predetermined threshold value or lower, and is then shifted to reverse.

Claim (Index 1):
A control device for controlling an outboard motor including a power source, a propeller driven by a rotation force of the power source, a gearshift mechanism serving as a part of a power transmission mechanism between the power source and the propeller and shifting a gear position to a forward position, a neutral position, and a reverse position, and an actuator configured to drive the gearshift mechanism, the control device comprising:\n an input means configured to input a gear position caused by an operator's manipulation, an accelerator opening level caused by an operator's manipulation or a throttle valve opening level controlled depending on the accelerator opening level (hereinafter, collectively referred to as an accelerator opening level), and a rotation speed of the power source; a computation means configured to set, as a starting point, a timing before the gearshift mechanism is shifted from the forward position to the neutral position after the accelerator opening level is fully closed in a case where the operator's manipulation is a manipulation from the forward position to the neutral position, and compute a time-series change of a rotation speed of the power source as a simulated ship speed on the basis of the rotation speed of the power source at the starting point; and a control means configured to control the actuator such that, in a case where the operator's manipulation is a manipulation from the forward position to the reverse position through the neutral position, the gearshift mechanism is maintained in the neutral position until the simulated ship speed computed by the computation means becomes a predetermined threshold value or lower, and the gearshift mechanism is then shifted to the reverse position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09333
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15970572', '11902283', '16087948', '12394176', '13472609']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5963218462514696
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4661628461675793
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5833059462430805
- Mean Citation Score: 192.563342
- Max Citation Score: 227.53815
- Similarity Product: 196.2960737201929

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

Dataset: test