PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749566
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["340", "435000"]

Abstract:
An ultrasonic sensor ( 10 ) includes a transmission and reception unit ( 11 ) for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave, a holder ( 12 ) and an attachment ( 13 ) for fixing the transmission and reception unit ( 11 ) to the bumper ( 1 ) of a vehicle, and light source units ( 14 a,  14 b ) mounted in a back side of the bumper ( 1 ). The holder ( 12 ) is shaped so as to be exposed on a surface of the bumper ( 1 ), and guides light beams emitted by the light source units ( 14 a,  14 b ) to the surface of the bumper ( 1 ), to project the light beams from a light projecting surface ( 12 a ) to the outside of the vehicle.

Claim (Index 10):
An obstacle detection apparatus comprising:\n a transducer for transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic wave; one or more light sources to be mounted in a back side of a bumper of a vehicle; an optical element configured in such a manner that at least a part of the optical element is exposed on a front surface of the bumper, wherein the optical element is configured to guide light emitted by the one or more light sources to a front surface of the bumper and to project the light to an outside of the vehicle; a processor to execute a program; and a memory to store the program which, when executed by the processor, results in the processes of: controlling transmission and reception of the ultrasonic wave by the transducer; detecting an obstacle by using a result of transmission and reception of the ultrasonic wave by the transducer; and causing the one or more light sources to emit light when the transducer transmits the ultrasonic wave or when the obstacle detection unit detects an obstacle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57895
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13641312', '11896302', '11491942', '13075521', '11898521']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6272040301336728
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4851112132922842
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6129947484495339
- Mean Citation Score: 176.52079600000005
- Max Citation Score: 187.01657
- Similarity Product: 148.32674302966598

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