PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15872034
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["356", "032000"]

Abstract:
Data acquisition devices for analyzing reference objects and systems for monitoring turbine component deformation are provided. A data acquisition device has a longitudinal axis and includes a lens assembly and an image capture device in communication with the lens assembly for receiving and processing light from the lens assembly to generate images. The data acquisition device further includes a light source and a light tube coupled at a rear end to the light source. The light tube extends along the longitudinal axis between a front end and the rear end, and is operable to transport light from the light source therethrough and emit the light from the front end. The data acquisition device further includes an actuator operable to activate the image capture device and the light source.

Claim (Index 1):
A system for monitoring turbine component deformation, the turbine component having an exterior surface, the system comprising:\n a passive strain indicator configurable on the exterior surface of the turbine component; and a data acquisition device for analyzing the passive strain indicator, the data acquisition device comprising:\n a lens assembly; \n an image capture device in communication with the lens assembly for receiving and processing light from the lens assembly to generate images; \n a light source; \n a light tube coupled at a rear end to the light source and extending along a longitudinal axis between a front end and the rear end, the light tube operable to transport light from the light source therethrough and emit the light from the front end; \n an actuator operable to activate the image capture device and the light source; \n a shell, the shell surrounding the lens assembly, the image capture device, the light source, and the light tube; and \n a plurality of spacers disposed proximate the front end of the light tube, each of the plurality of spacers extending from the shell and sized to space the front end of the light tube from the exterior surface of the turbine component when the data acquisition device is in an operative position in contact with the exterior surface of the turbine component.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.23333
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15384528', '14687170', '15384513', '15442778', '15450089']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.713090594404692
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4966666538504386
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6914482003492667
- Mean Citation Score: 241.303988
- Max Citation Score: 300.4974
- Similarity Product: 293.66845748069284

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

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