PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16033057
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["324", "207150"]

Abstract:
Systems and methods for vehicle detection and assessments of loop deterioration rely on changes in inductance of a loop sensor. The conductive element of the loop sensor is modeled using one or more inductances and one or more resistances. Sets of stimuli at different frequencies are provided to the loop sensor, and the resulting responses form the basis for vehicle detection and for an assessment whether the loop sensor has deteriorated.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for assessment of deterioration of a loop sensor, the method comprising:\n arranging a conductive element that is included in the loop sensor in a loop; generating a set of stimuli that is provided to the loop sensor, wherein the set includes individual stimuli, wherein the set includes a first stimulus having a first frequency and a second stimulus having a second frequency, and wherein the first and second frequencies are different from each other; generating, by the loop sensor, output signals conveying changes in inductance of the conductive element responsive to provision of the individual stimuli; determining, from the output signals produced responsive to the set of stimuli, impedances of the conductive element during the individual stimuli, wherein the impedances include:\n a first impedance determined responsive to provision of the first stimulus, \n a second impedance determined responsive to provision of the second stimulus; \n determining, from the impedances, model inductances and model resistances for a model of the loop sensor for the individual stimuli; determining a first aggregate model inductance based on aggregation of at least two individual model inductances that correspond to individual stimuli; and assessing whether the loop sensor has deteriorated based on one or more of the first aggregate model inductance, the determined model inductances, and the determined model resistances.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.5625
- Patent Class: 324.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15365127', '15418847', '11704470', '15802000', '14754315']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4845260112822862
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4492008247192312
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4809934926259807
- Mean Citation Score: 113.10750120000002
- Max Citation Score: 117.335976
- Similarity Product: 92.43687090535354

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

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