PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16007768
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
A device obtains a signal representative of objects on a touch surface of a multi-touch sensing apparatus and executes a method for extracting touch data from the signal. The method operates in a sequence of detection frames. Each detection frame comprises the steps of: obtaining ( 300 ) the signal; processing ( 301 ) the signal for identifying touches; determining ( 302 ) a set of identified touches and touch data for the set of identified touches; and outputting ( 303 ) the touch data. At least one of the steps of processing ( 301 ) and determining ( 302 ) includes a prioritization that actively favors certain touches to be identified and included in the set of identified touches, respectively. Temporal prioritization favors a touch that corresponds to a previous touch, which is identified in one or more preceding detection frames. Spatial prioritization favors a touch that is located within at least one predefined subarea on the touch surface. The prioritization enables the touch data to be generated in way that is predictable, consistent and in accordance with user expectations within a general or specific context.

Claim (Index 33):
A multi-touch sensing apparatus, comprising: a touch surface, a plurality of sensors arranged within and/or around the touch surface and adapted to generate at least one signal representative of objects on the touch surface, and the device of  claim 31  or  32 .

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 46.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25843
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15632682', '14881739', '13807159', '14349003', '14993595']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6209360297370538
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5353194651635593
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6123743732797043
- Mean Citation Score: 268.868114
- Max Citation Score: 359.0046
- Similarity Product: 273.7269445098638

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

Dataset: test