PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15912481
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["180", "024080"]

Abstract:
A robot has a robot body on a frame structure, the robot body having at least one enclosed space to hold at least one delivery item. At least one sensing device detects objects along a direction of motion of said robot. The robot has six wheels, where at least two wheels on a side of the frame are connected to each other. The axis of rotation of each wheel is substantially fixed with respect to the robot during forward, rearward, and turning motion of the robot. During transition, via a substantially vertical obstacle, from a first substantially horizontally surface to a second substantially horizontally surface higher than the first substantially horizontally surface, one of the connected wheels causes an upward or a downward force to be applied to the other connected wheel.

Claim (Index 24):
A method of operating a robot having: (A) a robot body on a frame structure, said robot body having at least one enclosed space; (B) at least one sensing device constructed and adapted to detect objects along a direction of motion of said robot; and (C) six wheel mechanisms, comprising: (C)(1) on a left side of said frame: (i) a left front wheel mechanism including a left front wheel, (ii) a left rear wheel mechanism including a left rear wheel, and (iii) a left middle wheel mechanism including a left middle wheel and positioned between the left front wheel and the left rear wheel, and (C)(2) on a right side of said frame: (iv) a right front wheel mechanism including a right front wheel, (v) a right rear wheel mechanism including a right rear wheel, and (vi) a right middle wheel mechanism including a right middle wheel, positioned between the right front wheel and the right rear wheel, wherein at least two of the wheel mechanisms on a side of the frame are connected to each other,\n the method comprising: (a) moving said robot in a forward direction along a first surface; and (b) in response to said robot encountering a substantially vertical obstacle between said first substantially horizontal surface and a second substantially horizontal surface higher than said first substantially horizontal surface, traversing said substantially vertical obstacle, wherein, during transition, via said obstacle, from said first substantially horizontal surface to said second substantially horizontal surface, one of the connected wheel mechanisms causes a force to be applied to the other connected wheel mechanism.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 27.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94595
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10680446', '15475813', '13719784', '12118117', '11684421']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8625105760820486
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4756990509683055
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8238294235706743
- Mean Citation Score: 172.22766199999995
- Max Citation Score: 179.02895
- Similarity Product: 123.36700821832716

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

Dataset: test