PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15762429
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["356", "402000"]

Abstract:
An illumination system incorporating a multi-faceted mirror in operative communication with an array of discrete illumination sources. The multi-faceted mirror may accept incident light beams from discrete illumination sources located at different positions and then deliver a reflected output to a common location for direct acceptance by an optical/imaging device or by a light guide transmission device operatively connected to a downstream optical/imaging device. Individual light sources may be selected and/or combined in a defined sequence by selectively activating and deactivating such light sources electronically with no need for moving parts. By pulsing different illumination sources, the optical/imaging system may be provided with a feed of narrow-band illumination for use in imaging. Outputs from several illumination sources can also be combined if desired to produce a custom-tuned illumination spectrum for a particular application.

Claim (Index 20):
An illumination system adapted to supply defined wavelength light to an optical imaging device, the illumination system comprising:\n a substantially dome-shaped mirror of unitary metal construction comprising a substantially flat top surface and a substantially flat bottom surface and a central axis extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, a plurality of faceted, angled perimeter surfaces of substantially trapezoidal geometry disposed in side-by-side relation about the perimeter of the mirror, the faceted perimeter surfaces sloping downwardly and radially away from the top surface at an angle of about 25 degrees to about 65 degrees relative to the central axis, the mirror further comprising a base portion disposed between the bottom surface and the faceted perimeter surfaces, wherein the base portion comprises a plurality of substantially vertical lower perimeter surfaces of rectangular or square geometry disposed in side-by-side relation about the perimeter of the mirror in substantially aligned relation with the faceted angled perimeter surfaces, wherein the mirror is formed from a single piece of machined aluminum; a plurality of selectively activatable, defined wavelength light emitting diodes defining light sources disposed circumferentially about the mirror in substantially concentric relation to the mirror, the light sources each being adapted to direct a light emission of discrete, defined wavelengths to an opposing faceted perimeter surface on the mirror at an incident intensity and wherein said light emission is reflected by the opposing faceted angled perimeter surface to produce a reflected light output having a reflected intensity of not less than about 5 mW, wherein the reflected light output from each of the faceted angled perimeter surfaces is directed to a common reflection location; and a light guide operatively coupled to the optical imaging device, the light guide having a light intake positioned to receive reflected light outputs from each of the faceted perimeter surfaces for transmission to the optical imaging device such that upon activation of one or more of the light sources, reflected light from said one or more light sources is supplied to the optical imaging device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65476
- Patent Class: 356.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14419855', '12194602', '12473745', '13741476', '13788022']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6844249047536758
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4964154121224253
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6656239554905508
- Mean Citation Score: 163.25448799999995
- Max Citation Score: 213.22256
- Similarity Product: 136.4633758198929

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

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