PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16051015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["348", "370000"]

Abstract:
An article image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a camera that captures an image of an article. A first lighting unit illuminates a first side of the article facing the camera. The article is positioned between a second lighting unit and the camera. The second lighting unit illuminates a second side of the article. The camera captures a first image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned on. The camera captures a second image of the surface when the first lighting unit is turned off and the second lighting unit is turned on. A processor determines, based on the second image, an outer shape of the article. The processor extracts, from the first image, an image of the article based on the outer shape of the article. A storage device saves the extracted image of the article.

Claim (Index 13):
The device according to  claim 11 , further comprising:\n a transparent plate having the surface on which the article is placed, wherein the upper side lighting unit is positioned above the transparent plate, and the lower side lighting unit is positioned below the transparent plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.29787
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15891945', '15053552', '14770528', '13892430', '14776729']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.590032300922921
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4974264790089597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5807717187315249
- Mean Citation Score: 155.88523800000004
- Max Citation Score: 163.45593
- Similarity Product: 93.74172862341642

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

Dataset: test