PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941912
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["358", "001130"]

Abstract:
A power management apparatus attached to a first image forming apparatus configured to switch a power supply switch to an OFF state, includes an energy storage device configured to supply electric power to the apparatus, a communication interface configured to receive a state of a second image forming apparatus from a communication device attached to the second image forming apparatus, and a mechanical switch configured to physically displace a power supply switch of the first image forming apparatus and turn a power supply of the first image forming apparatus ON and OFF based on the state of the second image forming apparatus.

Claim (Index 15):
An apparatus for switching an image forming apparatus from an on state to an OFF state based, at least in part, on the state of at least one additional image forming apparatus, comprising:\n a power supply section including a power supply switch settable in a power supply ON state wherein power is supplied to the image forming apparatus for operation thereof and a power supply OFF state wherein power is prevented from reaching at least a portion of the operational components of the image forming apparatus; a communication interface configured to receive the state of the power supply switch, and ambient illumination state information, of at least one additional image forming apparatus; a controller configured to:\n receive the state of the power supply switch and ambient illumination state information of the at least one additional image forming apparatus; and \n compare that information to user selectable settings; and \n a mechanical switch configured to physically interface with the power supply switch and thereby switch the power supply of the apparatus to the OFF state under the control of the controller based on the power supply switch and ambient illumination state information concerning the additional apparatuses.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 37.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.78947
- Patent Class: 358.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12044071', '14418069', '12845941', '14158555', '13867854']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4897664683266042
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4574857228709228
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4865383937810361
- Mean Citation Score: 114.29465
- Max Citation Score: 123.87684
- Similarity Product: 95.07553908529758

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

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