PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964383
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["396", "133000"]

Abstract:
An endoscope apparatus includes an optical system including a focus lens, a connector to which an interchangeable optical system is connected, an image sensor configured to output a captured image based on the optical system and the interchangeable optical system, and a processor including hardware. The processor performs a determination process of determining whether the interchangeable optical system is a known or unknown optical system, implements a first step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be a known optical system, and implements a second step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be an unknown optical system and controls the focus lens based on step amount information determined.

Claim (Index 19):
A method for operating an endoscope apparatus including an optical system including a focus lens configured to adjust an in-focus object position and a connector to which an interchangeable optical system is connected, the method comprising:\n performing a determination process of determining whether the interchangeable optical system is a known or unknown optical system; determining step amount information, indicating a control amount of the focus lens of the optical system, based on a first step amount determination process when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be a known optical system or based on a second step amount determination process, different from the first step amount determination process, when the interchangeable optical system is determined to be an unknown optical system; and controlling the focus lens based on the step amount information determined.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 24.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.48
- Patent Class: 396.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15099377', '14228652', '13896821', '14843209', '13864383']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7029529396740225
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4785875748877446
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6805164031953947
- Mean Citation Score: 198.326458
- Max Citation Score: 208.65916
- Similarity Product: 162.34665115655898

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

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