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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Siva A. Vanapalli, Lubbock, TX (US);
Deepak E. Solomon, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Tech University System, Lubbock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/04 (2006.01); G01N 11/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/04 (2013.01); G01N 11/06 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G01N 2011/008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention includes a method and an apparatus for determining the viscosity of a fluid. The apparatus comprising that includes a microchannel connected to a glass capillary in fluid communication with the microchannel, a digital camera positioned with respect to the glass capillary to capture two or more images of a fluidic slug as a fluid travels within the glass capillary, and a processor communicably coupled to the digital camera that determines a viscosity of the fluid based on the two or more digital images.