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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Charm Sciences, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Inventors:
Richard T. Skiffington, North Reading, MA (US);
Robert S. Salter, Reading, MA (US);
Robert J. Markovsky, Brentwood, NH (US);
Stanley E. Charm, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Charm Sciences, Inc., Lawrence, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); C12Q 1/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 5/20 (2006.01); G08B 21/18 (2006.01); G06T 5/40 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1463 (2013.01); C12Q 1/02 (2013.01); G06T 5/20 (2013.01); G06T 5/40 (2013.01); G06T 7/0016 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G08B 21/182 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0065 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01);
Abstract
Reader observation and monitoring of the imaging of biological development is shown and described. In one embodiment, a method for monitoring biological growth includes identifying an alert from comparing a background value identified on a plate to a non-background value identified on a plate. In particular examples, a pre-filter, threshold, and histogram analysis identifies an alert count.