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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2018
Applicant:

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);

Inventors:

Patrick Wissmann, Munich, DE;

Benjamin S. Pollack, Jersey City, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/12 (2017.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00732 (2013.01); G01J 1/0295 (2013.01); G01N 35/00623 (2013.01); G01N 35/00693 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06V 20/698 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01);
Abstract

A quality check module for characterizing a specimen and/or a specimen container including stray light compensation. The quality check module includes an imaging location within the quality check module configured to receive a specimen container containing a specimen, one or more image capture devices configured to capture images of the imaging location from one or more viewpoints, and one or more light sources configured to provide back lighting for the one or more image capture devices, and one or more stray light patches located in an area receiving stray light from the one or more light sources enabling stray light affecting the images to be compensated for and to provide a stray light compensated image. Calibration methods, methods of characterizing a specimen, specimen testing apparatus including a quality check module, and specimen container carriers including one or more stray light patches are provided, as are other aspects.


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