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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Bio-rad Europe Gmbh, Basel, CH;
Thomas Picard, Chazay d'Azergues, FR;
Bruno De-Bastiani, Paris, FR;
Jean-Baptiste Ballereau, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Stephane Delaille, Saint-Cloud, FR;
Eric Millet, Riorges, FR;
Pierre Bony, Toulouse, FR;
Olivier Noel, Ecuvillens, CH;
Yves Raisin, Faoug, CH;
Clément Foissac, Villarepos, CH;
BIO-RAD EUROPE GMBH, Basel, CH;
Abstract
An apparatus for classifying a picture of a reaction of reactants in a predetermined container; the apparatus comprising a first neural network arranged for receiving an input picture of a reaction of reactants in a predetermined container and for providing, for each reaction category of a first plurality of reaction categories, a probability that the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to said reaction category; a second neural network arranged for, if the first neural response provides a highest probability that the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to a predetermined reaction category, receiving a predetermined portion of the input picture and providing, for each reaction category of a second plurality of reaction categories, a probability that said predetermined portion of the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to said reaction category.