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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Inventor:
Kumar Roshan Mehta, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Assignee:
ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 35/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00623 (2013.01); G01N 35/02 (2013.01); G06T 7/55 (2017.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G01N 2035/00643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A monitoring device for monitoring a sample handling system comprising: Further disclosed is a transport control system for controlling transport of a plurality of sample container holders of a sample handling system, a sample handling system for handling a plurality of samples, a method for identifying an obstacle, a method for determining a distance between the obstacle and a monitoring device and a method for controlling a monitoring device and computer programs and computer-readable storage media for performing the methods.