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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.:

US 12529879 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2024

External movable stage system for automated cell microscopic imaging and analysis

Applicant:

Metatech (Ap) Inc., New Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Tsung-Chi Chen, New Taipei, TW;

Ying-Chen Yang, Taipei, TW;

Tzu-Lung Sun, New Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

METATECH (AP) INC., New Taipei, TW;

Attorney:

WPAT, PC

Primary Examiner:

Sath V Perungavoor

Assistant Examiner:

Tyler B Edwards

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/26 (2006.01); G01N 35/04 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01); G08B 3/10 (2006.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/26 (2013.01); G01N 35/04 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/16 (2022.01); G06V 10/82 (2022.01); G06V 20/693 (2022.01); G06V 20/695 (2022.01); G06V 40/10 (2022.01); G06V 40/28 (2022.01); G08B 3/10 (2013.01); G16H 30/20 (2018.01); G01N 2035/0429 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract

An external movable stage system for automated cell microscopic imaging and analysis comprises a microscope and an external movable stage device. The external movable stage device is attached to the microscope and configured to assist the microscope in observing a cell sample and to avoid vibration of the microscope. The external movable stage device comprises an automatic stage module, a control module and an image positioning module. The automatic stage module comprises a stage adjustment structure and a movable stage connected to the stage adjustment structure. The control module is configured to move the movable stage in scanning manner so that all parts of the sample plate pass through the objective lens of the microscope to obtain sub-images. The image positioning module is configured to automatically adjust the focal length of the microscope lens, and when the displacement of the sub-images is detected, the sub-images is automatically adjusted to the correct position, and the sub-images is synthesized to produce a full image by an image processing method.

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