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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2023
Stratec SE, Birkenfeld, DE;
Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US);
Volker Von Einem, Birkenfeld, DE;
Timo Ottenstein, Birkenfeld, DE;
Jaiganesh Srinivasan, Birkenfeld, DE;
Christian Luca, Birkenfeld, DE;
Andra Petrovai, Birkenfeld, DE;
Dan-Sebastian Bacea, Birkenfeld, DE;
Nicoleta-Ligia Novacean, Birkenfeld, DE;
Demetrio Sanchez-Martinez, Bedford, MA (US);
Mark Wheeler, Bedford, MA (US);
Christopher Almy, Jr., Bedford, MA (US);
STRATEC SE, Birkenfeld, DE;
Instrumentation Laboratory Company, Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for reducing the responsibility of the user significantly by applying an optical system that can identify container like sample tubes with respect to their characteristics, e.g., shapes and inner dimensions, from their visual properties by capturing images from a rack comprising container and processing said images for reliably identifying a container tyle.