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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:
Sep. 20, 2005

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2003
Applicants:

Samuel Chen, Penfield, NY (US);

Krishnan Chari, Fairport, NY (US);

Martin C. Kaplan, Rochester, NY (US);

Douglas L. Vizard, Durham, CT (US);

Joaquin Calcines, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Inventors:

Samuel Chen, Penfield, NY (US);

Krishnan Chari, Fairport, NY (US);

Martin C. Kaplan, Rochester, NY (US);

Douglas L. Vizard, Durham, CT (US);

Joaquin Calcines, West Henrietta, NY (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J003/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of determining one or more color characteristics of a colored microsphere comprising: providing a microarray of microspheres, at least one of which has a color characteristic; capturing the microarray with an electronic color image sensor assembly having a matrix of pixels to produce an electronic microarray image; detecting the location of a microsphere within the captured microarray image; and identifying a color characteristic of the detected microsphere.


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