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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.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2004
Applicants:
Keiichi Yamaguchi, Kobe, JP;
Hideo Kusuzawa, Kobe, JP;
Kouhei Shiba, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for processing particle images are described that include: receiving image information obtained by capturing an image of a particle; determining the circumferential length and number of inflection points in the contour of a particle image based on the received image information; and calculating the degree of irregularity of the particle based on the determined circumferential length and number of inflection points.