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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:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2009
Applicants:
Kirk William Gossage, Milford, CT (US);
Tyna A. Hope, Wakefield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kirk William Gossage, Milford, CT (US);
Tyna A. Hope, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods disclosed herein include: (a) determining positions of a plurality of cells based on one or more images of the cells; (b) for at least some of the plurality of cells, generating a matrix that includes two-dimensional information about positions of neighboring cells, and determining one or more numerical features based on the information in the matrix; and (c) classifying the at least some of the plurality of cells as belonging to at least one of multiple classes based on the numerical features.