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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:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2006
Applicants:
Songtao LI, Arcadia, CA (US);
Ming Hsieh, So. Pasadena, CA (US);
Xian Tang, West Covina, CA (US);
Ankuo Wang, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Inventors:
Songtao Li, Arcadia, CA (US);
Ming Hsieh, So. Pasadena, CA (US);
Xian Tang, West Covina, CA (US);
Ankuo Wang, Santa Ana, CA (US);
Assignee:
3M Cogent, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method for determining a concentration of a biological target including capturing an image of a ticket that contains the biological target; extracting a region of interest from the captured image; detecting a target from the extracted region of interest; computing intensity of the target in the region of interest; and determining the concentration of the biological target according to the computed intensity.