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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:
Jun. 16, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:

Bio-rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);

Inventors:

Keith Kotchou, Walnut Creek, CA (US);

Kevin McDonald, Novato, CA (US);

James Lee, San Ramon, CA (US);

Assignee:

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/76 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10064 (2013.01); G01N 21/76 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 5/50 (2013.01); H04N 5/2355 (2013.01); G06T 2200/21 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10144 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20208 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image system for detecting chemiluminescence in a sample uses a highly binned, short exposure initial image to calculate the exposure time for a final image of the sample. After calculation of the exposure time, at least two final images are taken, with saturated pixels removed and replaced in a first image with corresponding unsaturated pixels from a second image. The corresponding pixels are adjusted to reflect the different intensity levels between the first and second images, and the first image becomes the final image reflecting the detected chemiluminescence.


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