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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventors:
Brian Bean, Baltimore, MD (US);
Steve Marlow, Clarksville, MD (US);
Bradley Scott Thomas, Timonium, MD (US);
Assignee:
Qiagen Gaithersburg, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2013.01); G06T 7/0008 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for visually inspecting pelletized samples. The method generates an inspection image of the bottom of a sample tube holder. The sample tube holder has a number of sample tube locations, and each sample tube location is configured to receive a sample tube in it. The inspection image is evaluated to determine whether a tube image exists for each sample tube location, and each sample tube image is evaluated to determine whether a pellet is located in each sample tube.