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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. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Joshua Carney, Mölndal, SE;
Inventor:
Joshua Carney, Mölndal, SE;
Assignee:
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); G06T 7/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); A61F 13/84 (2013.01); G06T 7/602 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8488 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8491 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30124 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for measuring the absorption of fluid in an absorbent product includes at least the following steps performed by a mobile device having an image capturing device: capturing at least one image of a used absorbent product; determining a measure of absorption of fluid by the product based on image information in the captured image; and displaying information relating to the use of the absorbent product based the measure of absorption of fluid on the mobile device. The method can aid a user of absorbent product to choose the right type of product for the user's individual needs.