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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G01N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1463 (2013.01); G06K 9/00127 (2013.01); G06K 9/6218 (2013.01); G06T 7/0081 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1006 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30242 (2013.01);
Abstract
To enable accurate counting the number of cultured cells without pulling apart cell clusters even if cells are aggregated densely to form three-dimensional cell clusters. An image of cultured cells is acquired, and from this image, an image of cell clusters and an image of individual cells are separated. Based on each of the image of cell clusters and the image of individual cells, the number of cells in the cell cluster and the number of individual cells are calculated.