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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Inventors:
Chris Thomas Zimmerle, Goshen, IN (US);
Gary W. Rheinheimer, Goshen, IN (US);
James Arthur Profitt, Palmer Lake, CO (US);
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G02B 27/28 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/251 (2013.01); G02B 27/286 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01);
Abstract
The inventive concepts disclosed herein are generally directed to the use of a hand-held mobile computing device, such a smartphone or tablet, to interpret the results of a medical assay device. By controlling conditions like image placement and illumination and correcting for imperfect illumination, accurate results can be obtained with hand-held mobile computing device.