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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2016
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Graham Frank Milne, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Dmitry Fradkin, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Clark Pearson, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Bonchull Chris Koo, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Erwin Freund, Camarillo, CA (US);
AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes, during an agitation period of an agitation profile, applying a motion to a transparent vessel containing a fluid, and while applying the motion; acquiring a sequence of original images of a portion of the transparent vessel; generating a background image from the sequence of original images; generating a resultant image from the background image and an original image in the sequence of original images; and identifying from the resultant image a particle in the fluid.