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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David Fortescue, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ming Shen, Singapore, SG;
Woon Liang Soh, Singapore, SG;
Francis T. Cheng, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Life Technologies Corporation, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for identifying a first object-of-interest is provided. The first object-of-interest includes two identifiers and a sample portion. The method includes imaging the first object-of-interest including the two identifiers. The imaging generates a first set of image data. The method further includes determining a position of the first object-of-interest in the field-of-view of an optical sensor and determining the two identifiers from the first set of image data. The method includes identifying the first object-of-interest based on the two identifiers.