Image analysis system and method
AssigneeThermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC
InventorsAlexander Grenov, Damian W. Ashmead, Kevin K. Kim, Francis J. Deck, Chris Xavier Kauffold
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Abstract
An image analysis system includes a video camera that collects YUV color images of a liquid sample disposed between a capital and a pedestal, the color images being collected while a light source shines light through an optical beam path between the capital and the pedestal, and a processor adapted to i) obtain from the YUV color images a grayscale component image and a light scatter component image, and ii) obtain at least one binary image of the grayscale component image and at least one binary image of the light scatter component image.
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A spectrometer including an image analysis system, the system comprising:
- a. a video camera that collects images of a liquid sample disposed between a capital and a pedestal of the spectrometer, the images being collected while a light source shines light through an optical beam path between the capital and the pedestal for photometric or spectrometric measurement;
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- b. a processor adapted to detect any bubble in a column of the liquid sample using the images, wherein the images are YUV color images, and the processor is further adapted to i) obtain from the YUV color images a grayscale component image and a light scatter component image, and ii) obtain at least one binary image of the grayscale component image and at least one binary image of the light scatter component image.
A method of analyzing an image, the method comprising:
- a. collecting YUV color images of a liquid sample disposed between a capital and a pedestal of a spectrometer, the YUV color images being collected while a light source shines light through an optical beam path between the capital and the pedestal for photometric or spectrometric measurement;
- b. obtaining from the YUV color images a grayscale component image and a light scatter component image, and obtaining at least one binary image of the grayscale component image and at least one binary image of the light scatter component image;
- c. detecting location of a column of the liquid sample and location of the optical beam path from the images;
- d. detecting any bubble in the column of the liquid sample using the images;
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- e. reporting an image analysis summary to a display.
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