Methods and Systems for Detection of a Consumable in a System
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsTor Slettnes, Sylvia H. Chang, Swati Goyal, David Comstock
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Abstract
A computer-implemented method for detecting a presence of an object-of-interest in a system is provided. The method includes imaging the first object-of-interest including an identifier, wherein the imaging generates a first set of image data and determining the portion of the image data including the identifier based on a predetermined location. The method further includes dividing the portion of the image data including the identifier into at least two segments Next, the presence of the object-of-interest is determined by determining if intensity values within each segment exceed a presence threshold.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method for detecting a presence of an object-of-interest in a system, the method comprising:
- imaging the first object-of-interest including an identifier, wherein the imaging generates a first set of image data;
- determining the portion of the image data including the identifier based on a predetermined location;
- dividing the portion of the image data including the identifier into at least two segments;
- and
- determining a presence of the object-of-interest by determining if intensity values within each segment exceed a presence threshold.
A system for detecting a presence of an object-of-interest in a system, the system comprising:
- an optical detector configured to image the first object-of-interest including an identifier, wherein the imaging generates a first set of image data;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- determine the portion of the image data including the identifier based on a predetermined location,
- divide the portion of the image data including the identifier into at least two segments, and
- determine a presence of the object-of-interest by determining if intensity values within each segment exceed a presence threshold.
A computer-readable storage medium encoded with processor executable instructions, the instructions including instructions for:
- imaging the first object-of-interest including an identifier, wherein the imaging generates a first set of image data;
- determining the portion of the image data including the identifier based on a predetermined location;
- dividing the portion of the image data including the identifier into at least two segments;
- and
- determining a presence of the object-of-interest by determining if intensity values within each segment exceed a presence threshold.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.