System and Method for Detecting Abnormal Particles
AssigneeOne Tech LLC
InventorsGema Almoguera, Yasser Khan, Yandong Zhang, Levi Davis
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a system and method for detecting abnormal particles. The system includes a tray used to hold and display multiple particles, a manipulating device used to manipulate the tray and the particles thereon, an imaging element capable of capturing an image of the tray, and an image processor capable of determining the quantity, shape, and size of particles on the tray as displayed by the images captured by the imaging element and analyzing the images. The image processor comprises an image data processor, a memory, and an output command processor.
Claims32
A system for detecting abnormal particles, comprising:
- a tray, wherein the tray is configured to hold and display a multitude of particles;
- a manipulating device configured to:
- manipulate the tray;
- manipulate the multitude of particles;
- or
- a combination thereof;
- an imaging element, wherein the imaging element is capable of capturing an image of the multitude of particles;
- and
- an image processor comprising:
- an image data processor, wherein the image data processor is configured to:
- process the image;
- and
- analyze the multitude of particles in the image;
- a memory;
- and
- an output command processor, configured to:
- command the manipulating device to manipulate the tray;
- command the manipulating device to manipulate the multitude of particles;
- command the imaging element to capture an image of the multitude of particles;
- or
- a combination thereof.
A method for detecting abnormal particles comprising:
- holding and displaying a multitude of particles on a tray;
- manipulating the multitude of particles using a manipulating device;
- capturing an image of the multitude of particles using an imaging element;
- processing the image of the multitude of particles using an image data processor;
- analyzing the multitude of particles in the image using the image data processor;
- generating image data using the image data processor;
- storing the image and the image data in a memory;
- commanding the manipulating device to manipulate the multitude of particles using an output command processor;
- and
- commanding the imaging element to capture an image of the multitude of particles using the output command processor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.