Mobile device for particle analysis by image correlation
AssigneeBiophos AG
InventorRudolf Rigler
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a mobile device for measuring dynamic parameters of particles, e.g. spermatozoa, such as the translation speed and the rotational speed of particles.
Claims16
A mobile device for measuring dynamic parameters of particles in a solution, the device comprises a sample compartment, a light source, an image sensor for generating a digital picture, a computational unit for processing the digital picture wherein the parameters are obtained by applying correlation analysis on temporal fluctuations of the number of particles with respect to a detection area of the digital picture, and that a time correlation function of functions is/are calculated based on the temporal fluctuations of the number of particles, and a means for displaying the calculations results.
A mobile device for measuring dynamic parameters of particles in a solution, the device comprising a sample compartment, a light source, an image sensor for generating a digital picture, means for transferring the digital picture to a remote computational unit for processing the digital picture, wherein the parameters are obtained by applying correlation analysis on temporal fluctuations of the number of particles with respect to a detection area of the digital picture, and that a time correlation function of functions is/are calculated based on the temporal fluctuations of the number of particles;
- and a means for displaying the calculations results.
A method for measuring dynamic parameters of particles in a mobile device, wherein the method comprises:
- providing a sample fluid comprising particles in solution,
- introducing the sample into a sample compartment suitable for measurement in a mobile device,
- generating a digital picture in a computational unit in the mobile,
- processing the digital picture in a computational unit in the mobile phone or in a remote computational unit by applying correlation analysis on temporal fluctuations of the number of particles with respect to a detection area of the digital picture, and that a time correlation function of functions is/are calculated based on the temporal fluctuations of the number of particles;
- and displaying the results of the analysis in the mobile phone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.