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US 9,990,560 B2Granted
Test strip mobile APP system and method
AssigneeDigital Concepts of Missouri, Inc.
InventorsPaul Decker, Jack Greenwood
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Abstract
A mobile device reads a test strip to determine a chemical condition of a fluid. The mobile device transmits the determined chemical condition to a fluid treatment system which treats the fluid in response to the determined chemical condition.
Claims18
A computer readable storage device having processor executable instructions stored thereon comprising an APP, said APP including instructions that, when executed by a processor of a mobile device, implement a method of indicating a chemical condition, comprising:
- reading a test strip via a camera of the mobile device;
- locating a first code at a first location on the test strip;
- locating a second code at a second location on the test strip, wherein a distance between the first code and the second code comprises a code interval;
- locating one or more pads each at separate locations on the test strip within a region of interest thereof relative to a position of the located first code on the test strip by utilizing the code interval to determine distances between the one or more pads on the test strip;
- determining a color of each located pad;
- comparing each determined color to a corresponding reference stored in a memory device of the mobile device;
- determining the chemical condition indicated by each pad based on the comparison;
- and
- communicating the determined chemical condition to a user via a display of the mobile device or a treatment device via a transmitter of the mobile device.
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A system for use with a test strip configured to indicate a chemical condition comprising:
- a mobile device having a processor, a transmitter, a memory device, and a camera configured to read the test strip, an APP comprising processor executable instructions configured to be stored in the memory device and configured to be executed by the processor, said instructions comprising:
- instructions configured to detect a first code at a first location on the test strip;
- instructions configured to detect a second code at a second location on the test strip, wherein a distance between the first code and the second code on the test strip comprises a code interval;
- instructions configured to detect one or more pads each at separate locations on the test strip by utilizing the code interval and a region of interest relative to the location of the detected first code within which the one or more pads are located;
- instructions configured to determine a color of each detected pad;
- instructions configured to compare each determined color to a corresponding reference stored in the memory device;
- instructions configured to determine the chemical condition indicated by each pad based on the comparison;
- and
- instructions configured to communicate the determined chemical condition to a user or a treatment device via the transmitter.
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A system comprising:
- a test strip configured to indicate a chemical condition, the test strip including a first code at a first location thereon, a second code at a second location thereon, and one or more pads each at separate locations thereon;
- a mobile device having a processor, a transmitter, a memory device, and a camera configured to acquire an image of the test strip, an APP comprising processor executable instructions configured to be stored in the memory device and configured to be executed by the processor, said instructions comprising:
- instructions configured to locate the first and second codes in the acquired image of the test strip;
- instructions configured to locate the one or more pads within a region of interest of the acquired image of the test strip relative to the located first code by utilizing a distance between the location of the first code and the location of the second code;
- instructions configured to determine a color of each located pad;
- instructions configured to compare each determined color to a corresponding reference stored in the memory device;
- instructions configured to determine the chemical condition indicated by each pad based on the comparison;
- and
- instructions configured to communicate the determined chemical condition to a user or a treatment device via the transmitter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.