US 12,253,535 B2
Module for an automated laboratory system
Claudio Cherubini, Cham (CH); Andreas Drechsler, Baar (CH); Reto Huesser, Hagendorn (CH); and Ivan Heinzer, Brunnen (CH)
Assigned to ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed by Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,214.
Claims priority of application No. 20177378 (EP), filed on May 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0373042 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G01N 35/04 (2006.01); B01L 9/02 (2006.01); G05D 3/20 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 35/04 (2013.01) [B01L 9/02 (2013.01); G05D 3/20 (2013.01); G06T 1/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/30 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/028 (2013.01); B01L 2200/18 (2013.01); B01L 2300/021 (2013.01); G01N 2035/0465 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated laboratory system comprising:
a component having a component marker and defining a target position;
a module having a module connector releasably connected to the component, the module including a module marker;
a detector mounted on the module, the detector configured to detect the module marker and the component marker and configured to obtain position data of the module indicative of an actual position of the module;
a processor mounted on the module, the processor programmed to calculate a position deviation of the module from the target position based on the position data and programmed to calculate position alignment data based on the position deviation; and
an alignment device mounted on the module, the alignment device configured to align the module to the target position based on the position alignment data.