US 12,015,751 B2
Contact imaging of standards with illumination
Stephen Swihart, Walnut Creek, CA (US); Evan Thrush, San Anselmo, CA (US); Carl Marlowe, San Francisco, CA (US); Kenneth Oh, Pleasant Hill, CA (US); and Michael Griffin, El Cerrito, CA (US)
Assigned to Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US)
Filed by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/082,330.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/291,866, filed on Dec. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199130 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/10 (2006.01); G06T 5/50 (2006.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/1008 (2013.01) [G06T 5/50 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); H04N 1/02865 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A contact imaging system, comprising:
a contact imager comprising:
a housing having a base and a lid, the lid having a closed position against the base and having an open position; and
a contact area image sensor located in the base, wherein the lid shields the contact area image sensor from ambient light when the lid is in the closed position; and
an illuminator configured to illuminate at least a portion of a blot on the contact area image sensor when the lid is in the closed position.