Patent ID: 11954925
Assignee: BECKMAN COULTER, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C | IPC C  G

Claim 13:
14. A method of evaluating a fluidic substance in a container, the method comprising:
capturing, using an image capture unit, an image of at least a portion of the container;
determining, using at least one computing device, a first reference line and a second reference line of the container from the image of the container;
determining at least one characteristic of at least one of the first reference line and the second reference line,
wherein the at least one characteristic comprises at least one of a length of the first reference line; a length of the second reference line; and an angle of a line relative to at least one of the first reference line and the second reference line;
wherein the line connects a predetermined point of the first reference line and a predetermined point of the second reference line; and
comparing the at least one characteristic of at least one of the first reference line and the second reference line to a threshold value representative of a misalignment of the dispense tip.