Patent ID: 9569858
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01N,G06T

Claim:
1. A cloud-based system for water testing, comprising: a cloud computing network including at least one web-enabled computer having a processor, a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, and software comprising instructions stored on said non-transitory storage medium for receiving a set of colorimetric values corresponding to a test sample, calculating analyte parts-per-million (ppm) from said set of colorimetric values, and outputting said calculated analyte ppm; a plurality of different test strip readers chosen from among a group comprising smartphones, kiosk computers, portable digital strip readers, and remote computers, all in communication with said cloud computing network, said plurality of different test strip readers all including a processor, a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, an on-board camera, and software comprising instructions stored on said non-transitory storage medium for providing a user interface to obtain a digital image of a reagent test strip by guiding alignment of said camera relative to a reagent test strip, for normalizing and analyzing color information in the digital image by colorimetric analysis, and for transmitting a set of colorimetric values corresponding to said digital image to said cloud-based computer system for analysis.