Patent ID: 8005772
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G01J,G01N,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for masking spectrums of candidate components a substance of unknown composition for subsequent matching of the masked spectrums to an ensemble spectrum of said substance, said method comprising the acts of: a) a processor comparing, for crossover in a genetic algorithm, masks of one of said candidate components of respective parent chromosomes, both of said masks including at least one filtering range; b) the processor retaining, in forming a mask of a child chromosome, a part of said masks that overlaps with respect to said at least one filtering range; c) the processor selectively extending the retained overlapping part, according to a rule of said algorithm, to create a filtering range in said forming of the child chromosome mask as a proposed mask for said masking; and d) the processor repeating the acts a) through c) for any remaining one of said candidate components of said parent chromosomes.