Patent SG-11201900387X-A (SG)
Title: Video trigger synchronization for improved particle detection in a vessel
Inventor: Milne Graham Frank
IPC: G01N15/14
Filed: 2016-09-02
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property MD 1101111 0 DOI HIM 011101 0 0111 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 110 ME MI 0111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\" WO 2018/044328 Al 08 March 2018 (08.03.2018) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: FURMANEK, Michael D. et al.; Marshall, Ger- GO1N 15/14 (2006.01) stein & Borun LLP, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6300, (21) International Application Number: Chicago, Illinois 60606 (US). PCT/US2016/050283 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (22) International Filing Date: kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 02 September 2016 (02.09.2016) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, (25) Filing Language: English EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, (26) Publication Language: English HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, (71) Applicant: AMGEN INC. [US/US]; One Amgen Center MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320-1799 (US). PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, (72) Inventors: MILNE, Graham Frank; 1835 Sweet Bri- UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. ar Place, Thousand Oaks, California 91362 (US). FRAD- KIN, Dmitry; 5510 Owensmouth Avenue, #304, Wood- (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every land Hills, California 91367 (US). PEARSON, Thomas kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, Clark; 4182 Greenwood Drive, Newbury Park, California GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, 91320 (US). KOO, Bonchull Chris; 3106 Hermosa Av- UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, enue, La Crescenta, California 91214 (US). FREUND, Er- TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, win; 12059 Pradera Road, Camarillo, 93012 (US). EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, = = (54) Title: VIDEO TRIGGER SYNCHRONIZATION FOR IMPROVED PARTICLE DETECTION IN A VESSEL = 00 ----,,, = = ZUZ ' = 410 = 106 -----/ Triggering Circuit = _ 1 204 = 20a = — _ = = La g ht Control Circuit 208 108. - 41 J t 1 - - = = 210 H212 = - -110 1-1 GC ei M ii. 0 7 r (57) : A method includes, during an agitation period ---- a fluid, and while applying the motion; acquiring a sequence GC ,_ 1 background image from the sequence of original images; generating © in the sequence of original images; and identifying from the ei FIG. 2 of an agitation profile, applying a motion to a transparent vessel containing of original resultant image a particle in the fluid. a resultant images of a portion of the transparent vessel; generating a image from the background image and an original image C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/044328 Al O II TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))