Patent ID: 7097103

Claim:
A method of automatically detecting a test result of a probe zone of a test strip, comprising: providing a scanning object including a bar code and a plurality of test strips, said bar code placed in a predetermined position on said scanning object and said test snips arranged in sequence on said scanning object not overlapped with said bar code, each said test strip having a color pattern including a control line and a plurality of target lines arranged in sequence on said test strip from one end to the other end thereof, and said control line and each said target line respectively corresponding to a probe zone of said test strip; scanning said scanning object to read a bar code pattern of said bar code and capture images of said test strips; decoding said bar code pattern of said bar code to obtain information of types of said test strips and thereby a plurality of mapping tables of setting values versus positions of said target lines on one said test strip, each said mapping table corresponding to one said test strip based on the type of said test strip; calculating a color response of one said target line of one said test strip based on the image of said test strip; and comparing the color response of said target line of said test strip with said setting value corresponding thereto derived from said mapping table corresponding to said test strip so as to determine whether said target line has a positive test result or a negative test result.