Patent ID: 8503798

Claim:
Method for processing images of irregularly shaped objects in the form of at least one cluster of punctiform or spot-shaped objects, comprising a stage of acquisition of a digital image of said objects, a stage of image elaboration (IMA-EL) for quantizing said digital image to 1 bit and a stage of metrical processing of said 1-bit quantized image, wherein said stage of metrical processing comprises a stage of object's metrical quantification (QUANT) that on its turn comprises: a stage of object singularization (OBJ-SNG) comprising the following steps: 1g) subdividing objects having at least one of length or width greater than 10 micron into objects of 10 micron side; 2g) calculating the area of the objects identified according to the SORT stage and to step 1g) by counting the number of pixels belonging to said object's image and multiplying it for the area of each pixel; 3g) deleting objects having an area <5 micron 2 resulting from step 1g) of subdividing; 4g) overlapping each object identified according to the SORT stage and to steps 1g) to 3g) with a grid of boxes having 10 micron side; 5g) calculating a set of x i , y i values corresponding to the active pixels of each box of step 4g) and saving it separately in the storing means of the processing system ( 7 ), so that each box identifies a single object; a stage of triangularization (TRIANG) for transforming the said at least one cluster of punctiform or spot-shaped objects into a grid of triangles wherein the apexes of the triangles correspond to the centre of said punctiform or spot-shaped objects; and a stage of parameter calculation (PAR-CLC) for calculating at least one of the following parameters: external perimeter of the said grid of triangles; area (A C ) of the said grid of triangles; area (A CINF ) of the said punctiform or spot-shaped objects inside the said grid of triangles; area (A PINF ) of the isolated punctiform or spot-shaped objects outside the said at least one cluster; density (D C ) of the said punctiform or spot-shaped objects inside the said at least one cluster.