ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,398, issued on March 25, was assigned to Beckman Coulter Inc. (Brea, Calif.).
"Image-based deck verification" was invented by Timothy P. Sherrill (Noblesville, Ind.), Joseph D. Schreiner (Indianapolis) and Robert P. Miller (Indianapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a deck for a process is disclosed. The deck can be prepared with any necessary components, and then an imaging device can capture an image of the deck. This image can be compared with a reference image and any differences identified. The differences can be indicated in the image and shown to an operator, such that the operator can correct any erro...