US Patent Issued to FEI on Sept. 16 for "Multiple image segmentation and/or multiple dynamic spectral acquisition for material and mineral classification" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,645, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FEI Co. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Multiple image segmentation and/or multiple dynamic spectral acquisition for material and mineral classification" was invented by Darius Kocar (Portland, Ore.) and Michael James Owen (Brisbane, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to method and system configured for material analysis and mineralogy. At least one image based on first emission from a sample is provided. First spectra of the sample based on second emissions from the second scan locations of the image are provided. A confidence score is calculated for every first spectrum, and...