MOBILE APP FOR CHEMICAL DETECTION

• US 20140080129A1
• Filed: 01/16/2013
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Government of the United States of America)
• Inventors: Satcher, Joe H. Jr., Klunder, Gregory, Cooper, Chadway R., Tekle, Ephraim A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,708,641 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 435/6.12
• CPC Class Codes: C12Q 1/68 involving nucleic acids
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/78 producing a change of colour

Abstract

The present invention incorporates the camera from a mobile device (phone, iPad, etc.) to capture an image from a chemical test kit and process the image to provide chemical information. A simple user interface enables the automatic evaluation of the image, data entry, gps info, and maintain records from previous analyses.

Claims

1. A mobile app for providing chemical information, comprising the steps of:

performing a chemical test producing results,

capturing an image of said results, and

processing said image to provide the chemical information.

2. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 wherein said step of performing a chemical test producing results is a swipe test for detecting explosives and wherein said results are colorimetric results.

3. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 wherein said step of performing a chemical test producing results is a spray test for detecting explosives and wherein said results are colorimetric results.

4. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 wherein said step of performing a chemical test producing results is a thin layer chromatography test and wherein said results are separation results.

5. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 wherein said step of performing a chemical test producing results is an electrophoresis test and wherein said results are gel results.

6. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 wherein said step of performing a chemical test producing results is a DNA analysis test and wherein said results are separation results.

7. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 further comprising the step of providing documentation of the test results.

8. The mobile app for providing chemical information of claim 1 further comprising the step of storing documentation of the test results including time of the test and location of the test.

9. A mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical, comprising the steps of:

performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results,

using a mobile device for capturing an image of said results, and

processing said image to provide information of the presence of the specific chemical.

10. A mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities, comprising the steps of:

performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results,

using the camera of the mobile device for capturing an image of said results, and

using the computing capabilities of the mobile device for processing said image to provide information of the presence of the specific chemical.

11. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 wherein said step of performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results is a swipe test for detecting explosive materials and wherein said results are colorimetric results.

12. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 wherein said step of performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results is a spray test for detecting explosive materials and wherein said results are colorimetric results.

13. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 wherein said step of performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results is a thin layer chromatography test and wherein said results are separation results.

14. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 wherein said step of performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results is an electrophoresis test and wherein said results are gel results.

15. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 wherein said step of performing a test to determine the presence of the specific chemical producing results is a DNA analysis test and wherein said results are separation results.

16. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 further comprising the step of providing documentation of the test results.

17. The mobile app for determining the presence of a specific chemical using a mobile device with a camera and computing capabilities of claim 10 further comprising the step of storing documentation of the test results including time of the test and location of the test.

18. A mobile apparatus for providing chemical information, comprising:

a chemical test unit that produces results,

a mobile camera device for capturing an image of said results, and

a processing unit for processing said image to provide the chemical information.

19. The mobile apparatus for providing chemical information of claim 18 further comprising a processing unit for providing documentation of the results.

20. The mobile apparatus for providing chemical information of claim 18 further comprising a processing unit for storing documentation of the results including time of the test and location of the test.

21. A mobile apparatus for testing for a chemical associated with a location, comprising:

a chemical test unit that collects a sample from the location and provides results,

a mobile camera device for capturing an image of said results, and

a computer implemented processing unit for processing said image to provide information of the presence of the chemical.

22. The mobile apparatus for testing for a chemical associated with a location of claim 21 further comprising a processing unit for providing documentation of the results.

23. The mobile apparatus for testing for a chemical associated with a location of claim 21 further comprising a processing unit for storing documentation of the results including time of the test and location of the test.