METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED VISUAL ANALYSIS OF A DIPSTICK USING STANDARD USER EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- capturing, using a standard user equipment (UE) having specified image capturing and processing capabilities, an image of a dipstick having one or more colored test reagents, and a calibration array having a plurality of colored calibration elements which are specifically tailored to said colored test reagents;
deriving, based on the captured image, illumination parameters associated with the dipstick and the calibration array;
determining whether the illumination parameters are within a set of predefined illumination boundary conditions which are sufficient for interpreting the one or more colored test reagents, given the specified image capturing and processing capabilities of the UE;
applying one or more image enhancement operation to the captured image, to yield an enhanced image, based on predefined mapping between the derived illumination parameters and one or more required adjustments; and
interpreting the one or more colored test reagents, based on the colored calibration elements, in the enhanced image.
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Abstract
A method and system for automated visual analysis of a dipstick using standard user equipment (UE) are disclosed herein. The method may include the following steps: capturing, using an arbitrary UE having specified image capturing and processing capabilities, an image of a dipstick having colored test reagents, and a calibration array having a plurality of colored calibration elements which are tailored specifically to the test reagents; deriving, based on the captured image, illumination parameters associated with the dipstick and the calibration array; determining whether the illumination parameters are within predefined illumination boundary conditions sufficient for interpreting the test reagents, given the specified image capturing and processing capabilities of the UE; applying image enhancement operations to the captured image, based on predefined mapping between the derived illumination parameters and the required adjustments; and interpreting the colored test reagents, based on the colored calibration elements, in the enhanced captured image.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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capturing, using a standard user equipment (UE) having specified image capturing and processing capabilities, an image of a dipstick having one or more colored test reagents, and a calibration array having a plurality of colored calibration elements which are specifically tailored to said colored test reagents; deriving, based on the captured image, illumination parameters associated with the dipstick and the calibration array; determining whether the illumination parameters are within a set of predefined illumination boundary conditions which are sufficient for interpreting the one or more colored test reagents, given the specified image capturing and processing capabilities of the UE; applying one or more image enhancement operation to the captured image, to yield an enhanced image, based on predefined mapping between the derived illumination parameters and one or more required adjustments; and interpreting the one or more colored test reagents, based on the colored calibration elements, in the enhanced image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
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a user equipment (UE) having specified image capturing and processing capabilities, configured to capture an image of a dipstick having one or more colored test reagents, and a calibration array having a plurality of colored calibration elements; and a computer processor configured to; derive, based on the captured image, illumination parameters associated with the dipstick and the calibration array; determine whether the illumination parameters are within a predefined illumination boundary conditions which is sufficient for interpreting the one or more colored test reagents, given the specified image capturing and processing capabilities of the arbitrary platform; apply one or more image enhancement operation to the captured image, to yield an enhanced image, based on predefined mapping between the derived illumination parameters and one or more required adjustments; and interpret the one or more colored test reagents, based on the colored calibration elements, in the enhanced captured image. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program embodied therewith, the computer readable program comprising; computer readable program configured to instruct a user equipment (UE) having specified image capturing and processing capabilities, to capture an image of a dipstick having one or more colored test reagents, and a calibration array having a plurality of colored calibration elements which are tailored specifically to said test reagents; computer readable program configured to derive, based on the captured image, illumination parameters associated with the dipstick and the calibration array; computer readable program configured to determine whether the illumination parameters are within a predefined illumination boundary conditions which is sufficient for interpreting the one or more colored test reagents, given the specified image capturing and processing capabilities of the UE; computer readable program configured to apply one or more image enhancement operation to the captured image, to yield an enhanced image, based on predefined mapping between the derived illumination parameters and one or more required adjustments; and computer readable program configured to interpret the one or more colored test reagents, based on the colored calibration elements, in the enhanced captured image.
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