Patents by Inventor Jean-Baptiste Ballereau

Jean-Baptiste Ballereau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for classifying pictures of gel-card reactions
    Patent number: 11823473
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying a picture of a reaction of reactants in a predetermined container; the apparatus comprising a first neural network arranged for receiving an input picture of a reaction of reactants in a predetermined container and for providing, for each reaction category of a first plurality of reaction categories, a probability that the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to said reaction category; a second neural network arranged for, if the first neural response provides a highest probability that the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to a predetermined reaction category, receiving a predetermined portion of the input picture and providing, for each reaction category of a second plurality of reaction categories, a probability that said predetermined portion of the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to said reaction category.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BIO-RAD EUROPE GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Picard, Bruno De-Bastiani, Jean-Baptiste Ballereau, Stephane Delaille, Eric Millet, Pierre Bony, Olivier Noel, Yves Raisin, Clément Foissac
  • Apparatus and Method for Classifying Pictures of Gel-Card Reactions
    Publication number: 20220189183
    Abstract: An apparatus for classifying a picture of a reaction of reactants in a predetermined container; the apparatus comprising a first neural network arranged for receiving an input picture of a reaction of reactants in a predetermined container and for providing, for each reaction category of a first plurality of reaction categories, a probability that the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to said reaction category; a second neural network arranged for, if the first neural response provides a highest probability that the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to a predetermined reaction category, receiving a predetermined portion of the input picture and providing, for each reaction category of a second plurality of reaction categories, a probability that said predetermined portion of the input picture shows a reaction that belongs to said reaction category.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Picard, Bruno De-Bastiani, Jean-Baptiste Ballereau, Stephane Delaille, Eric Millet, Pierre Bony, Oliver Noel, Yves Raisin, Clément Foissac