Patents by Inventor Benn P. Herrera

Benn P. Herrera 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).

  • Transformation of digital images
    Publication number: 20010017938
    Abstract: In general, the invention consists of a means for staining a sample with a fluorescent dye, a means for producing a darkfield image of the fluorescent stained sample, and a means of transforming an image of a sample stained with one or more darkfield dyes into an image stained with one or more brightfield dyes for examination on a computer monitor. The process includes applying a digital lookup table or other computational means in order to convert the darkfield data to brightfield forms, and a means of displaying said transformed information. Preferably, the imaging means is a block face microscope, and the means for transforming the images is a digital computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Russell L. Kerschmann, Andrew Hendrickson, Benn P. Herrera
  • Transformation of digital images
    Patent number: 6195451
    Abstract: In general, the invention consists of a means for staining a sample with a fluorescent dye, a means for producing a darkfield image of the fluorescent stained sample, and a means of transforming an image of a sample stained with one or more darkfield dyes into an image stained with one or more brightfield dyes for examination on a computer monitor. The process includes applying a digital lookup table or other computational means in order to convert the darkfield data to brightfield forms, and a means of displaying said transformed information. Preferably, the imaging means is a block face microscope, and the means for transforming the images is a digital computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Pathology Ststems, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell L. Kerschmann, Andrew Hendrickson, Benn P. Herrera