Patents by Inventor Rinkeshkumar B. Patel

Rinkeshkumar B. Patel 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).

  • Compensation of intensity variances in images used for colony enumeration
    Patent number: 12592090
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein involve determining an area of interest on a growth media. An overall brightness control value for a plurality of illumination sources configured to illuminate the growth media is calculated. The overall brightness control value generating at least one image that substantially matches a target intensity at the area of interest. An individual brightness value for each illumination source of the plurality of illumination sources is calculated by individually adjusting a brightness of each illumination source to generate at least one image that substantially matches the target intensity in each respective illumination source's area of influence. A calibrated brightness value for each illumination source is determined based on an image intensity with each illumination source turned on at the respective individual brightness value and an intensity that each illumination source generates within each respective area of influence when turned on alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: NEOGEN FOOD SAFETY US HOLDCO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thanh Q. Tran, Hugh E. Watson, Jitesh N. Joshi, Rinkeshkumar B. Patel
  • COMPENSATION OF INTENSITY VARIANCES IN IMAGES USED FOR COLONY ENUMERATION
    Publication number: 20230142016
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein involve determining an area of interest on a growth media. An overall brightness control value for a plurality of illumination sources configured to illuminate the growth media is calculated. The overall brightness control value generating at least one image that substantially matches a target intensity at the area of interest. An individual brightness value for each illumination source of the plurality of illumination sources is calculated by individually adjusting a brightness of each illumination source to generate at least one image that substantially matches the target intensity in each respective illumination source's area of influence. A calibrated brightness value for each illumination source is determined based on an image intensity with each illumination source turned on at the respective individual brightness value and an intensity that each illumination source generates within each respective area of influence when turned on alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Thanh Q. Tran, Hugh E. Watson, Jitesh N. Joshi, Rinkeshkumar B. Patel