US 11,741,729 B2
Full resolution color imaging of an object
Jens H. Jorgensen, Rochester, NY (US); Michael W. LaCourt, Spencerport, NY (US); Donald J. Moran, Jr., Rochester, NY (US); David J. Hawks, Rochester, NY (US); Joseph Wycallis, Pittsford, NY (US); and Stephen C. Arnold, Honeoye Falls, NY (US)
Assigned to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed by Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/287,935.
Application 16/287,935 is a division of application No. 14/730,437, filed on Jun. 4, 2015, granted, now 10,255,478, issued on Apr. 9, 2019.
Application 14/730,437 is a division of application No. 13/654,686, filed on Oct. 18, 2012, granted, now 9,066,021, issued on Jun. 23, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2019/0197295 A1, Jun. 27, 2019
Int. Cl. G06V 20/69 (2022.01); G01N 21/82 (2006.01); G02B 27/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/133 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 20/693 (2022.01) [G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01N 21/82 (2013.01); G02B 27/024 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06V 20/695 (2022.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01); H04N 25/133 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20216 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30004 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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11. A method of constructing a monochrome digital image of an object of interest comprising:
illuminating the object of interest with light of a selected wavelength;
optically obtaining a color plane of image data using a grayscale digital camera or sensor;
creating a pixel matrix of the color plane, each element of the pixel matrix being indicative of a reflection intensity of a corresponding pixel of the color plane;
multiplying, element by element, the pixel matrix by a pre-defined color weighting matrix producing a weighted selected color plane; and
multiplying the weighted selected color plane by a pre-defined selected gain scalar producing a final selected color plane which is the constructed monochrome digital image.