Systems and methods for detection of blank fields in digital microscopes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10444486
APP PUB NO 20190072751A1
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15694990

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Systems and methods for rapidly identifying blank fields while capturing a plurality of color field images using a slide scanning microscope having a movable slide stage, a movable objective lens, and a digital video camera having a color digital image sensor that encodes RGB color data for each pixel in a field image.

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MICROSCOPES INTERNATIONAL LLC555 REPUBLIC DRIVE SUITE 100 PLANO TX 75074

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Rainbolt, Richard K Allen, US 3 21
Ward, Jonathan C Plano, US 3 21

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