Image analysis systems and devices for use therewith
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An image analysis system for automated reading of printed multi-character codes, for example on antibiotic susceptibility testing disks, makes use of an orientation means, for example an underline printed beneath the code, to bring the code or its image into canonical alignment with an optimum reading direction for the code. Automated reading of the codes on randomly-orientated AST disks is therefore possible.
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Patent Owner | Address | |
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OXOID LIMITED | WADE ROAD BASINGSTOKE HAMPSHIRE RG24 8PW |
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Fowler, Roger | Headley, GB | 3 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Joyce, Stephen Cyril | South Wirral, GB | 1 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Mahers, Eric Gordon | Wirral, GB | 3 | 11 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 11 | |||
Patel, Shail | Wirral, GB | 10 | 74 |
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 74 | |||
Swaine, Derwent | Cumnor, GB | 4 | 44 |
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 44 |
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