SVision LLC awarded a key patent protecting teachable software for image analysis
Innovative new technology supports next generation analysis software for broad imaging applications
SVision LLC, an emerging leader in learning technologies for image recognition applications, today announced that it has received notification of USPTO issuance for a key patent. This patent expands its intellectual property estate to 27 issued U.S. patents. The most recent patent 7,203,360 covers the Company’s next generation teachable object recognition innovation (called “soft matching”) that is incorporated into its microscopy image analysis software, SVCell™.
Using soft matching, SVCell users can create “recipes” for high performance image segmentation using a simple “teach by example” interface – guided by their biological knowledge rather than image processing expertise. The teaching is fast, easy and intuitive, and the taught recipe can be easily updated to match evolving experimental protocols. The validated recipe can then be executed in a high throughput imaging assay with fast, accurate and robust performance comparable to custom written algorithms or “turnkey” systems.
About SVision LLC
SVision develops and markets the next generation microscopy image analysis software, SVCell. Since 1999, SVision has been pioneering the use of learning technology in a broad range of practical image recognition applications. SVCell development is partially funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) under multiple Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) programs.