Methods and systems for identifying polymerase chain reaction sites

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10102653-B2
Application number	US-201615017136-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2016
Priority date	Feb 6, 2015
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

A method for identifying a reaction site associated with an amplification curve from a plurality of amplification curves is provided. Amplification data is received from a plurality of reaction sites, wherein each reaction site contains a sample. A plurality of amplification curves is generated from the amplification data and a first portion of the plurality of amplification curves is displayed on a display screen. A list of indications of reaction sites associated with the first portion of amplification curves is displayed alongside the first portion of amplification curves on the display screen. Then the view is adjusted to display a second portion of the plurality of amplification curves, and the list is dynamically adjusted to display indications of reaction sites associated with the second portion of amplification curves alongside the second portion of amplification curves on the display screen, wherein the list is configured to be scrollable.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for identifying a reaction site associated with an amplification curve from a plurality of amplification curves, the method comprising:
receiving amplification data from a plurality of reaction sites, wherein each reaction site contains a sample;
generating a plurality of amplification curves from the amplification data;
displaying a first portion of the plurality of amplification curves on a display screen;
displaying a list of indications of reaction sites associated with the first portion of amplification curves alongside the first portion of amplification curves on the display screen;
shifting from a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves to display a view comprising a second portion of the plurality of amplification curves, wherein at least a portion of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves are not included within the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves; and
dynamically adjusting the list to display indications of reaction sites associated with viewable amplification curves included in the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves alongside the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves on the display screen, wherein the list is configured to be scrollable.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves or a view of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves by zooming in.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves or a view of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves by zooming out.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the list is viewable on the display screen.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein a second portion of the list is viewable after scrolling the list down.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing information about the sample in a reaction site after a user selects an indication of the reaction site from the list.

7. The method of claim 1 , where the display screen is a touch screen.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with processor-executable instructions, the instruction for identifying a reaction site associated with an amplification curve from a plurality of amplification curves, the instructions comprising instructions for:
receiving amplification data from a plurality of reaction sites, wherein each reaction site contains a sample;
generating a plurality of amplification curves from the amplification data;
displaying a first portion of the plurality of amplification curves on a display screen;
displaying a list of indications of reaction sites associated with the first portion of amplification curves alongside the first portion of amplification curves on the display screen;
shifting from a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves to display a view comprising a second portion of the plurality of amplification curves, wherein at least a portion of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves are not included within the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves; and
dynamically adjusting the list to display indications of reaction sites associated with viewable amplification curves included in the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves alongside the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves on the display screen, wherein the list is configured to be scrollable.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising adjusting a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves or a view of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves by zooming in.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising adjusting a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves or a view of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves by zooming out.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein a first portion of the list is viewable on the display screen.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein a second portion of the list is viewable after scrolling the list down.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , further comprising instructions for:
providing information about the sample in a reaction site after a user selects an indication of the reaction site from the list.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , where the display screen is a touch screen.

15. A system for identifying a reaction site associated with an amplification curve from a plurality of amplification curves, the system comprising:
a processor; and
a memory encoded with instructions, executable by the processor, the instructions comprising instructions for:
receiving amplification data from a plurality of reaction sites, wherein each reaction site contains a sample;
generating a plurality of amplification curves from the amplification data;
displaying a first portion of the plurality of amplification curves on a display screen;
displaying a list of indications of reaction sites associated with the first portion of amplification curves alongside the first portion of amplification curves on the display screen;
shifting from a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves to display a view comprising a second portion of the plurality of amplification curves, wherein at least a portion of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves are not included within the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves; and
dynamically adjusting the list to display indications of reaction sites associated with viewable amplification curves included in the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves alongside the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves on the display screen, wherein the list is configured to be scrollable.

16. The system of claim 15 , further comprising adjusting a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves or a view of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves by zooming in.

17. The system of claim 15 , further comprising adjusting a view of the first portion of the plurality of amplification curves or a view of the second portion of the plurality of amplification curves by zooming out.

18. The system of claim 15 , wherein a first portion of the list is viewable on the display screen.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein a second portion of the list is viewable after scrolling the list down.

20. The system of claim 15 , further comprising instructions for:
providing information about the sample in a reaction site after a user selects an indication of the reaction site from the list.

Assignees

• Life Technologies Corp

Inventors

• Rickes Scott
• Lau Lik Seng
• Teo Kok Siong
• Chu Zeng Wei
• Loh Lian Seng
• Pho Vanee
• Uy Michael
• Hoard David
• Zimmerman Sean

Classifications

• G16B45/00 Primary

  ICT specially adapted for bioinformatics-related data visualisation, e.g. displaying of maps or networks · CPC title

• G06T3/40

  Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G01N21/6456

  Spatial resolved fluorescence measurements; Imaging · CPC title