Sony Corporation

Sony Corporation of America

Sony Group Corporation

Akiko Tsuji

Yosuke Muraki

Mitsuru Asano

Hiroshi Sagawa

Hirofumi Fujioka

Kiwamu Miura

Toshiki Matsumoto

Takashi Miyata

Takeshi Yamasaki

Masataka Shinoda

Takeshi Matsui

Shoji Akiyama

Gakuji Hashimoto

Masashi Kimoto

Fumitaka Otsuka

Hironobu Tanase

Takashi Tago

Michael Zordan

Yuya Suzuki

Takayuki Itou

Kouhei Hatamoto

Toru Yata

A flow cytometer includes apparatus for evaluating a trajectory of an ejected stream that carries micro-particles. The stream may be ejected from a micro-orifice of a micro-fluidic chip. The apparatus includes an imaging device and at least one processor configured to evaluate a trajectory of the ejected stream in at least two directions, e.g., a focusing direction and a direction transverse to the focusing direction. Based upon a detected trajectory, the system may execute an alarm function if the trajectory indicates an abnormal condition, or may move sample collection containers to accommodate for measured deviations in the trajectory of the ejected stream.

Micro-particle sorting apparatus and method of determining a trajectory of an ejected stream carrying micro-particles

A microparticle sorting apparatus includes a detection unit which detects microparticles flowing through a flow path; an imaging device which images a droplet containing the microparticles which is discharged from an orifice provided on an edge portion of the flow path; a charge unit which applies a charge to the droplets; and a control unit which determines a delay time as from a time that the microparticles are detected by the detection unit to the time at which a number of bright spots in a standard region, which is set beforehand, of image information imaged by the imaging device reaches the maximum, making it possible for the charge unit to apply a charge to the microparticles once the delay time has lapsed after the microparticles are detected by the detection unit.

Microparticle sorting apparatus and delay time determination method

A microparticle sorting apparatus includes a detection unit which detects microparticles flowing through a flow path; an imaging device which images a droplet containing the microparticles which is discharged from an orifice provided on an edge portion of the flow path; a charge unit which applies a charge to the droplets; and a control unit which determines a delay time as from a time that the microparticles are detected by the detection unit to the time at which the sum of intensity of an image region imaged by the imaging device reaches a maximum, making it possible for the charge unit to apply a charge to the microparticles once the delay time has lapsed after the microparticles are detected by the detection unit.

Described are microparticle fractionating apparatus and methods of fractionating microparticles. Multiple electrodes may be used to charge droplets when separating and collecting microparticles based on a result analyzed by an optical methodologies. A first electrode may be used to charge a sample fluid, and a second electrode used to apply additional charge near a droplet break-off point.

Microparticle fractionating apparatus and method of fractionating microparticle

A microparticle sorting device that automatically and accurately adjusts the positions of a fluid stream and a collection container is provided. The microparticle sorting device including a pair of deflecting plates that face each other with a passage area of a fluid stream therebetween, a camera that captures the image of the fluid stream, and a fluid stream detection light source that emits light parallel to a direction in which the deflecting plates face each other and that is movable in a direction perpendicular to the fluid stream and the light is provided. In the microparticle sorting device, the collection container that receives the fluid stream is mounted so as to be movable in the direction perpendicular to the fluid stream and the light.

Microparticle sorting device and method for controlling position in microparticle sorting device

Disclosed herein is a microchip including a substrate and a sample flow path within the substrate. The sample flow path includes a changing flow path and a microtube connected to the changing flow path. The changing flow path is configured to change a cross sectional shape of the sample flow path from a quadrangular shape at a first end to a circular shape at a second end. The microtube is connected to the second end of the changing flow path and is disposed within the substrate.

Microparticle sorting apparatus, microchip and microchip module

Disclosed herein is a display device, including: a substrate; a circuit part configured to include a drive element; a planarization insulating layer; an electrically-conductive layer including a plurality of first electrodes and an auxiliary interconnect; an aperture-defining insulating layer configured to insulate the plurality of first electrodes from each other and have an aperture through which part of the first electrode is exposed; a plurality of light emitting elements; and a separator configured to be formed by removing the planarization insulating layer at a position between a display area, in which the plurality of light emitting elements connected to the drive element are disposed, and a peripheral area which is surrounding the display area. A method of manufacturing a display device is also provided.

Display device and method for manufacturing display device

A method for manufacturing a display device is provided. The method includes forming a circuit part; forming a planarization insulating layer on the circuit part; forming a separator in an area outside a display area in which a plurality of light emitting elements are formed by removing the planarization insulating layer at a position surrounding the display area; forming an electrically-conductive layer including a plurality of first electrodes and an auxiliary interconnect on the planarization insulating layer; forming an aperture-defining insulating layer that insulates the first electrodes from each other and has an aperture through which part of the first electrode is exposed; and forming a plurality of light emitting elements by stacking the first electrode, an organic layer, and a second electrode common to the plurality of light emitting elements.

Method for manufacturing display device

Disclosed herein is a display device, including: a substrate; a circuit part configured to include a drive element formed over the substrate; a planarization insulating layer configured to be formed on the circuit part; an electrically-conductive layer configured to be formed on the planarization insulating layer and include a plurality of first electrodes and an auxiliary interconnect; an aperture-defining insulating layer configured to insulate the plurality of first electrodes from each other and have an aperture through which part of the first electrode is exposed; a plurality of light emitting elements configured to be formed by stacking the first electrode, an organic layer including a light emitting layer, and a second electrode in that order; and a separator configured to be formed by removing the planarization insulating layer at a position surrounding a display area in which the plurality of light emitting elements connected to the drive element are disposed.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akiko Tsuji