Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Junji Kajihara

Hideo Sato

Masahiro Matsumoto

Kenji Yamamoto

Isao Ichimura

Gakuji Hashimoto

Toshio Watanabe

Tatsumi Ito

Tomohiko Nakamura

Kazuya Takahashi

Kengo Hayasaka

Masaki Sato

Takashi Nakao

Hidetoshi Watanabe

Yuji Segawa

Kiyoshi Osato

Shinichi Kai

Kensuke Kojima

Tomoteru Abe

Provided is a bioparticle analyzer including a scattered light detection module including an optical filter that separates, from a partial light in laser beam, scattered light generated by irradiating a bioparticle flowing through a channel with the laser beam, and an objective lens on which the scattered light separated by the optical filter is incident. Furthermore, the present technology also provides a microparticle analyzer including a scattered light detection module including an optical filter that separates, from a partial light in a laser beam, scattered light generated by irradiating a microparticle flowing through a channel with the laser beam, and an objective lens on which the scattered light separated by the optical filter is incident.

Bioparticle analyzer and microparticle analyzer

To provide a technology of optimizing a suction condition of a microparticle. The present technology provides

Optimizing method of suction condition of microparticle and microparticle fractionating device

The present technology provides an irradiation method, a biological substance analysis method, and a biological substance analyzer to improve a throughput while securing signal reliability of detection data when a biological substance is caught on a substrate and the biological substance is detected by irradiating the substrate. For this, the present technology provides a biological substance analysis method and the like including: a step of segmenting a substrate on which a molecule that can be bound to a biological substance is immobilized and the biological substance is bound to the molecule, and irradiating the substrate in accordance with an irradiation pattern having a different segment with time; and a step of analyzing the biological substance on the basis of information obtained from the irradiation.

Biological substance analysis method, biological substance analyzer, and biological substance analysis system

In the present technology, the timing at which suction is performed is optimized in order to enhance the microparticle separation performance in a technology for separating target microparticles in a microchip. For this purpose, the present technology provides a method of optimizing a microparticle suction condition, and the like, using a microchip having a main flow channel through which a liquid containing a microparticle flows, a microparticle suction flow channel arranged coaxially with the main flow channel, and a branch flow channel branching from the main flow channel. The method includes: a branch point specifying process of specifying a branch point at which the branch flow channel branches from the main flow channel; and a time assignment process of assigning a time Tto be applied to suction of the microparticle.

Method of optimizing microparticle suction condition and microparticle separation device

A biometrics authentication system having a small and simple configuration and being capable of implementing both of biometrics authentication and position detection is provided. A biometrics authentication system includes a light source emitting light to an object, a microlens array section condensing light from the object, a light-sensing device obtaining light detection data of the object on the basis of the light condensed by the microlens array section, a position detection section detecting the position of the object on the basis of the light detection data obtained in the light-sensing device, and an authentication section, in the case where the object is a living body, performing authentication of the living body on the basis of the light detection data obtained in the light-sensing device.

Biometrics authentication system

There is provided a base sequence analysis method including: a nucleic acid amplification procedure of obtaining an amplification product by a nucleic acid amplification reaction, a turbidity measurement procedure of measuring turbidity of a reaction solution of the nucleic acid amplification reaction; and a melting curve analysis procedure of performing melting curve analysis of a probe nucleic acid chain and the amplification product at a reaction site of the nucleic acid amplification reaction. This base sequence analysis method makes it possible to consecutively perform a nucleic acid amplification reaction and melting curve analysis at the same reaction site.

Base sequence analysis apparatus

There is provided a base sequence analysis method including a nucleic acid amplification procedure of obtaining an amplification product by a nucleic acid amplification reaction, a turbidity measurement procedure of measuring turbidity of a reaction solution of the nucleic acid amplification reaction, and a melting curve analysis procedure of performing melting curve analysis of a probe nucleic acid chain and the amplification product at a reaction site of the nucleic acid amplification reaction.

Base sequence analysis method, base sequence analysis apparatus, and base sequence analysis program

A nucleic acid quantification method that uses a microchip for nucleic acid amplification reaction, the microchip including an inlet through which a liquid is introduced from outside, a plurality of reaction regions provided as reaction sites of a nucleic acid amplification reaction, and a channel through which the liquid introduced through the inlet is supplied into each of the reaction regions, wherein the likelihood of the nucleic acid amplification reaction varies between the reaction regions, includes: flowing a detection target nucleic acid chain-containing solution through the channel and introducing the solution into each of the reaction regions to perform a nucleic acid amplification reaction; and detecting an amplification product in each of the reaction regions to specify the reaction regions in which the nucleic acid amplification reaction occurred.

Nucleic acid quantification method and microchip for nucleic acid amplification reaction

A biometrics authentication system includes: a light source applying light to a living body; a detection section on which the living body is to be placed; a microlens array section configured so that a plurality of microlenses each condensing light from the living body are arranged at intervals; a light shielding section arranged on at least one of a light incidence side and a light exiting side of the microlens array section and having apertures each facing a region where each of the microlenses is arranged; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data of the living body on the basis of the light condensed by the microlens array section; and an authentication section performing authentication of the living body on the basis of the image pickup data obtained in the image pickup device.

An image pickup apparatus having a simple configuration and being capable of performing switching between an image pickup mode based on a light field photography technique and a normal high-resolution image pickup mode is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup lens, a microlens array sectionwhere light passing through the image pickup lensenters, and an image pickup devicesensing light emitted from the microlens array section, and the focal length of each of microlenses constituting the microlens array sectionis variable in response to an applied voltage.

Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method

A biometrics authentication system capable of easily performing biometrics authentication is provided. A biometrics authentication system includes: a microlens array section including a plurality of microlenses; an image pickup device for receiving light condensed by each microlens in the microlens array section from each different part of a living organism to obtain image pickup data of each part; an image processing section for producing a single image pickup data of the living organism on the basis of the image pickup data of each part captured by the image pickup device; and an authentication section for performing at least vein authentication using a vein of the living organism on the basis of the single image pickup data captured by the image processing section.

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

A biometrics authentication system capable of achieving high precision and high safety is provided. A biometrics authentication system includes: a light source applying light to a living organism; a microlens array section condensing light from the living organism, and including a plurality of microlenses each having a different refractive power; an image pickup device obtaining image pickup data on a plurality of layers of the living organism on the basis of light condensed by the microlens array section; and an authentication section performing authentication of the living organism on the basis of image pickup data on the plurality of layers of the living organism.

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Tokyo, Japan

Junji Kajihara