Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Capy Japan Inc.

Kazuhiro Nakagawa

Masahiro Matsumoto

Akio Yasuda

Eriko Matsui

Mari Ichimura

Minoru Takeda

Shiori Oshima

Takuya Kishimoto

Hirokazu Tatsuta

Noriyuki Kishii

Ayumu Taguchi

Hideya Chubachi

Suguru Dowaki

Takuro Yamamoto

Haruhiko Soma

Shiko Yamashita

Tomoteru Abe

Takanobu Watanabe

Kenji Ikeda

Tomoko Katsuhara

Takeshi Kunihiro

Tomohiro Hayakawa

Tomohiko Nakamura

Michihiro Ohnishi

Teruaki Iyama

Hatsume Uno

Yuuki Watanabe

Mitsuo Okada

Rei Murata

Ikuko Tsurui

Masanobu Tamai

Fan Wang

Sakiko Yasukawa

Mayumi Shiono

Koichi Node

Makoto Akashi

There is provided a technology that supports selection of a label to be used for analysis of target molecules. The present technology provides a label selection support system including an information acquisition unit that obtains, via a network, information associated with a plurality of target molecules to be analyzed, an information processor that obtains, using the information associated with a plurality of target molecules and generates support information associated with assignment of a label to each of the plurality of target molecules on the basis of the expression information, and a transmitter that transmits the generated support information via the network.

Label selection support system, label selection support device, method of supporting label selection, and program for supporting label selection

Provided is an information processing apparatus () including: an image acquiring unit () that acquires captured image information of a sample () dyed with a fluorescent dye reagent (), an information acquiring unit () that acquires information related to the fluorescent dye reagent (), a correcting unit () that corrects the luminance of the captured image information using a fluorescence fading coefficient that represents the rapidness at which the fluorescence intensity of the fluorescent dye reagent () drops, the fluorescence fading coefficient being included in the fluorescent dye reagent (), and a calculating unit () that calculates information corresponding to fluorescent molecules in the captured image information, using the corrected luminance.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system, and computer program

There is provided a disclosure in which a specimen is analyzed with high accuracy. An information processing device includes an extraction unit that extracts fluorescence correction information from a bright visual field image of the specimen, and a generation unit that generates a fluorescence correction image based on fluorescence information of the specimen and the fluorescence correction information.

Information processing device for analyzing a specimen

It is possible to more appropriately perform fluorescence separation. An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a fluorescence signal acquisition unit () that acquires a plurality of fluorescence spectra corresponding to each of a plurality of excitation lights having different wavelengths and irradiated to a fluorescence stained specimen (), the fluorescence stained specimen () being created by staining a specimen () with a fluorescence reagent (); a link unit () that generates a linked fluorescence spectrum by linking at least parts of the plurality of fluorescence spectra to each other in a wavelength direction; a separation unit () that separates the linked fluorescence spectrum into spectra for every fluorescent substance using a reference spectrum including a linked autofluorescence reference spectrum in which spectra of autofluorescent substances in the specimen are linked to each other in the wavelength direction and a linked fluorescence reference spectrum in which spectra of fluorescent substances in the fluorescence stained specimen are linked to each other in the wavelength direction; and an extraction unit () that updates the linked autofluorescence reference spectrum using the spectra for every fluorescent substance separated by the separation unit.

Information processing apparatus and microscope system

There is provided a technology that supports selection of a label to be used for analysis of target molecules. The present technology provides a label selection support system including an information acquisition unit that obtains, via a network, information associated with a plurality of target molecules to be analyzed, an information processor that obtains, using the information associated with a plurality of target molecules, in vivo expression information of the plurality of target molecules from a database storing in vivo expression information of target molecules and generates support information associated with assignment of a label to each of the plurality of target molecules on the basis of the expression information, and a transmitter that transmits the generated support information via the network.

A measurement apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a light source, a filling portion, and a detector. The light source emits illumination light. The filling portion includes a first surface portion and a second surface portion which are provided on an optical path of the illumination light and are opposite to each other, the filling portion enabling a cavity between the first and second surface portions to be filled with liquid including a cell. The detector detects an interference fringe of the illumination light passing through the cavity, the interference fringe being caused by the liquid including the cell.

Measurement apparatus

An application server of an authentication system includes a requesting part that makes a request for possession authentication which is authentication using an authenticator, when the requesting part receives a request for authentication of a user from a terminal, a verifying part that receives an authentication result of the possession authentication and information for verification from the authentication server, and verifies the validity of the authentication server on the basis of the received information for verification, and a providing part that provides a function related to the application to the terminal if the verifying part verifies that the authentication server is valid. The authentication server of the authentication system includes a possession authentication part and a result transmission part that transmits the authentication result of the possession authentication and the information for verification to the application server.

Authentication system, authentication method, and application providing method

There is provided an information processing device including: an analysis unit that specifies a movement in a region-of-interest relating to an embryo on a plurality of images using the plurality of images including the embryo captured in a time series manner during periods corresponding to a plurality of cell stages; a feature value calculation unit that calculates a movement feature value relating to an inside of the embryo on the basis of the specified movement; and a presentation control unit that controls a presentation of the movement feature values acquired during periods corresponding to at least two cell stages among the plurality of cell stages in order to evaluate a quality of the embryo.

Information processing device, information processing method, and information processing system

According to some aspects, an information processing apparatus is provided. The information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to receive an image of a plurality of images. The information processing apparatus further includes at least one storage medium configured to store processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method. The method includes setting at least one axial direction in the image, wherein the image includes an analysis target. The method further includes determining motion information for the analysis target by analyzing motion of the analysis target to identify, with respect to the at least one axial direction, at least one of a motion amount of the analysis target and a motion direction of the analysis target.

Image processing apparatus, image processing program, and image processing method

An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a cell analysis system are provided. The information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: determine a frequency feature value based on motion data from an image of a cell, and control displaying information associated with the frequency feature value, wherein the frequency feature value includes a power spectral density for each time range and each frequency band, and wherein the information associated with the frequency feature value is displayed in association with the each time range and the each frequency band.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and cell analysis system

A cell analysis system according to the present disclosure includes a motion information extracting unit and a motion characteristics calculating unit. The motion information extracting unit extracts motion information arising from a movement of ions or molecules across a cell membrane, out of a cell image obtained from imaging a cell in time series. The motion characteristics calculating unit calculates motion characteristics of the motion information.

Cell analysis system, cell analysis program and cell analysis method

According to some aspects, an image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive at least two images of at least one cell. The at least two images are captured at different times. The circuitry is further configured to determine a motion amount of at least one intracellular structure identified within the at least one cell by comparing the at least two images and generate an indication of cell metabolism information associated with the at least one cell by relating at least one parameter of the motion amount to a degree of cell metabolism for the at least one cell based on reference information.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

According to some aspects, an image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to receive at least two images of a biological sample and determine motion information for a plurality of regions of the at least two images. The motion information corresponds to motion of the biological sample. The circuitry is further configured to generate a graphical representation of at least two characteristic amounts. The at least two characteristic amounts correspond to a region of the plurality of regions and one characteristic amount of the at least two characteristic amounts is indicative of the motion information.

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Kazuhiro Nakagawa