Sony Corporation

Sony Corporaiton

K.k. Cybo

Sony Group Corporation

Nao Nitta

Shingo Imanishi

Tatsumi Ito

Koji Ashizaki

Motohiro Furuki

Masaya Kakuta

Taichi Takeuchi

Keisuke Goda

Takeaki Sugimura

Koji Futamura

Toru Takashimizu

Miki Kanematsu

Provided is a spectrum analysis apparatus including a processing unit configured to generate analysis data using an analysis function in which a linear function and a logarithmic function are included as function elements and an intensity value is set as a variable from measurement data including the intensity value of light acquired by detecting the light from a measurement target object using a plurality of light-receiving elements having different detection wavelength bands.

Spectrum analysis apparatus, fine particle measurement apparatus, and method and program for spectrum analysis or spectrum chart display

A display method, system, device, and related computer programs can present the classification performance of an artificial neural network in a form interpretable by humans. In these methods, systems, devices, and programs, a probability calculator (i.e., a classifier) based on an artificial neural network calculates a classification result for an input image in the form of a probability. The distribution of classification-result probabilities are displayed using at least one display axis of a graph as a probability axis.

Method, system, device, and program for displaying probabilistic classification results

A fine particle measuring apparatus is provided. The fine particle measuring apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect light emitted from a fine particle and a processing unit having a memory device storing instructions which when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to calculate a corrected intensity value of the detected light and generate spectrum data based on the corrected intensity value.

Fine particle measuring apparatus

Holder for microscope slides

There is provided a microchip including a reaction region and a detection region connected to the reaction region by a flow passage, the detection region including copper.

Microchip for nucleic acid analysis

To provide a technique capable of highly accurately measure the intensity and the spectrum of fluorescence and scattered light by effectively correcting measurement error that occurs due to variation of flow positions of fine particles in a channel. A data correction method for a fine particle measurement device is provided, which includes an intensity detection procedure capable of detecting light generated from a fine particle by emitting light onto the fine particle flowing through a channel, and obtaining intensity information about the light, a position detection procedure capable of obtaining position information about the fine particle, and a correction procedure for correcting the intensity information on the basis of the position information.

Data correction method in fine particle measuring device and fine particle measuring device

[Object] A method of detecting nucleic acids easily without requiring complicated operations such as mixing of liquids and cleaning within micro-scale flow channels. [Solving Means]A method of detecting nucleic acids including the steps of bringing a sample containing the nucleic acids into contact with copper, and detecting fluorescence emitted from the sample is provided. According to the method of detecting nucleic acids, only by bringing the sample containing nucleic acids into contact with copper, the fluorescence derived from the composite of the nucleic acids and copper can be easily detected.

Method of detecting nucleic acids, method of optically observing sample and fluorescent substance

[Object] A method of detecting nucleic acids easily without requiring complicated operations such as mixing of liquids and cleaning within micro-scale flow channels. [Solving Means] A method of detecting nucleic acids including the steps of bringing a sample containing the nucleic acids into contact with copper, and detecting fluorescence emitted from the sample is provided. According to the method of detecting nucleic acids, only by bringing the sample containing nucleic acids into contact with copper, the fluorescence derived from the composite of the nucleic acids and copper can be easily detected.

There is provided a laminar flow monitoring method in a fine particle measurement device, the method including a radiation step of radiating light to a laminar flow, a position detection step of receiving, by a detector, an S polarized component which is separated from scattered light produced from the laminar flow and to which astigmatism is given and acquiring light reception position information of the S polarized component in the detector, and a determination step of determining a state of the laminar flow based on the light reception position information.

Fine particle measurement device, and laminar flow monitoring method and fine particle analysis method in fine particle measurement device

To provide a technology of staining nuclei of cells, microorganisms and the like by a simple operation and observing their forms. There is provided a cell nucleus observation substrate including an introduction part into which a sample liquid containing cells is introduced and an observation area within which the cells in the sample liquid introduced from the introduction part is held, copper being disposed on a flow path of the sample liquid in the introduction part and the observation area so that the copper being capable of contacting with the sample liquid. In the cell nucleus observation substrate, the cells in the sample liquid introduced from the introduction part is contacted with copper, nucleic acids therein will emit fluorescence and is held within the observation area. Accordingly, in the cell nucleus observation substrate, the cells including the nuclei being fluorescence stained can be observed at the observation area.

Cell nucleus observation substrate and cell nucleus observation apparatus

A microchip includes a sample liquid feed channel permitting a sample liquid containing particulates to flow through, at least one pair of sheath liquid feed channels configured to merge to the sample liquid feed channel from both sides thereof for permitting a sheath liquid to flow through surrounding the sample liquid, a merging channel connected to the sample liquid feed channel and the one pair of the sheath liquid feed channels for permitting the sample liquid and the sheath liquid to merge and flow through the merging channel, a vacuum suction unit for drawing into the particulate subject to collection, connected to the merging channel, and at least one pair of discharge channels formed on both sides of the vacuum suction unit for permitting to flow through from the merging channel.

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Tokyo, Japan

Nao Nitta