Hitachi High-Tech Corporation

Tokyo Electron Limited

Nobuhiko Sasaki

Masahiko Iijima

Chie Yabutani

Rei Konishi

Toshiyuki Shimamori

Takanori Sawada

Kazuhisa Nakama

Masahiro Koyanagi

Tatsuya Hirosawa

Nobuyuki Ishibashi

An image restriction method includes: acquiring image data by a capturing part, the image data being obtained by capturing a space in which a monitoring target object is disposed; acquiring capturing position data indicating a capturing position of the capturing part in the space; acquiring shape information indicating a three-dimensional shape of the monitoring target object; specifying a disposition position of the monitoring target object in the space; specifying a shape of the monitoring target object disposed at the disposition position, based on the capturing position data, the shape information, and the disposition position, and specifying a region of the monitoring target object in an image of the acquired image data, based on a result obtained by the specifying the shape; performing a masking process on a region other than the specified region of the monitoring target object, in the image of the acquired image data; and outputting mask-processed image data.

Image restriction method, recording medium, information processing apparatus, and support system

An automatic analysis device that avoids carryover and prevents deterioration of analysis performance without controlling reaction cell position is provided with: a reaction cell in which a sample and a reagent are mixed and allowed to react; a light source that radiates light onto the mixed liquid of the sample and the reagent; a detector that detects the light radiated from the light source; and a cleaning mechanism that cleans the reaction cell. The cleaning mechanism includes an intake nozzle that draws in liquid from the reaction cell and a discharge nozzle that discharges the liquid into the reaction cell; the intake nozzle and the discharge nozzle can move vertically; and the intake nozzle is cleaned by lowering the intake nozzle into the reaction cell, in which a cleaning liquid or cleaning water have been accumulated, without drawing in the cleaning liquid or the cleaning water.

Automatic analysis device

A chemical dispensing mechanism detects the liquid surface of a chemical including a chemical container mounted on a chemical disk. A calculation control unit controls the operation of the chemical dispensing mechanism. The calculation control unit performs a first raising operation, in which a chemical stored in the chemical container is suctioned by the chemical dispensing mechanism, which is then raised up to a first bubble detection position, determines whether a liquid surface is present, and outputs an alert indicating the presence of a bubble on the liquid surface when the liquid surface has been determined to be absent. The first bubble detection position is when the tip of a dispensing nozzle of the chemical dispensing mechanism remains inside the liquid when there are no bubbles present on the liquid surface, and is exposed from the inside of the liquid when there are bubbles present on the liquid surface.

Automatic analysis system

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Tokyo, Japan

Nobuhiko Sasaki