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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2015
Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Shigaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Yamamori, Tokyo, JP;
NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A flow analyzer includes a flash lamp configured to irradiate a flow cell having a flow path with flash light, the flow path having a predetermined width, an imaging section configured to take images of the flow cell that is irradiated by the flash lamp such that the predetermined width is included in an imaging range, an evaluator configured to detect edges indicating respective sides of the flow cell from an image of a fluid that is taken by the imaging section and to evaluate the fluid passing through the flow cell based on a relationship between a width between the detected edges and the predetermined width, and an output section configured to output a result of the evaluation by the evaluator.