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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Yukio Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Kobe, JP;
Eiji Mitsui, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Takehiro Hasegawa, Kobe, JP;
SYSMEX CORPORATION, Kobe, JP;
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A liquid surface detecting apparatus including: a retaining section that retains liquid as sample or reagent; a light emitter that emits light toward the liquid retained in the retaining section; an image capturing device that captures an image of the liquid retained in the retaining section; and a detecting device that detects a level of a liquid surface of the liquid retained in the retaining section based on the image of the liquid captured by the image capturing device, wherein the image capturing device is provided at a position such that the light, emitted by the light emitter and reflected by the liquid surface of the liquid, directly enters the image capturing device.