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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2016
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shugo Okabe, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Fukugaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A specimen transporting apparatus and method are provided, in which a specimen container having a non-printed region and a printed region on a side surface of the specimen container is rotated intermittently, each time through a certain angle, during a first rotation. Information printed on the printed region is read during the first rotation, and the location of the non-printed region is identified based on the success or failure of the reading. Next, a second rotation is performed, in which the specimen container is rotated continuously. The information printed on the printed region is read during the second rotation, and the location of the printed region is identified based on the success or failure of the reading. Accordingly, the location of an end portion of the printed region is identified, and the orientation of a specimen bar code is aligned relative to a transfer destination rack.