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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2022
Hitachi High-tech Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Daigo Shishido, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniaki Onizawa, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to enable easy setting of a configuration of a specimen inspection automation system, the present disclosure proposes a technique for automatically allocating an IP address (unique position information) to each unit constituting the specimen inspection automation system. For example, the present disclosure proposes a specimen inspection automation system comprising: a plurality of slave station devices each of which corresponds to at least one of a transport device for transporting a specimen and an analyzer for analyzing the specimen; and a master station device that communicates with the slave station devices through a communication line and controls the slave station devices. The master station device performs a process for allocating unique position information to each of the slave station devices by using information acquired through communication with the slave station devices.