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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1998
Kenji Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hisanori Nasu, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimasa Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Yuuji Tsukamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Tateo Kondou, Yokohama, JP;
Takehiko Nishida, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Fujimiya, Yokohama, JP;
Noriko Yurino, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi Software Engineering Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
The apparatus for reading a luminescence pattern is equipped with a stage on which the sample to be read is mounted. A photoreceptor disk is installed in the lower part of the stage and scans and condenses light from the luminescent pattern of the sample at positions determined by the rotation of a rotary plate. A transport mechanism causes the stage and the photoreceptor disk to undergo relative motion. An optical guide part guides the light from the luminescent pattern to a photoelectric converter. The optical guide part may include mirrors or one or more optical fibers. The photoelectric converter converts the light into an electrical signal. A controller controls how scanning is performed by the photoreceptor disk and transport mechanism and generates a read scanning position signal. A data processor performs data processing by converting the electrical signal into a digital signal and obtains a scanning position signal from the controller. Additionally, a laser light source may be used to shine laser light onto an electrophoresis gel of the sample.