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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2011
Yoshiyuki Tajima, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Noguchi, Machida, JP;
Shigeru Yano, Hitachinaka, JP;
Koji Kamoshida, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshiyuki Tajima, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Noguchi, Machida, JP;
Shigeru Yano, Hitachinaka, JP;
Koji Kamoshida, Hitachinaka, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Precise prediction of the state of congestion in an automatic analysis system and adjustment of timings and the order of take-in and take-out of specimens in each of devices prevent increase in TATs of urgent specimens. A device management server for instructing each device to take in or take out specimens in each device determines the current position of each specimen, estimates the staying time of each specimen in one of regions by simulating the operation of each device assuming an initial state in which each specimen is at the current position, causes the simulation unit to perform a simulation, and corrects the timings or order of take-in and take-out of one or more other specimens so that each of the staying times in one of the regions do not exceed a corresponding allowable staying time in the region.