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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Otsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroto Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Miyata, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Kato, Chiba, JP;
Kouhei Hatamoto, Chiba, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a particle sorting apparatus, a particle sorting method, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program that enable sorting object particles to be sorted with high precision, even when the sorting object particles are large. In the particle sorting apparatus, a charging unit that applies charges to at least a part of liquid droplets ejected from an orifice to generate a fluid stream and a charging control unit that adjusts a charge application end time in the charging unit according to sizes of particles included in the liquid droplets are provided.