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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kyu Tae Kang, Suwon-si, KR;
Se Do Gwon, Goyang-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a test apparatus that photographs a home mark of a microfluidic apparatus by using a camera and determining a position of a home of the microfluidic apparatus by using the camera, and a control method thereof. The method of controlling a test apparatus includes photographing a microfluidic apparatus at a predetermined frame rate by using a camera of the test apparatus while the microfluidic apparatus is rotating at a predetermined speed, acquiring a capture image which includes a home mark of the microfluidic apparatus among a plurality of images acquired by the camera, and acquiring information which relates to an encoder of the test apparatus and which corresponds to the home mark of the capture image and determining a position of a home of the microfluidic apparatus based on the acquired information.