SPECIMEN INSPECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM

• Main Authors: SATO FUMIYASU, SUMINO MASAHITO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 06.08.2020
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; PHYSICS; TESTING

To prevent a label region from being erroneously judged as a serum region when a label is attached to a specimen container.SOLUTION: A specimen container 200 storing serum therein includes: one or more imaging parts 110 which perform imaging from the side surface thereof; an analysis part 120 for analyzing a serum region in the specimen container from an image imaged by the imaging part; and one or more drive parts 150, 160 which grasp the specimen container for movement and rotation. By imaging a situation when a posture of the specimen container is changed using the imaging part and capturing shape change such as inclination of a serum liquid level in the specimen container relative to the specimen container and change in an area of the serum region from an imaged image, the serum region is specified.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】検体容器にラベルが貼られている場合、ラベル領域を血清領域と誤判定するのを防止する。【解決手段】血清が収納された検体容器２００に対して、その側面から撮像する1つ以上の撮像部１１０と、撮像部で撮像した画像から検体容器内の血清領域を解析する解析部１２０と、検体容器を把持して移動、回転する1つ以上の駆動部１５０、１６０とを備え、検体容器の姿勢を変えたときの様子を撮像部で撮像し、撮像した画像から検体容器に対する検体容器内の血清液面の傾きや血清領域の面積の変化などの形状変化を捉えることで、血清領域を特定する。【選択図】図２