Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Article handling
Patent
1998-09-24
2000-10-31
Ellis, Christopher P.
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Article handling
700225, 422104, 422 67, G06F 700
Patent
active
061416029
ABSTRACT:
When processing a specimen by a plurality of specimen processing devices arranged along a transportation line, a specimen tag on which a coded group code representing a combination including at least one processing item is adhered on the specimen container. A plurality of such specimen containers are mounted on a specimen support bearing a specific carrier tag. Prior to transporting the specimen support, the specimen tags and the carrier tag are read, and based on the read result, an information management and controlling unit and the respective specimen processing devices manage a corresponding relationship between the carrier tag and the group codes. At the respective specimen processing devices the specimen support is identified and the processing corresponding to the group code is performed for the respective concerned specimen.
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Igarashi Yoshiaki
Komata Mikio
Ellis Christopher P.
Hitachi , Ltd.
Tran Khoi H.
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