Specimen sensing apparatus

Details Specimen sensing apparatus Specimen sensing apparatus

2006-07-18

2006-07-18

Porta, David (Department: 2884)

Radiant energy

Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling

Fluent material level signalling

C250S330000, C250S332000, C250S343000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07078698

ABSTRACT:
A specimen sensing apparatus according to the present invention includes a specimen container which is vertically positioned by a container holder of a columnar rack type and conveyed by a belt conveyor, an infrared CCD camera configured to pick up an infrared image of the specimen container, a visible image converter which converts the infrared image picked up by the infrared CCD camera into a visible image, an image signal processing unit which processes and converts one of the infrared image and the visible image into a signal that is suitable to measure a specimen amount, and a specimen amount measuring unit which measures an amount of specimen contained in the specimen container in response to the signal processed by the image signal processing unit.

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