# US 12,007,387 B2 · Analysis threshold generation device and analysis threshold generation method

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- Number: US 12,007,387 B2
- Document ID: US12007387B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/111,874
- Filed: 2020-12-04
- Published: 2021-03-25
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2018-06-06
- Assignees: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Applicants: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
- Inventors: Atsushi Saito; Makoto Itonaga; Masayuki Ono; Shigehiko Iwama; Masahiro Yamamoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007387B2

## CPC

- G01N 33/543: with an insoluble carrier for immobilising immunochemicals
- G01N 33/54366: {Apparatus specially adapted for solid-phase testing}
- G01N 15/1429: Signal processing
- G01N 15/1456: {without spatial resolution of the texture or inner structure of the particle, e.g. processing of pulse signals}
- G01N 21/255: {Details, e.g. use of specially adapted sources, lighting or optical systems}
- G01N 21/41: Refractivity; Phase-affecting properties, e.g. optical path length (G01N21/21 takes precedence)
- G01N 2015/1486: {Counting the particles}
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

## Abstract

An analysis threshold generation device includes a threshold calculation unit for generating a pair of thresholds for a pulse width of a pulse included in a light reception level signal or a pair of thresholds for a pulse amplitude of the pulse. The analysis threshold generation device includes a threshold correction unit for generating a pair of thresholds used for analysis in accordance with the pair of thresholds generated by the threshold calculation unit and a count value output from a pulse count unit. The threshold calculation unit repeatedly generates a new pair of thresholds in which at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed every time the pulse count unit counts the pulse until reaching a predetermined value.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An analysis threshold generation device comprising:
an optical pickup configured to irradiate, with an irradiation light, an analysis substrate of an optical disc, the analysis substrate of the optical disc having a surface to which a detection target substance and a particle bound to the detection target substance are fixed, and receive a reflection light of the irradiation light from the analysis substrate to generate a light reception level signal;
a threshold calculation unit configured to generate a pair of thresholds for a pulse width of a pulse included in the light reception level signal or a pair of thresholds for a pulse amplitude of the pulse, the pair of thresholds for the pulse width including a pulse width upper-limit time which is a threshold time of the pulse width on an upper limit side and a pulse width lower-limit time which is a threshold time of the pulse width on a lower limit side, and the pair of thresholds for the pulse amplitude including an amplitude upper-limit voltage which is a threshold voltage of the pulse amplitude on an upper limit side and an amplitude lower-limit voltage which is a threshold voltage of the pulse amplitude on a lower limit side;
a pulse determination unit configured to determine whether the pulse width is present within a range of the pair of thresholds for the pulse width or determine whether the pulse amplitude is present within a range of the pair of thresholds for the pulse amplitude;
a pulse count unit configured to count the pulse determined to be present within the range of the generated pair of thresholds by the pulse determination unit, and output a count value of the pulse counted;
a threshold correction unit configured to generate a pair of thresholds used for analysis in accordance with the pair of thresholds generated by the threshold calculation unit and the count value output from the pulse count unit; and
a drive controller configured to control a position of the optical pickup so as to repeatedly measure a same position every time at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed by the threshold calculation unit,
wherein the drive controller is configured to control the optical pickup so as to move the optical pickup to a measurement start position in order to repeatedly measure the same position every time at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed by the threshold calculation unit, and
wherein the threshold calculation unit is configured to repeatedly generate a new pair of thresholds in which at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed every time the pulse count unit counts the pulse until reaching a predetermined value.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The analysis threshold generation device according to claim 1, wherein the threshold correction unit generates the pair of thresholds used for analysis according to a frequency distribution in which each pair of thresholds generated is defined as a class and the count value output from the pulse count unit is defined as a frequency.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The analysis threshold generation device according to claim 2, wherein the threshold correction unit generates the pair of thresholds used for analysis in accordance with a value at a class at which a mode appears in the frequency distribution.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The analysis threshold generation device according to claim 2, wherein the frequency distribution is a histogram, and the threshold correction unit generates the pair of thresholds used for analysis in accordance with an integral value of the histogram.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The analysis threshold generation device according to claim 1, wherein the threshold correction unit stores the pair of thresholds used for analysis to be associated with an analysis condition in a memory.

### Claim 6

An analysis threshold generation method comprising:
an irradiation step of irradiating, with an irradiation light, an analysis substrate of an optical disc, the analysis substrate of the optical disc having a surface to which a detection target substance and a particle bound to the detection target substance are fixed;
a signal generation step of receiving a reflection light of the irradiation light from the analysis substrate to generate a light reception level signal;
a determination step of determining whether a pulse included in the light reception level signal is present within a range of a pair of thresholds set for a pulse width or determining whether the pulse is present within a range of a pair of thresholds set for a pulse amplitude, the pair of thresholds set for the pulse width including a pulse width upper-limit time which is a threshold time of the pulse width on an upper limit side and a pulse width lower-limit time which is a threshold time of the pulse width on a lower limit side, and the pair of thresholds set for the pulse amplitude including an amplitude upper-limit voltage which is a threshold voltage of the pulse amplitude on an upper limit side and an amplitude lower-limit voltage which is a threshold voltage of the pulse amplitude on a lower limit side;
a count value output step of counting the pulse determined to be present within the range of the set pair of thresholds in the determination step, and outputting a count value of the pulse counted;
a first threshold generation step of repeatedly generating a new pair of thresholds in which at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed every time the count value output step counts the pulse until reaching a predetermined value,
wherein and a position of an optical pickup configured to irradiate the analysis substrate with the irradiation light is controlled so as to repeatedly measure a same position every time at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed, and
wherein the optical pickup is controlled so as to move to a measurement start position in order to repeatedly measure the same position every time at least one of the pair of thresholds is changed; and
a second threshold generation step of generating a pair of thresholds used for analysis in accordance with each pair of thresholds generated and the count value output in the count value output step.