Sample analyzer, method of obtaining sample identification information and sample identification information obtaining apparatus
AssigneeSysmex Corporation
InventorYuichiro Ohmae
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Abstract
A sample analyzer comprising: a measurement unit for measuring a sample contained in a sample container; a barcode reader; a rotating section; and a controller is disclosed. The controller controls the rotating section and the barcode reader so that the barcode reader repeatedly reads the barcode over the range of a predetermined rotation angle; and obtains identification information of the sample contained in the sample container on the basis of reading results obtained as a result of the repeated reading of the barcode by the barcode reader. Method of obtaining sample identification information and a sample identification information obtaining apparatus are also disclosed.
Claims20
A sample analyzer comprising:
- a measurement unit for measuring a sample contained in a sample container;
- a barcode reader for reading a barcode adhered to the sample container by irradiating a side surface of the sample container with light;
- a rotating section for rotating the sample container relative to the barcode reader so that a position at which the reading is performed by the barcode reader moves in a circumferential direction of the sample container;
- and
- a controller which executes operations, the operations comprising:
- controlling the rotating section and the barcode reader so that the barcode reader repeatedly reads the barcode over the range of a predetermined rotation angle;
- and
- obtaining identification information of the sample contained in the sample container on the basis of reading results obtained as a result of the repeated reading of the barcode by the barcode reader.
A sample analyzer comprising:
- a measurement unit for measuring a sample contained in a sample container;
- a barcode reader for reading a barcode adhered to the sample container by irradiating a side surface of the sample container with light;
- a rotating section for rotating the sample container relative to the barcode reader so that a position at which the reading is performed by the barcode reader moves in a circumferential direction of the sample container;
- and
- a controller, wherein
- the controller performs a rotating process of rotating the sample container until the sample container rotates a predetermined angle by the rotating section while repeatedly performing a reading process of reading the barcode by the barcode reader;
- and
- the controller obtains identification information of the sample contained in the sample container on the basis of reading results obtained by the repeated reading processes.
A method of obtaining sample identification information, the method comprising:
- repeatedly reading a barcode adhered to a sample container over a range of a predetermined rotation angle by rotating the sample container;
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- obtaining identification information of a sample contained in the sample container on the basis of reading results obtained as a result of the repeated reading of the barcode.
A sample identification information obtaining apparatus comprising:
- a barcode reader for reading a barcode adhered to the sample container by irradiating a side surface of the sample container with light;
- a rotating section for rotating the sample container relative to the barcode reader so that a position at which the reading is performed by the barcode reader moves in a circumferential direction of the sample container;
- and
- a controller which executes operations, the operations comprising:
- controlling the rotating section and the barcode reader so that the barcode reader repeatedly reads the barcode over the range of a predetermined rotation angle;
- and
- obtaining identification information of the sample contained in the sample container on the basis of reading results obtained as a result of repeated reading of the barcode by the barcode reader.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.