# US 2021/0334271 A1 · Analysis assistance device, analysis assistance method and non-transitory computer readable medium storing analysis assistance program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0334271 A1 - Document ID: US20210334271A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/230,698 - Filed: 2021-04-14 - Published: 2021-10-28 - Earliest claimed: 2020-04-24 - Assignees: Shimadzu Corporation - Applicants: Shimadzu Corporation - Inventors: Satoru WATANABE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210334271A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/22: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures - G06F 16/245: Query processing - G01N 30/8634: {Peak quality criteria} - G01N 30/8662: {Expert systems; optimising a large number of parameters} - G06F 16/248: Presentation of query results - G01N 2030/8804: {automated systems} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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 assistance device includes an estimator that estimates distribution of measurement quality index data using a plurality of analysis condition data to be provided to an analysis device and a plurality of measurement data obtained in the analysis device based on the plurality of analysis condition data, a calculator that calculates the measurement quality index data from the measurement data obtained from the analysis device, and a comparison outputter that compares and outputs for display the measurement quality index data estimated by the estimator and the measurement quality index data calculated by the calculator. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An analysis assistance device comprising: an estimator that estimates distribution of measurement quality index data using a plurality of analysis condition data to be provided to an analysis device and a plurality of measurement data obtained in the analysis device based on the plurality of analysis condition data; a calculator that calculates the measurement quality index data from the measurement data obtained from the analysis device; and a comparison outputter that compares and outputs for display the measurement quality index data estimated by the estimator and the measurement quality index data calculated by the calculator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The analysis assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the comparison outputter compares and outputs probability distribution of the measurement quality index data estimated by the estimator and the measurement quality index data calculated by the calculator. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The analysis assistance device according to claim 1, wherein the analysis device includes a chromatograph, the measurement quality index data includes retention time data of each component analyzed in the chromatograph, and the comparison outputter compares and outputs the retention time data estimated by the estimator and the retention time data calculated by the calculator. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The analysis assistance device according to claim 3, wherein the comparison outputter compares and outputs a peak image of a spectrum representing the retention time data estimated by the estimator and a peak image of a spectrum representing the retention time data calculated by the calculator. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The analysis assistance device according to claim 3, wherein the comparison outputter compares and outputs a numeral indicating the retention time data estimated by the estimator and a numeral indicating the retention time data calculated by the calculator. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The analysis assistance device according to claim 3, wherein the comparison outputter categorizes and outputs a difference between the retention time data estimated by the estimator and the retention time data calculated by the calculator. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The analysis assistance device according to claim 1, further comprising a measurement quality index display that displays the distribution of the measurement quality index data estimated by the estimator, and in response to a designation operation for an arbitrary point in a distribution image displayed by the measurement quality index display, the comparison outputter acquires the analysis condition data corresponding to the designated point, and compares and outputs the estimated measurement quality index data corresponding to the acquired analysis condition data and the calculated measurement quality index data corresponding to the acquired analysis condition data. ### Claim 8 An analysis assistance method comprising: estimating distribution of measurement quality index data using a plurality of analysis condition data to be provided to an analysis device and a plurality of measurement data obtained in the analysis device based on the plurality of analysis condition data; calculating the measurement quality index data from the measurement data obtained from the analysis device; and comparing and outputting for display the measurement quality index data estimated by the estimating and the measurement quality index data calculated by the calculating. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an analysis assistance program that causes a computer to execute: estimation processing of estimating distribution of measurement quality index data using a plurality of analysis condition data to be provided to an analysis device and a plurality of measurement data obtained in the analysis device based on the plurality of analysis condition data; calculation processing of calculating the measurement quality index data from the measurement data obtained from the analysis device; and comparison outputter processing of comparing and outputting for display the measurement quality index data estimated by the estimation processing and the measurement quality index data calculated by the calculation processing.