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AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation
InventorsShotaro HOMMA, Kuniaki ONIZAWA, Yuichiro SHIGA
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A sample conveying device estimates a factor causing a decrease in a conveyance speed of a sample. The sample conveying device includes a conveying container that includes a magnet or magnetic material and contains a sample, a conveyance unit in which a plurality of magnetic poles, each of which includes a core and a coil, are arranged. The conveying container is moved on a conveying surface. A control unit controls a voltage applied to the plurality of magnetic poles, detects a position of the conveying container on the conveying surface, and controls movement of the conveying container. The control unit detects an amplitude of a current flowing through the coil of each of the plurality of magnetic poles when the conveying container approaches each of the plurality of the magnetic poles, and determines deterioration of the conveying surface based on the detected amplitude of the current.
A sample conveying device comprising:
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A sample conveying method including a conveying container that includes a magnet or magnetic material and contains a sample, and a conveyance unit in which a plurality of magnetic poles, each of which includes a core and a coil, are arranged and the conveying container is moved on a conveying surface, controlling a voltage applied to the plurality of magnetic poles, detecting a position of the conveying container on the conveying surface, and controlling movement of the conveying container, the method comprising:
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.