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Title:
LIQUID LEVEL STATE DETECTION APPARATUS, AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND LIQUID LEVEL STATE DETECTION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013088114
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a liquid level state detection apparatus in which the generation of contamination can be suppressed and accuracy in detecting a liquid level state such as air bubbles in a liquid-state substance can be improved, an automatic analyzer and a liquid level state detection method.

A liquid level state detection apparatus comprises a light irradiation section 102, an imaging section 103 and a detection section 104. The light irradiation section 102 irradiates a container 101 in which a liquid-state substance 1010 is accommodated, and a liquid level of the liquid-state substance 1010 with light. The imaging section 103 captures a video image containing at least color information of light from the container 101 and the liquid-state substance 1010 irradiated with light by the light irradiation section 102. The detection section 104 detects a state of the liquid level using the color information in the video image captured by the imaging section 103.


Inventors:
SATO YOSHIMICHI
Application Number:
JP2011225437A
Publication Date:
May 13, 2013
Filing Date:
October 13, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HITACHI HIGH TECH CORP
International Classes:
G01N35/10; G01F23/28
Domestic Patent References:
JP2011127987A2011-06-30
JPH09133687A1997-05-20
JP2001165752A2001-06-22
JP2007309888A2007-11-29
JPH11351820A1999-12-24
JP2005283527A2005-10-13
JP2008224673A2008-09-25
JP2011127987A2011-06-30
JPH09133687A1997-05-20
JP2001165752A2001-06-22
Foreign References:
WO2012066034A12012-05-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Manabu Inoue
Yuji Toda
Shigemi Iwasaki