JP7322494B2 - Analysis instrument reporting device, method and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an apparatus, method, and program for creating a report of analysis results of an analyzer.

Analytical results obtained by an analyzer such as a liquid chromatograph are stored as analytical data in a storage device of a computer connected to the analyzer. The computer reads analysis data and report templates and outputs analysis reports. A report template is data that defines the output contents of an analysis report. In the report template, the types of analysis items to be output to the analysis report are defined.

A user can create a new report template or change a report template saved in the computer. Patent Literature 1 listed below discloses an apparatus for creating a template that is used when creating an analysis report.

International Publication No. 2017/098793

A user creates various report templates according to the purpose of the analysis report. By visualizing the report template, the user checks the output state of the analysis report using the created report template. Since the user completes the report template by repeatedly editing the report template and checking the output status, there is a desire to efficiently check the output status of the analysis report.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide means for efficiently checking the output state of an analysis report when creating a report template.

A report creation device for an analysis device according to one aspect of the present invention is a device for creating a report of analysis results obtained from the analysis device, the template creation unit creating a template for the report, and the template creation unit and a preview display section for displaying a preview of the template. A template includes multiple edit items. The preview display unit displays a preview of the template for each editing item based on the created template.

Since the report creation device of the analysis device previews the template for each editing item, it is possible to shorten the time required for image processing for preview display. In addition, since the preview display is performed for each editing item, the user can easily confirm the target editing item.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide means for efficiently checking the output state of an analysis report when creating a report template.

FIG. 1 is an overall view of an analysis system according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a computer according to this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a computer according to this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing template preview display processing. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a template creation screen. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an item preview of a template output in units of editing items.

Next, configurations of a report creation device, method, and program for an analysis device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(1) Overall Configuration of Analysis System FIG. 1 is an overall view of an analysis system 5 according to the present embodiment. Analysis system 5 comprises computer 1 and liquid chromatograph 3 . Computer 1 and liquid chromatograph 3 are connected via network 4 . The network 4 is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network).

A program for controlling the liquid chromatograph 3 is installed in the computer 1 . Also installed in the computer 1 are a program for outputting a report of the analysis results of the liquid chromatograph 3 and a program for creating a report template.

The liquid chromatograph 3 includes a pump unit, an autosampler unit, a column oven unit, a detector unit, and the like. Liquid chromatograph 3 also includes a system controller. The system controller controls the liquid chromatograph 3 according to control instructions received from the computer 1 via the network 4 . The system controller transmits the analysis result data of the liquid chromatograph 3 to the computer 1 via the network 4 .

(2) Configuration of Analysis System FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the computer 1. As shown in FIG. A personal computer is used as the computer 1 in this embodiment. The computer 1 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101 , a RAM (Random Access Memory) 102 , a communication interface 103 , an external interface 104 , a storage device 105 , a display device 110 and an operation section 111 . The storage device 105 is, for example, a hard disk.

A CPU 101 controls the computer 1 . RAM 102 is used as a work area when CPU 101 executes a program. Communication interface 103 is an interface for communicating with other computers and devices. A communication interface 103 is connected to the network 4 . The external interface 104 is an interface for accessing the storage medium D1. The display device 110 is, for example, a liquid crystal display. The operating unit 111 includes, for example, a keyboard and a mouse.

Storage device 105 stores analysis data AD, template TD, analysis management program P1, and report creation program P2. The analysis data AD is the analysis result data received from the liquid chromatograph 3 . The template TD is data defining the output contents of the analysis result report. The analysis management program P1 is a program for controlling the liquid chromatograph 3. The report creation program P2 is a program for outputting a report of the analysis results of the liquid chromatograph 3. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the computer 1. As shown in FIG. The control unit 200 is a functional unit implemented by the CPU 101 using the RAM 102 as a work area and executing various programs. The analysis management unit 210 is a functional unit implemented by the CPU 101 using the RAM 102 as a work area and executing the analysis management program P1. Report creation unit 220 is a functional unit realized by CPU 101 using RAM 102 as a work area and executing report creation program P2.

The analysis manager 210 controls the liquid chromatograph 3 . The analysis management unit 210 receives input of analysis conditions and the like and instructions for analysis processing from the operator, and issues control instructions to the liquid chromatograph 3 . The analysis management unit 210 also displays the analysis data AD, which is the analysis result of the liquid chromatograph 3, on the display device 110, performs analysis processing of the analysis data AD, and the like.

The report creation unit 220 is a functional unit that outputs a report of the analysis results of the liquid chromatograph 3 . The report creation unit 220 reads the analysis data AD and the template TD, and creates a report of the analysis data AD in a format according to the template TD. The report creation section 220 includes a template creation section 221 and a preview display section 222 .

The template creating unit 221 is a functional unit that creates a template TD. The template creating unit 221 has a function of creating a new template TD and a function of changing the template TD stored in the storage device 105 . The template creating unit 221 saves the created or changed template TD in the storage device 105 .

The preview display section 222 displays a preview of the template TD created by the template creation section 221 . The preview display of the template TD is to display the image data of the analysis report created based on the template TD on the display device 110 . In the present embodiment, the preview display unit 222 previews the template TD in PDF (Portable Document Format) format. The format of image data used for preview display is not limited to PDF, and other formats such as JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) and TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) are also available.

(3) Template Creation and Preview Display Method Next, a template TD creation and preview display method will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a method of creating a template TD and displaying a preview. The flowchart in FIG. 4 shows processing executed by the template creation unit 221 and the preview display unit 222 .

In step S<b>1 , the template creation unit 221 displays the template TD creation screen 50 on the display device 110 . For example, when the user operates the operation unit 111 of the computer 1 to start the report creation program P2, the template TD creation screen 50 is displayed on the display device 110 .

FIG. 5 shows a template TD creation screen 50 displayed on the display device 110. As shown in FIG. The creation screen 50 has an edit item list area 51 and an edit window area 52 .

The edit item list area 51 displays a list of edit items that can be incorporated into the template TD. In the example of FIG. 5, "header", "footer", "method file", "calibration curve", "result table", "chromatogram" and "MS spectrum" are displayed as edit items. The edit items shown in FIG. 5 are an example, and the template TD can incorporate various edit items necessary for creating a report of the analysis data AD. Edit items include items related to analysis conditions or analysis results recorded in the analysis data AD such as "method file", "calibration curve", "result table", "chromatogram" and "MS spectrum". be The edit items also include report formatting items such as "header" and "footer".

In the edit item list area 51, a check box is displayed to the left of the character string of each edit item. The user selects an edit item by operating the operation unit 111 of the computer 1 and checking a check box. The selected editing items are incorporated into the template TD. That is, the selected editing items are incorporated into the analysis report. FIG. 5 shows a state in which the edit items "header", "footer", "result table" and "chromatogram" are checked. That is, the template TD incorporates "header", "footer", "result table" and "chromatogram" as edit items.

A window corresponding to the selected edit item is displayed in the edit window area 52 . In FIG. 5, four windows W1, W2, W3 and W4 corresponding to the selected "header", "footer", "result table" and "chromatogram" are superimposed and displayed in the edit window area 52. ing. In FIG. 5, of the four windows W1 to W4, the window W4 corresponding to "chromatogram" is arranged in the foreground, and the other windows W1 to W3 are arranged behind the window W4.

At the upper end of each window W1-W4, there are provided title bars T1-T4 in which edit item names are described as titles. The user selects an edit item to be edited by operating the operation unit 111 to select one of the title bars T1 to T4 of the windows W1 to W4. The window of the selected edit item is displayed in the foreground, and the edit content EC of the selected edit item is displayed. In the example of FIG. 5, the window W4 of "chromatogram" is selected as an object to be edited, and the edited content EC of "chromatogram" is displayed in the window W4.

In the "chromatogram" window W4 shown in FIG. 5, an edit menu of "display item", "display font", "display size" and "arrangement pattern" is displayed as the edit contents EC of the "chromatogram". there is

A display item list 521 and a selection list 523 are arranged in the "display item" edit menu. A display item list 521 displays a list of display items that can be incorporated into the template TD. The user operates the operation unit 111 to select display items to be incorporated into the template TD from the display items listed in the display item list 521 . Subsequently, the user operates the operation unit 111 and selects the incorporation button 522 . The selected display item is thereby added to the selection list 523 . The example of FIG. 5 shows a state in which "ID" and "Area" are selected as display items to be incorporated into the template TD.

An order specifying button 524 is arranged on the side of the selection list 523 . The order designation button 524 consists of two buttons, an upward order movement button and a downward order movement button. The order of the display items displayed in the selection list 523 (vertical arrangement order) corresponds to the display order of the “display items” in the template TD. The user can set the display order of the display items by operating the operation unit 111 to select one of the display items listed in the selection list 523 and operating the order designation button 524 .

A drop-down list 525 is arranged in the "display font" edit menu. By operating the operation unit 111 and operating the drop-down list 525, the user can set the font of the display item to be incorporated in the template TD. Font names such as “Gothic” and “Arial” are selectably displayed in the drop-down list 525 .

A drop-down list 526 is arranged in the “display size” edit menu. By operating the operation unit 111 and operating the drop-down list 526, the user can set the font size of the display items to be incorporated in the template TD.

A drop-down list 527 is arranged in the "arrangement pattern" edit menu. By operating the operation unit 111 and operating the drop-down list 527, the user can set the arrangement pattern of the chromatograms to be incorporated into the template TD. For example, the arrangement pattern can be selected from "vertical 2×horizontal 2", "vertical 2×horizontal 3", and the like.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, since the window W4 of "chromatogram" is selected as the edit target, the edit content EC relating to "chromatogram" is displayed as the edit content EC. When another window W1 to W3 is selected as an object to be edited, the edited content EC corresponding to each edit item is displayed. The user appropriately switches between the windows W1 to W4 to create the template TD in each of the windows W1 to W4.

The user can preview the template TD while editing the windows W1 to W4. By previewing the template TD, the user can check the output state of the analysis report created based on the template TD. The preview display of the template TD includes an item preview display for previewing each edit item and an overall preview display for previewing the entire template TD. First, the item preview display will be described.

In order to perform item preview display, the user first selects an edit item to be previewed. Specifically, the user selects the title bars T1 to T4 of the windows W1 to W4 for which the item preview display is desired. As a result, the window to be edited becomes the target of the item preview display.

At the bottom of the creation screen 50, an "item preview" button 531 and an "whole preview" button 532 are arranged. The user operates the operation unit 111 and selects an “item preview” button 531 to instruct item preview display of the selected edit item.

When the "item preview" button 531 is selected by the user, the preview display unit 222 executes step S2 shown in FIG. 4 to specify an edit item to be previewed. That is, the preview display unit 222 identifies the edit item selected as the edit target in the edit window area 52 shown in FIG. 5 as the item preview display target. In the example of FIG. 5, the edit item "chromatogram" is specified as the item preview display target.

Subsequently, in step S<b>3 in FIG. 4 , the preview display unit 222 outputs an item preview of the identified edit item to the display device 110 . The preview display unit 222 displays an item preview of the edit item specified in the template TD. The preview display unit 222 does not perform preview display for edit items other than the specified edit items in the template TD. For example, an item preview is displayed in PDF format on the display device 110 .

FIG. 6 shows an item preview 60 displayed on display device 110 . The item preview shown in FIG. 6 is generated for the edit item "chromatogram". That is, the item preview 60 is a preview obtained by extracting the edit item "chromatogram" from the template TD. The item preview 60 is generated based on the setting contents in the edit contents EC of FIG. For example, in FIG. 5, “ID” and “Area” are selected as display items, so “ID” and “Area” are displayed on the side of the chromatogram in the item preview 60 . Since the display order of the selection list 523 in FIG. 5 is the order of “ID”→“Area”, the items are also displayed in the order of “ID”→“Area” from the top in the item preview 60 . Also, the font and font size of "ID" and "Area" to be displayed are determined according to the setting contents of drop-down lists 525 and 526. FIG. Also, the arrangement of the displayed chromatograms is determined according to the setting contents of the drop-down list 527 . In the example of FIG. 6, the chromatogram has an arrangement pattern of 2 vertical×2 horizontal.

The preview display unit 222 generates the item preview 60 based on the created template TD and analysis data for preview. In the item preview 60 shown in FIG. 6, analysis data for preview is used as provisional analysis data. Alternatively, the preview display unit 222 may generate the item preview 60 using actual analysis data AD stored in the storage device 105 .

The user refers to the item preview 60 and confirms the template TD for each edit item. After referring to the item preview 60, the user edits the template TD again on the creation screen 50 as required. The user can efficiently create a template TD while editing and previewing the template TD for each editing item. Further, the user can check the template TD for each edit item by printing the item preview 60 from a printer (not shown) connected to the computer 1 as necessary.

As described above, the computer 1 of the present embodiment performs item preview display of the template TD for each edit item, so that it is possible to shorten the time required for image processing for item preview display. If there are many editing items to be incorporated into the template TD, it takes a long time to image the entire template TD. In this embodiment, only the editing items that the user wants to check are visualized, so the processing time can be shortened. Also, since the item preview display is performed for each edit item, the user can easily confirm the target edit item.

Further, the computer 1 according to the present embodiment displays an item preview of an edit item whose edit content EC is displayed on the display device 110 . Since the edit items displayed on the display device 110 are displayed as item previews, the operability is good for the user.

As described above, the user can preview an item to be edited by selecting the "item preview" button 531 on the template TD creation screen 50 shown in FIG. . When the user wants to preview the entire template TD, the user operates the operation unit 111 and selects the “whole preview” button 532 . As a result, the entire template TD can be preview-displayed regardless of which editing item is to be edited.

(4) Correspondence between each constituent element of the claims and each element of the embodiment An example of correspondence between each constituent element of the claim and each element of the embodiment will be described below. is not limited to In the above embodiment, the liquid chromatograph 3 is an example of the analyzer, and the computer 1 is an example of the report preparation device. Further, in the above embodiment, the display font and display size are examples of display modes, and the chromatogram is an example of report contents.

Various elements having the configuration or function described in the claims can also be used as each component of the claims.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above embodiments, the case of creating a report of the analysis results of the liquid chromatograph 3 as an analyzer has been described as an example. The analyzer is not limited to liquid chromatographs, and the present invention can also be applied to gas chromatographs and mass spectrometers.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the edit item to be edited on the creation screen 50 is displayed as an item preview has been described as an example. Specifically, the case where an edit item whose edit content EC is displayed on the display device 110 is displayed as an item preview has been described as an example. As another example, the creation screen 50 may be provided with a menu for designating edit items to be previewed.

In the above embodiment, the report generation program P2 is stored in the storage device 105 as an example. The report creation program P2 may be stored and provided in the storage medium D1 as shown in FIG. CPU 101 reads report creation program P2 stored in storage medium D1 via external interface 104 . The CPU 101 may directly start the report creation program P2 stored in the storage medium D1, or may install it in the computer 1. FIG. A CD-ROM, a DVD, a USB memory, or the like can be used as the storage medium D1.

In the above embodiment, the case where both the analysis management program P1 and the report creation program P2 are installed in the computer 1 has been described as an example. As another example, the analysis management program P1 may be installed in the computer 1, and the report creation program P2 may be installed in another computer (server or the like). In this case, the computer 1 may start and execute the report creation program P2 installed in another computer via the network. For example, a report creation program activated by a WWW (World Wide Web) server may be executed using a WEB browser activated by the computer 1 . Alternatively, both the analysis management program P1 and the report creation program P2 may be installed on the server, and the computer 1 may execute both programs via the network.

The specific configuration of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications are possible without departing from the gist of the invention.

(6) Aspects It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the exemplary embodiments described above are specific examples of the following aspects.

(Section 1) The report creation device of the analysis device according to one aspect,
A device for creating a report of analysis results obtained from an analysis device,
a template creation unit for creating a template of the report;
a preview display unit that displays a preview of the template created by the template creation unit;
with
The template is
multiple edits,
including
The preview display unit displays a preview of the template for each edit item based on the created template.

Since the report creation device of the analysis device previews the template for each editing item, it is possible to shorten the time required for image processing for preview display. In addition, since the preview display is performed for each editing item, the user can easily confirm the target editing item.

(Section 2) In the report creation device of the analysis device according to Section 1,
The template creation unit
displaying the edited content of the edit item to be edited among the plurality of edit items on a display device connected to the report creation device of the analysis device;
The preview display unit
A preview of the edit item to be edited, whose edit content is displayed on the display device, is displayed.

The report creation device of the analysis device displays a preview of the edited item whose edited content is displayed on the display device. Since the edit item displayed on the display device is displayed in preview, the operability is good for the user.

(Section 3) In the report creation device of the analysis device according to Section 1 or 2,
The template creation unit selects display items in the edit items.

The user can perform a preview display for each edit item after performing an operation to select a display item within the edit item. This improves the convenience of confirming the template in which the selected display item is incorporated.

(Section 4) In the report creation device of the analysis device according to Section 3,
The template creation unit sets a display order of the display items in the edit item.

After the user has set the display order of the display items within the edit item, the user can perform preview display for each edit item. This improves the convenience of confirming the display order of the display items.

(Section 5) In the report creation device of the analysis device according to Section 3 or 4,
The template creation unit sets a display mode of the display item in the edit item.

After the user has set the display mode of the display item in the edit item, the user can perform a preview display for each edit item. This improves the convenience of confirming the display mode of the display items.

(Section 6) In the report creation device of the analysis device according to any one of Sections 1 to 5,
The template creation unit sets an arrangement pattern of report contents in the edit item.

After the user has set the arrangement pattern of the display items in the edit item, the user can perform a preview display for each edit item. This improves the convenience of confirming the arrangement pattern of the display items.

(Section 7) A method of creating a report for an analyzer according to one aspect includes:
A method for generating a report of analytical results obtained from an analyzer, comprising:
displaying a creation screen for creating a report template on a display device;
identifying one edit item to be previewed from among a plurality of edit items included in the template;
a step of displaying a preview of the template with respect to the one edit item based on the created template;
including.

(Section 8) A report creation program for an analysis device according to one aspect,
A program for creating a report of analysis results obtained from an analyzer,
a process of displaying a creation screen for creating a report template on a display device;
a process of identifying one edit item to be previewed among a plurality of edit items included in the template;
a process of displaying a preview of the template with respect to the one edit item based on the created template;
run on the computer.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Computer 3... Liquid chromatograph 50... Preparation screen 51... Edit item list area 52... Edit window area 105... Storage device 200... Control part 220... Report preparation part 221... Template preparation part, 222 ... Preview display part

Claims (8)

A device for creating a report of analysis results obtained from an analysis device,
a template creation unit for creating a template of the report;
a preview display unit that displays a preview of the template created by the template creation unit;
with
The template is
multiple edits,
including
The report creation device of the analysis device, wherein the preview display unit displays a preview of the template for each edit item based on the created template. The template creation unit
displaying the edited content of the edit item to be edited among the plurality of edit items on a display device connected to the report creation device of the analysis device;
The preview display unit
2. The report creation device for an analysis device according to claim 1, wherein a preview of said edit item to be edited whose edit content is displayed on said display device is displayed. 3. The report creation device for an analysis device according to claim 1, wherein said template creation unit selects display items in said edit items. 4. The report creation device for an analysis device according to claim 3, wherein said template creation unit sets a display order of said display items within said edit items. 5. The report creation device for an analysis device according to claim 3, wherein said template creation unit sets a display mode of said display item in said edit item. 6. The report creation device for an analysis device according to claim 1, wherein said template creation unit sets an arrangement pattern of report contents in said edit item. A method for generating a report of analytical results obtained from an analyzer, comprising:
displaying a creation screen for creating a report template on a display device;
identifying one edit item to be previewed from among a plurality of edit items included in the template;
a step of displaying a preview of the template with respect to the one edit item based on the created template;
a method of generating reports for analyzers, including; A program for creating a report of analysis results obtained from an analyzer,
a process of displaying a creation screen for creating a report template on a display device;
a process of identifying one edit item to be previewed among a plurality of edit items included in the template;
a process of displaying a preview of the template with respect to the one edit item based on the created template;
Analyzer reporting program for causing a computer to run

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