EP3488243A1 - Erkennungsvorrichtung und -verfahren zum erkennen von kennzeichen an und/oder merkmalen von laborobjekten - Google Patents
Erkennungsvorrichtung und -verfahren zum erkennen von kennzeichen an und/oder merkmalen von laborobjektenInfo
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- EP3488243A1 EP3488243A1 EP17745688.6A EP17745688A EP3488243A1 EP 3488243 A1 EP3488243 A1 EP 3488243A1 EP 17745688 A EP17745688 A EP 17745688A EP 3488243 A1 EP3488243 A1 EP 3488243A1
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a
- Recognition device for detecting marks on and / or features of laboratory objects and / or of samples therein, in particular in connection with automated laboratory systems or systems, such as
- sample containers such as e.g. Sample tubes, Reagenzientröge or microplates.
- a laboratory device such as
- sample containers such as sample tubes, reagent troughs or
- Microplates having a label such as a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) bar code printed on a label attached to the sample tube, e.g.
- Sample container or sample tubes are read.
- Reagent vessels are also often tagged with one or two-dimensional bar codes containing information about the type of reagent, lot number, and expiration date.
- the reagent vessels can
- microplates were specified and standardized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). To one
- microplates are also often provided with labels such as one- or two-dimensional barcodes.
- sample containers, sample tubes, reagent vials, microplates, troughs and the like may be grouped under the term laboratory objects.
- CCDs Charge Coupled Device
- laser scanners are used to read bar codes, and the barcodes must be brought into close proximity to the reader for scanning, when the samples are placed in carrier units for subsequent processing and several
- zoom lenses each of which is adjusted to the distance of the respective laboratory object to be read by means of a suitable autofocus device
- WO 2005/073895 A1 entitled “Autofocus barcode scanner and the like employing micro-fluidic lens” describes a corresponding barcode reader which has an electrically deformable lens filled with a liquid for distance or sharpness adjustment Readers are very expensive and therefore expensive and prone to error, so there is a need for simple, inexpensive and special
- a mirror having a mirror surface which is at an angle in a range of
- Receiving unit or the mirror is mounted, and is movable along a displacement path in the direction of the optical axis such that a distance between the optical pickup unit and the mirror
- Sample container such as a sample tube, a
- Reagent trough or a microplate which is transverse to the optical axis at the level of the mirror, is adjustable so that the recording distance within a depth of field, the optical
- optical recording unit and is configured to be based on that of the
- the optical sensor element is capable of light in at least part of the visible (for humans) electromagnetic spectrum (ie in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm) and / or infrared light (ie in the wavelength range of 780 nm to 1 mm) and /or
- Ultraviolet light i.e., in the wavelength range of 10 nm to 380 nm
- UV light i.e., in at least part of the wavelength range of 10 nm to 1 mm
- the depth of field (synonymous also called depth of field) is a measure of the extent of the sharp area in the
- Recording room of the optical recording unit It describes the size of the range of distances within which a mark on and / or features of laboratory articles and / or of samples contained therein is sufficiently sharply imaged to ensure reliable detection (eg in 95%, preferably in 99% of cases) ,
- the transport unit can be moved directly manually, e.g. from a latching point in the
- Transport unit e.g. via a mechanical
- Displacement path can be performed, for example, as a rail, for example in the form of a rack.
- the rail for example in the form of a rack.
- Recognition device further:
- Transport unit which with the drive unit
- the control unit could change the position of the
- Transport unit via sensors, which are arranged for example in or on the displacement path, notice.
- Recognition device is the control unit a
- the optical recording unit further comprises a fixed-focus lens, which in particular for optimally focusing of laboratory objects, measured via the reflection surface to the recording distance of the are located, is designed, or which in particular has a maximum resolution in the recording distance, wherein the (vorgebare or
- Range is from 15 cm to 80 cm, preferably 50 cm.
- Autofocus (zoom) Obj ektiv be used where once the autofocus reaches its limits, and the resolution is too low, the transport unit is moved, so that the shooting distance again lie within the depth of focus of the autofocus (zoom) ektivs comes.
- Detection device further comprises a lighting unit, which is arranged in the optical pickup unit (preferred) or the mirror, and for illuminating the
- Laboratory objects is suitable, in particular a
- Luminosity of the illumination unit in dependence on the recording distance by the control unit is adjustable, and wherein the illumination unit comprises in particular one or more LEDs or laser diodes or a UV or IR light source.
- the optical pickup unit is one of the following: a CCD scanner with a photodiode line as the optical sensor element;
- a laser scanner which uses a laser beam to scan at least part of the laboratory object;
- a laboratory device in particular a
- the laboratory device has at least one working edge and further a plurality of
- sample containers such as e.g. Sample tubes, reagent containers or microplates, and wherein the
- Detection device is arranged such that the displacement path (substantially) perpendicular to
- At least one sensor e.g., at a beginning of at least one of the drawer paths, e.g. a
- Photocell or a Hall sensor arranged, which is suitable for detecting the insertion of a carrier unit, and from an output signal of said at least one sensor information regarding a distance of the laboratory object from the mirror is derived, wherein the sensor is operatively connected to the control unit.
- At least one signal generator such as e.g. a magnet arranged, wherein in particular a respective signal transmitter between individual receptacles for receiving one of the plurality of laboratory objects is arranged.
- Laboratory objects executed in a row.
- the series can be linear, or the recordings for the individual
- Laboratory objects can be arranged laterally (slightly) offset relative to one another on the carrier units.
- Laboratory device further a collection device for
- Laboratory device further on a backlight, in particular an LED backlight, on which is arranged such that at least one insertion path between the backlight and the mirror is located.
- optical sensor element which is suitable in
- Receiving unit is located, wherein the displacement path is substantially parallel and guerab to the first insertion path;
- the distance is adjusted by motorization by means of a controlled drive.
- the insertion or retraction of the first carrier unit is motorized.
- this includes
- Detecting information regarding a distance of the laboratory object from the mirror wherein this information is used to adjust the distance (eg, from a control unit) so that the shooting distance is within the depth of field of the optical pickup unit.
- this includes
- Displacement path in the direction of the optical axis so that a (predetermined or predefined) second recording distance between the optical recording unit and the second laboratory object via the mirror surface within the depth of field of the optical
- the detection method comprises the following further step:
- the label to be recognized on the laboratory object is one of the following:
- - barcode eg a QR code or point code
- - 3D code for example, a hue, a
- Detection method is the feature to be recognized of the laboratory object and / or the sample which is located in the laboratory object to one of the following physical characteristics:
- Level of the laboratory object e.g. based on one
- Boundary layer (s) between different components of the sample eg the border between blood serum and
- Detection method is a backlight, in particular an LED backlight, or a background with a, e.g. high-contrast, patterning or coloring used, in particular suitable for obtaining an optical signal, which leads to a more reliable and / or faster recognition of the label on the laboratory object or the feature of the laboratory object and / or the sample, which is located in the laboratory object.
- FIG. 1 is a view of an embodiment of a carrier unit for receiving a plurality
- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an inserted
- Fig. 3 is a perspective view of several components
- FIG. 4 a top view of an embodiment of a
- Support unit and b) top view of an exemplary embodiment of a laboratory device according to the invention with an exemplary embodiment of a recognition device according to the invention with an inserted carrier unit that is more remote from the recognition device than in FIG. 4 a).
- Fig. 1 shows a front view of a carrier unit 3 (often referred to in the jargon "strip rack"), in which side by side a plurality (eg 8 or 16) of
- Sample tubes 4, 4 ⁇ are each aligned in the holder so that the barcode 1, 1 ⁇ in a reading slot 2 is clearly visible.
- a one-dimensional / ID bar code (or bar code) 4 is attached on the first, third and fourth sample tubes 4 from the right.
- a two-dimensional / 2D barcode 1 (or matrix code) is attached on the second sample tube 4 from the right.
- the sixth sample tube 4 ⁇ from the right is arranged in the holder such that the barcode is located on the opposite side of the sample tube 4.
- the sample 14 which is located in the sample tube 4 ⁇ , not covered by the label with the barcode 1, 1 ⁇ , so that, for example, the level of the sample tube 4 A or a
- Boundary layer 15 (see also the fifth sample tube 4 ⁇ from the right) between different components of the sample 14 can be seen.
- FIG. 2 now shows the carrier unit 3 of FIG. 1 on a working field 13 in a perspective view.
- the carrier unit 3 is now usually manually moved along an insertion path 12 onto the Working field 13 inserted.
- One after the other are now further carrier units 3 each along another
- Carrier units 3 on the working area 13 can alternatively be motorized by means of a collection device (not shown in FIG. 2) along the respective insertion path 12, 12 ⁇ 12 12 ".
- Fig. 3 shows a working field 13, on which already several carrier units 3 and a complete
- Carrier unit 3 was partially inserted onto the working area 13. By means of the large barcode 16 on the carrier unit 3, this is identifiable (->
- Carrier unit or batch number On the carrier unit 3, a small barcode 16 is located in each holder, which indicates the holder or position number for the individual sample tubes 4.
- a sensor such as a Hall sensor 19 detected along which
- Insertion path 12, 12 12 , 12, ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ the support unit 3 is inserted. This information is used to adjust the distance between the optical pickup unit and the mirror so that a pickup distance across the mirror surface between the optical pickup unit and the sample tube 4 is within the depth of field of the optical pickup unit 5. As shown in Fig. 3
- the Barcodelese- or recognition unit must now configured and arranged relative to the insertion paths 12, 12 12 ⁇ , ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 12 be that the bar code of each sample tube 1 4 during insertion or introduction of the
- Carrier units 3 can be read and recognized unhindered and reliable, which requires the recording distance between the optical recording unit and the
- the aim is to the recognition device as possible
- Laboratory device is configured as compact as possible.
- FIG. 4 shows in a plan view of an inventive
- Recognition device with a camera 5 as an optical recording unit.
- the camera 5 is on one
- Transport unit 8 which by means of a drive (eg electric stepping motor, not shown in Fig. 4) along a displacement path 9 (eg in the form of a rail such as a rack), parallel to the insertion paths 12, 12 12 ⁇ ⁇ , 12 ⁇ ⁇ and perpendicular to the edge of the working field, is moved.
- the camera 5 now sees the barcode 1 on each of the sample tubes 4 via a mirror 1, which at an angle of 45 ° to optical axis 6 of the camera 5, which is parallel to the displacement path 9.
- the distance Ai of the camera 4 to the mirror 7 is now set so that the sum of Ai and A2 gives a recording distance within the depth of focus of the fixed focus lens 10 of the camera 5, in which the camera 5 can consequently recognize the barcode with maximum sharpness or resolution.
- a magnet attached which is a corresponding
- Magnetic switch (such as a Hall sensor or reed switch)
- Carrier unit 3 triggers.
- the camera 4 picks up at least one image of the barcode 1, which is then analyzed in the evaluation unit to detect the bar code 1 or to detect the information encoded therein.
- the passing of the sample tube 4 on the mirror 7, for example, also be detected by appropriate sensors, such as magnetic switches, for example, by further magnets in the support unit 3 are arranged at a distance from the brackets.
- a photocell could alternatively be used.
- the entire carrier unit 3 should possibly be inserted over the mirror 7 along the insertion path 12, or the end of the support unit 3, for example, the handle 17 should be designed such that the mirror 7 through this is visible through when another carrier unit 3 is inserted on another insertion path 12, 12 ⁇ , 12 ⁇ .
- an illumination unit 11 can optionally be arranged at the mirror 7 (or preferably at the camera 5 as an LED ring), which illuminates the sample tubes 4 with suitable light.
- This illumination unit 11 can be constructed, for example, from LEDs or laser diodes, and / or comprise a UV or IR light source. The latter could especially in the detection of a feature of the sample tube 4 (eg
- Diameter and / or a sample 14 located therein (e.g., an interface 15 or level).
- a sample 14 located therein e.g., an interface 15 or level.
- a background with a suitable color or pattern can be used.
- the pattern can be used.
- Sample tube 4 serve by taking advantage of the pattern when viewed through the material of the
- Sample tube 4 or by its content 14 is distorted due to an off-refractive index.
- the sample 14 could alternatively or additionally be illuminated from the front by means of the illumination unit 11 (and at the back by means of the background illumination) also from above and / or below with a suitable light source.
- the shooting distance to the laboratory object 4 to be recorded can be kept constant or within the depth of focus of the lens of the camera 5, regardless of how far the insertion path 12, 12 ⁇ , 12 , ⁇ , 12 ⁇ ⁇ is removed from the mirror 7.
- Shift path 9 perpendicular to the work table edge or parallel to the insertion paths 12, 12 ⁇ , 12, 12 ⁇
- Barcode 1 identifier
- 2D barcode matrix code
- License plate with carrier unit no. 16 ⁇ mark (barcode) with mounting / Pos. -No .
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