JP2010054318A - Device and system for displaying analysis image - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for displaying an analysis image, capable of easily performing the comparative operation of an analysis image expressing an analysis result in an analysis apparatus, and to provide a system thereof. <P>SOLUTION: The device 1 for displaying an analysis image, which displays the analysis image of a sample in an analysis apparatus 2, includes: a display section 14, capable of displaying a plurality of windows on a same display screen which have a plurality of image windows displaying the analysis image; a window controller 22 for controlling the display of the windows; a translucent display processing section 24 for displaying the selected windows in a translucent manner; and an input section 12 for selecting a window displaying translucently. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an analysis processing image display device and an analysis processing image display system for displaying an image representing an analysis result of a sample analysis processing in an analysis device such as a chromatograph, a mass spectrometer, or a spectrophotometer.

Analytical devices such as chromatographs, mass spectrometers, and spectrophotometers include a display device that analyzes a plurality of samples and creates and displays waveform images such as chromatograms and spectra from the obtained results. Some of such display devices can display waveform images obtained from a plurality of analysis results with different samples and analysis conditions on the same display screen. Thus, by displaying a plurality of waveform images collectively on the same display screen, the operator can visually confirm the difference in the waveforms of the waveform images.
JP 2006-153628 A

However, in the above-described conventional method, it is difficult to make a comparison when the waveform difference between the waveform images is a slight difference. Further, it is possible to display a plurality of waveform images on the same coordinate axis by outputting a plurality of waveform image data in a predetermined file format and processing with an analysis application. However, it takes time and effort.
The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an analysis processing image display device and an analysis processing image display system capable of easily comparing the analysis processing images representing the analysis processing results in the analysis device.

An analysis processing image display device according to the present invention made to solve the above problems is for displaying an analysis processing image representing an analysis processing result of a sample in the analysis device,
a) a display unit capable of displaying a plurality of windows including a plurality of image windows displaying the analysis processed image on the same display screen;
b) a window display control unit for controlling display of the window;
c) a translucent display processing unit for displaying the selected window in a translucent manner;
d) Window selection means for selecting a window to be displayed semi-transparently.
An analysis processing image display system according to the present invention is a system for displaying analysis processing images of a plurality of samples on a display device by controlling a connected analysis device,
a) a display control unit for displaying a plurality of windows including a plurality of image windows for displaying the analysis processed image on the same display screen of the display device;
b) a translucent display processing unit for displaying the selected window in a translucent manner;
c) A window selection means for selecting a window to be displayed semi-transparently.

  According to the present invention, when a plurality of windows are overlapped and displayed on the same display screen, the display content of the window hidden behind the window is referred to by displaying the window arranged above in a translucent manner. can do. Further, if an image window that displays analysis processing images such as chromatograms and spectra is displayed semi-transparently and superimposed on another image window, a plurality of analysis processing images can be easily compared.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of an embodiment of an analysis processing image display apparatus according to the present invention. The analysis processing image display device 1 (hereinafter referred to as display device 1) of the present embodiment includes an input unit 12 including a mouse and a keyboard, a display unit 14 including an LCD and a CRT, a storage unit 16 including a hard disk, and the like. The computer includes a central control unit 18 including a processor and a memory.
The storage unit 16 includes an analysis setting storage unit 160, an analysis result storage unit 162, and a waveform image data storage unit 164. The waveform image corresponds to the analysis processing image of the present invention, and means a waveform graph such as a chromatograph or a spectrum.
The central control unit 18 includes an input / output control unit 20, a display control unit 22, a semitransparent display processing unit 24, and a waveform image generation unit 26 which are functional units configured by software by a program.

Next, a procedure for displaying an analysis processing image using the display device 1 of the present embodiment will be described. In the following description, an analysis processing image of a sample in a chromatograph is displayed.
During the analysis of the sample in the chromatograph, the display control unit 22 sequentially receives the output signal from the chromatograph via the input / output control unit 20, and analyzes the analysis raw data, analysis conditions, analysis date, sample name, etc. from the signal. Result data is extracted and stored in the analysis result storage unit 162.

  When the analysis is completed, the display control unit 22 reads the analysis raw data from the analysis result storage unit 162 and supplies it to the waveform image generation unit 24. The waveform image generation unit 24 generates a chromatogram waveform image (bitmap image) from the analysis raw data and passes it to the display control unit 22. The display control unit 22 stores the waveform image in the waveform image data storage unit 164 in association with the analysis result data.

  When the input unit 12 such as a mouse or a keyboard is operated, the display control unit 22 reads waveform image data and analysis result data from the storage unit 16. Then, an image window for displaying the analysis processing image (chromatogram) is created and supplied to the display unit 14. Thereby, the chromatogram of each sample is displayed on a separate image window on the display screen of the display unit 14.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the display screen 140 of the display unit 14. A window display area 142 occupying most of the display screen 140 is set on the display screen 140, and a vertically long edit menu area 144 is set on the left side thereof. A window is displayed in the window display area 142. Here, two image windows 146 and 148 are displayed. In the image windows 146 and 148, sample names, analysis conditions and the like are displayed together with chromatograms.

  In the edit menu area 144, an edit button 30, an enlargement / reduction button 32, a transparency button 34, a cancel button 36, and a help button 38 are displayed. The display screen 140 displays a pointer 40 that can be operated with a keyboard or a mouse. The user can perform various processes related to the display of each image window by clicking and dragging / dropping the various buttons in the edit menu area 144 and the pointer 40.

For example, when a plurality of image windows are selected and the enlargement / reduction button 32 is operated, the display control unit 22 displays the images so that the Y-axis scales of the chromatographs displayed in the plurality of image windows are the same. Zoom in / out the window. FIG. 3 shows an example in which the image window 146 is reduced and displayed so that the Y-axis scales of the image windows 146 and 148 are the same. Initially, the Y-axis scale of the chromatogram displayed in the image window 146 was about twice the Y-axis scale of the chromatograph displayed in the image window 148, but by reducing the image window 146 in the Y-axis direction, Processing matched the Y-axis scales of the chromatograms in both image windows 146, 148.
The enlargement / reduction ratio of the window may be input by the user, or may be selected from preset enlargement / reduction ratios. In addition, windows other than the image window can be enlarged / reduced.

  When the image window is selected and the translucent button 34 is operated, the display control unit 22 displays the selected image window in a translucent manner (see FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, the image window 148 is displayed in a translucent manner. ). For the semi-transparent display of the image window, the display control unit 22 reads out the waveform image data and supplies it to the semi-transparent display processing unit 24. The translucent display processing unit 24 processes the read waveform image data to create translucent display data. Alpha blending can be used as a method for realizing translucent processing.

  In a state where any image window in the window display area 142 is translucently displayed, the translucently displayed image window (hereinafter referred to as “semitransparent image window”) is moved by the pointer 40, and the translucent image is displayed. The window is displayed so as to overlap a part of another image window. Then, the display control unit 22 displays a “data comparison” button 42 on another image window. When the “data comparison” button 42 is operated with the pointer, the display control unit 22 displays the semi-transparent image window so as to overlap the other image window. At this time, the display control unit 22 superimposes the translucent image window on the other image window so that the X axis and Y axis of the spectra displayed in both image windows coincide with each other.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a window including an image window can be easily transparently displayed. For this reason, the chromatograms of the two image windows can be visually compared by superimposing the image window displayed translucently on another image window. Prior to superimposing a plurality of image windows, the X-axis scale and Y-axis scale of the chromatograms of these image windows can be enlarged / reduced. For this reason, it is possible to accurately compare chromatograms when a plurality of image windows are overlapped.

As mentioned above, although one Embodiment of the analysis result image display apparatus which concerns on this invention was described, embodiment is not restricted to said thing. Hereinafter, modifications will be described.
(Modification 1)
In the above-described embodiment, the case where two image windows are displayed in the window display area has been described, but three or more image windows may be displayed in the window display area. When three or more image windows are displayed, for example, all but one image window is translucently processed, and these translucent image windows are superimposed on an image window that has not been translucently processed. It is good to display.
(Modification 2)
The operation of superimposing the semitransparent image window on another image window may be performed with a pointer. In this case, it is not necessary to display a “data comparison” button.
(Modification 3)
A window other than the image window displayed in the window display area, such as an editing window or a help window for displaying a help file, may be configured to be translucently displayed. With such a configuration, the help file can be displayed while viewing the analysis result image.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of an analysis processing image display device according to the present invention. The figure which shows an example of a display screen. The figure which shows the state which reduced and displayed the one image window. The figure which shows the state which displayed the one image window semi-transparently. The figure which shows the state which piled up the image window displayed semi-transparently on the normal image window. The figure which shows the state which overlap | superposed the image window displayed semi-transparently on the normal image window completely.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Analysis process image display apparatus 2 ... Analysis apparatus 12 ... Input part 14 ... Display part 140 ... Display screen 142 ... Window display area 146,148 ... Image window 16 ... Memory | storage part 164 ... Waveform image data storage part 18 ... Central control part 20 ... Input / output control unit 22 ... Display control unit 24 ... Translucent display processing unit 26 ... Waveform image generation unit 40 ... Pointer

Claims (3)

An analysis processing image display device for displaying an analysis processing image representing an analysis processing result of a sample in the analysis device,
a) a display unit capable of displaying a plurality of windows including a plurality of image windows displaying the analysis processed image on the same display screen;
b) a window display control unit for controlling display of the window;
c) a translucent display processing unit for displaying the selected window in a translucent manner;
d) a window selection means for selecting a window to be translucently displayed.   13. The analysis processing image display device according to claim 12, further comprising an enlargement / reduction display processing unit that enlarges / reduces an image window. An analysis processing image display system for displaying an analysis processing image representing an analysis processing result of a plurality of samples on a display device by controlling a connected analysis device,
a) a window display control unit for displaying a plurality of windows including a plurality of image windows for displaying the analysis processed image on the same display screen of the display device;
b) a translucent display processing unit for displaying the selected window in a translucent manner;
c) An analysis processing image display system comprising: a window selection unit for selecting a window to be translucently displayed.