JP5490982B2 - Analyzer control system and analyzer control program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for controlling an analyzer and a program therefor. In the present invention, various analysis devices and measurement devices are collectively referred to as “analysis devices”.

  In many analyzers, the output value obtained by measuring a standard sample with a known reference value under specified conditions is compared with the output value of an unknown sample measured under the analysis conditions along with it. Thus, a procedure for identifying an unknown sample is performed. As an example of an analyzer that performs analysis in such a procedure, there is a TOC meter (Total Organic Carbon Analyzer) (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  When performing analysis in an analyzer that analyzes an unknown sample based on a standard sample, including a TOC meter, an analyzer control that is connected to or integrated with the analyzer In the system, one or a plurality of analyzes are generally registered in an analysis schedule table, and each analysis is generally executed in the order registered in the table.

  When each analysis is registered in the analysis schedule table, a template describing the contents of the analysis, that is, various analysis conditions for the analysis (in the present invention, this is referred to as “analysis template”) is prepared in advance. The contents of the analysis conditions included in the analysis template vary slightly depending on whether the sample is a standard sample or an unknown sample. For example, the analysis template for a standard sample includes analysis conditions such as known concentration, injection volume, dilution rate, reagent amount, and reaction time The analysis template of the unknown sample includes analysis conditions such as injection amount, dilution rate, reagent amount, reaction time, and corresponding standard sample name.

  Usually, the user calls an analysis template related to a desired analysis from the analysis schedule table, and registers the analysis on the analysis schedule table.

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  As described above, conventionally, it is necessary to prepare an analysis template for each of all analyzes to be registered in the analysis schedule table.

  By the way, the analysis conditions of the unknown sample are usually matched with the analysis conditions of the standard sample as a reference. For example, as for the values of injection volume, dilution rate, reagent volume, and reaction time contained in the analysis template for unknown samples, those values registered in the analysis template for the corresponding standard sample are usually used as they are. is there. Therefore, in the conventional analyzer control system, when creating an analysis template for an unknown sample, if a corresponding standard sample name is specified, some or all analysis conditions included in the analysis template for that standard sample are automatically set. In many cases, an auxiliary input process is performed such that the data is read and assigned to the input. This eliminates the need to designate the same value for the analysis template of the standard sample and the analysis template of the unknown sample one by one, thereby improving the efficiency of creating the analysis template.

However, even if the above input assistance processing is performed, in order to create an analysis schedule table, it is still troublesome to create analysis templates for all analyzes and manage them. .
Also, the task of reading out and registering analysis templates from the analysis schedule table one by one is cumbersome, especially if you are a user who is not familiar with the operation of the analyzer control system. There was also a problem that it took.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide one or a plurality of analyzers in an embodiment for analyzing an unknown sample based on the analysis conditions of a standard sample. This is to make the work required for registering the analysis template in the analysis schedule table more efficient.

An analyzer control system according to the present invention, which has been made to solve the above problems,
A system for controlling an analyzer that sequentially executes analysis according to one or a plurality of analysis templates registered in an analysis schedule table displayed on a monitor ,
Template display means for displaying on the monitor an analysis template identifier corresponding to only an analysis template of a standard sample prepared in advance;
Based on the input of the standard sample template registration command including the designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the standard template analysis template corresponding to the analysis template identifier is registered in the analysis schedule table. Standard sample template registration means,
Based on the input of the unknown sample template registration command including designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the analysis template of the unknown sample based on the analysis template of the standard sample corresponding to the analysis template identifier is selected. Unknown sample template registration means for registering in the analysis schedule table;
It is characterized by having.

Moreover, the analyzer control system according to the present invention is preferably,
The standard sample template registration command is an operation of dragging and dropping the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor onto the analysis schedule table,
It is desirable that the unknown sample template registration command is an operation of dragging and dropping the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor onto the analysis schedule table with a predetermined operation.

When the analyzer control system according to the present invention uses a drag and drop operation,
The fact that the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor is being dragged on the analysis schedule table and is being dragged on the monitor while being dragged with a predetermined operation. It is desirable to have a configuration including drag identification display means for changing the display form of the indicator to be displayed in an identifiable manner.

Furthermore, an analysis apparatus control program according to the present invention includes:
A program used for a computer for controlling an analyzer that sequentially executes an analysis according to one or a plurality of analysis templates registered in an analysis schedule table displayed on a monitor , the computer comprising:
Template display means for displaying on the monitor an analysis template identifier corresponding to only an analysis template of a standard sample prepared in advance;
Based on the input of the standard sample template registration command including the designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the standard template analysis template corresponding to the analysis template identifier is registered in the analysis schedule table. Standard sample template registration means,
Based on the input of the unknown sample template registration command including designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the analysis template of the unknown sample based on the analysis template of the standard sample corresponding to the analysis template identifier is selected. Unknown sample template registration means for registering in the analysis schedule table;
It is characterized by functioning.

  According to the analyzer control system of the present invention, the analysis template related to the unknown sample is registered in the analysis schedule table by using only the analysis template related to the standard sample. Therefore, since only the analysis template for the standard sample needs to be created, it is not necessary to create the analysis template for the unknown sample one by one as in the prior art, and the labor for creating the analysis schedule table is greatly simplified. In addition, the labor of searching for a target object from a large number of analysis templates is saved, so that labor can be reduced and registration errors and operation errors can be reduced.

  In addition, in the form of a system in which a standard sample template registration command is input by a drag and drop operation and an unknown sample template registration command is input by a drag and drop operation with a predetermined operation, the analysis template displayed on the monitor By simply dragging and dropping the identifier onto the analysis schedule table, the analysis template of the standard sample is registered (operation of the standard sample template registration means), and the analysis template of the standard sample is analyzed with a predetermined operation. By simply dragging and dropping to the registration position above, an analysis template for an unknown sample based on the standard sample is registered (operation of the unknown sample template registration means), making it very easy to create an analysis schedule. Intuition It is possible to perform in.

  Further, the analyzer control system according to the present invention further includes the drag identification display means, so that in the state where the analysis template of the standard sample is being dragged, it is registered as the analysis of the standard sample or the unknown sample. The user can know whether it is registered as an analysis. Accordingly, the user can surely register the analysis template, and the operability in creating the analysis schedule is improved.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an analyzer control system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a hardware configuration of an analyzer control system according to an embodiment of the present invention. A central processing unit CPU 10 includes a memory 12, a monitor 14 such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an input unit 16 including a keyboard and a mouse, and a storage unit 20 including a hard disk and a flash memory. Is connected. The storage unit 20 stores an analysis device control program 21, a template storage unit 22, and an operating system (OS) 23.

The analyzer control system is connected to an external analyzer (not shown), and can exchange various data with the analyzer. The analysis apparatus may be connected via a LAN (Local Area Network) or may be connected directly. That is, both may be connected in any form. Moreover, the analyzer control system may be incorporated as a part of the analyzer.
The type of analyzer connected to this system is not particularly limited, but basically the unknown sample is analyzed based on the analysis conditions of the standard sample, and the output value obtained as a result of the analysis and the standard sample An analyzer that identifies an unknown sample by comparing the output value.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the analyzer control program 21 includes a template display unit 24, a standard sample template registration unit 25, an unknown sample template registration unit 26, and a drag identification display unit 27. These are configurations realized by software by the CPU 10 executing the analyzer control program 21.

  The template storage unit 22 stores in advance one or a plurality of standard template analysis templates in which various analysis conditions (for example, known concentration, injection amount, dilution rate, reagent amount, reaction time, etc.) are described for the standard sample. ing.

  As described above, in the analyzer controlled by the analyzer control system according to the present invention, when an unknown sample is analyzed, the analysis result (output value) is compared with the analysis result of the standard sample. In general, the standard sample is not analyzed every time an unknown sample is analyzed, but is analyzed at a frequency of about once every several weeks to obtain an analysis result in advance, and the analysis result is unknown. It is used redundantly for sample analysis. Therefore, the standard template analysis template stored in the template storage unit 22 may or may not include an output value obtained as a result of the analysis performed in accordance with the analysis conditions. Also good. Alternatively, this output value may be associated with each analysis template related to the standard sample and managed in a predetermined storage area other than this analysis template.

  Hereinafter, an example of the operation of the analyzer control system according to the present embodiment (the operation of the analyzer control program 21) when the user controls the analyzer using the analyzer control system according to the present embodiment will be described. .

  First, when a user inputs an execution command for the analyzer control program 21 by appropriately operating the input unit 16, the CPU 10 executes the analyzer control program 21 based on the execution command, and as shown in FIG. 14 displays an analysis condition registration screen 30. The analysis condition registration screen 30 includes a template list display window 31 and an analysis schedule table window 32. In the template list display window 31, analysis template identifiers corresponding to each of the plurality of analysis templates stored in the template storage unit 22 are displayed in a list (processing performed by the template display unit 24). In FIG. 2, each analysis template identifier displayed in the template list display window 31 is drawn like a button in which the analysis template name is described, but the analysis template identifier displayed in the template list display window 31. As long as they can be distinguished from each other, this may be an icon or text. The analysis schedule table window 32 displays a part or all of the information included in the analysis schedule table (in the present embodiment, the analysis schedule table is obtained by displaying the whole or part of the analysis schedule table on the monitor 14). Called the table window). The analysis schedule table window 32 includes a plurality of rows, and a plurality of analysis templates can be registered.

  The process of registering the analysis of the standard sample in the analysis schedule table will be described with reference to FIG. The user operates the mouse pointer 40 displayed on the monitor 14 by operating the input unit 16, and selects one of the analysis template identifiers displayed in the template list display window 31 (here, “analysis condition B”). Is dragged and dropped onto the analysis schedule table window 32. Upon receiving this operation, that is, the standard sample template registration command, the standard sample template registration unit 25 refers to the template storage unit 22 and matches the analysis condition B that is the standard sample corresponding to the analysis template identifier of “analysis condition B”. The analysis template is registered in the analysis schedule table window 32. In this example, the analysis template of the analysis condition B is registered in the top row in the analysis schedule table window 32, the analysis order is “1”, the type is “standard sample”, and the analysis condition is displayed as “analysis condition B”. Although other analysis conditions are not displayed in the analysis schedule table window 32 shown in FIG. 3, another window opens when the user presses the “detail” button with the mouse pointer 40 and is registered in the analysis schedule table. It is possible to check or change the values of other analysis conditions.

  When an analysis template is registered by a drag and drop operation as in this embodiment, if an analysis template identifier is dragged and dropped to an arbitrary position on the analysis schedule table window 32, the upper limit is automatically added. The analysis templates corresponding to the analysis template identifiers may be registered in order from the line of the analysis, that is, in the execution order, or the analysis template is registered in the line where the analysis template identifier is dropped regardless of the analysis execution order. You may be made to do. In addition, the analysis template rows that have already been registered may be freely replaced.

  Next, the process of registering the analysis of the unknown sample in the analysis schedule table will be described with reference to FIG. In this case, the user is not the analysis template of the unknown sample, but the standard sample that is the basis of the unknown sample to be registered in the analysis schedule table from the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed in the template list display window 31 The analysis template identifier corresponding to is selected. Now, considering an example in which an analysis of an unknown sample corresponding to an analysis template of analysis condition B is to be registered, the user operates the mouse pointer 40 to display “analysis condition B” displayed in the template list display window 31. The described analysis template identifier is dragged and dropped onto the analysis schedule table window 32 with a predetermined operation. Here, “with a predetermined operation” means an operation of additionally pressing a key other than a button used for a drag and drop operation, such as a shift key or a control key. Normally, drag and drop operations are performed while pressing the left button of a pointing device such as a mouse. However, drag and drop operations are performed by pressing the right button or middle button instead of the left button. It can be considered that a predetermined operation is also accompanied.

In this example, the user drags and drops the analysis template identifier of “analysis condition B” onto the analysis schedule table window 32 while pressing the shift key of the keyboard as shown in FIG. Upon receiving this operation, that is, an unknown sample template command, the unknown sample template registration means 26 refers to the template storage unit 22 and based on various analysis conditions included in the analysis template of the analysis condition B that is a standard sample. The analysis template of the unknown sample is registered in the analysis schedule table. For example, the values of the analysis conditions such as the injection amount, dilution rate, reagent amount, and reaction time included in the analysis template of the analysis condition B are directly used as the analysis conditions for the unknown sample. It should be noted that which analysis condition included in the analysis template of the standard sample is used for the analysis template of the unknown sample may be set in advance.
Here, “registering an analysis template for an unknown sample” means setting various values related to the analysis conditions for the unknown sample, but not for creating a new analysis template for the unknown sample. good.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, in order to perform analysis of an unknown sample based on the analysis template of the analysis condition B with respect to three unknown samples, the analysis condition B is three times from the template list display window 31 and the analysis schedule table window. A drag and drop operation is performed while pressing the shift key. After each analysis template is registered, another window is opened by pressing the “Details” button displayed in the analysis schedule table window 32 in the same manner as when the standard sample template is registered. Can be confirmed or changed.

  The operation of the drag identification display means 27 will be described. The drag identification display means 27 performs a predetermined operation while the analysis template identifier of the standard sample is being dragged from the template list display window 31 onto the analysis schedule table window 32 and when the analysis template identifier of the standard sample is dragged from the template list display window 31. The display mode of the indicator (mouse pointer) indicating that the dragging is being performed on the monitor is changed so that the user can identify the dragging mode.

  In this embodiment, in the case of FIG. 3, which is an example of registering a standard sample template in the analysis schedule table, the drag identification display means 27 displays a circle mark 35 on the lower right of the mouse pointer 40, and an unknown sample template is displayed. In the case of FIG. 4, which is an example registered in the analysis schedule table, the drag identification display means 27 displays a triangular mark 35 at the lower right of the mouse pointer 40. Of course, instead of displaying an additional figure such as a circle or a triangle in the vicinity of the mouse pointer as an indicator, the drag identification display means 27 makes the display color of the mouse pointer different between the two or displays a predetermined text near the mouse pointer. Can also be displayed.

  The analyzer control system according to the present invention has been described according to the embodiments. However, it is clear that the above is only an example, and improvements, changes, and additions were appropriately made within the spirit of the present invention. It does not matter.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, in the template list display window 31, in the vicinity of each analysis template identifier, a button ("mark" button) for registering an analysis template corresponding to the analysis template identifier as a standard sample and an unknown sample And a button for registering as a reference (“not yet” button), a standard sample template registration command is input when the former button is pressed, and an unknown sample template registration command when the latter button is pressed Can be entered. In the example of FIG. 5, the “analysis condition” is displayed on the second line of the analysis schedule table window 32 based on the “not yet” button placed next to the analysis template identifier described as “analysis condition B”. The process of registering the analysis template of the unknown sample based on the analysis template of the standard sample corresponding to “B” is depicted.
When a “mark” button or “not yet” button is pressed, if a row is selected in the analysis schedule table window 32, an analysis template is registered in that row, and a row is selected in the analysis schedule table window 32. If not, the analysis template can be registered from the blank line in the analysis order.

The figure which shows the hardware constitutions of one Example of the analyzer control system of this invention. The screen display example of the analysis condition registration screen 30. The figure which shows the process at the time of registering the analysis template of a standard sample. The figure which shows the process at the time of registering the analysis template of an unknown sample. The figure which shows the process at the time of registering the analysis template of an unknown sample in the other Example of the analyzer control system which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 ... Memory 14 ... Monitor 16 ... Input part 20 ... Storage part 21 ... Analyzer control program 22 ... Template storage part 23 ... OS
24 ... Template display means 25 ... Standard sample template registration means 26 ... Unknown sample template registration means 27 ... Drag identification display means 30 ... Analysis condition registration screen 31 ... Template list display window 32 ... Analysis schedule table window 40 ... Mouse pointer NW ... Network cable

Claims (6)

A system for controlling an analyzer that sequentially executes analysis according to one or a plurality of analysis templates registered in an analysis schedule table displayed on a monitor ,
Template display means for displaying on the monitor an analysis template identifier corresponding to only an analysis template of a standard sample prepared in advance;
Based on the input of the standard sample template registration command including the designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the standard template analysis template corresponding to the analysis template identifier is registered in the analysis schedule table. Standard sample template registration means,
Based on the input of the unknown sample template registration command including designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the analysis template of the unknown sample based on the analysis template of the standard sample corresponding to the analysis template identifier is selected. Unknown sample template registration means for registering in the analysis schedule table;
An analyzer control system comprising: The standard sample template registration command is an operation of dragging and dropping the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor onto the analysis schedule table,
2. The unknown sample template registration command is an operation of dragging and dropping an analysis template identifier of a standard sample displayed on a monitor onto the analysis schedule table with a predetermined operation. The analyzer control system described in 1. The fact that the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor is being dragged on the analysis schedule table and is being dragged on the monitor while being dragged with a predetermined operation. 3. The analyzer control system according to claim 2, further comprising drag identification display means for changing the display form of the indicator to be displayed so as to be identifiable. A program used for a computer for controlling an analyzer that sequentially executes an analysis according to one or a plurality of analysis templates registered in an analysis schedule table displayed on a monitor , the computer comprising:
Template display means for displaying on the monitor an analysis template identifier corresponding to only an analysis template of a standard sample prepared in advance;
Based on the input of the standard sample template registration command including the designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the standard template analysis template corresponding to the analysis template identifier is registered in the analysis schedule table. Standard sample template registration means,
Based on the input of the unknown sample template registration command including designation of the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor, the analysis template of the unknown sample based on the analysis template of the standard sample corresponding to the analysis template identifier is selected. Unknown sample template registration means for registering in the analysis schedule table;
Analyzing apparatus control program characterized by being made to function. The standard sample template registration command is an operation of dragging and dropping the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor onto the analysis schedule table,
5. The unknown sample template registration command is an operation of dragging and dropping an analysis template identifier of a standard sample displayed on a monitor onto the analysis schedule table with a predetermined operation. The analyzer control program according to 1. Said computer further
The fact that the analysis template identifier of the standard sample displayed on the monitor is being dragged on the analysis schedule table and is being dragged on the monitor while being dragged with a predetermined operation. The analysis apparatus control program according to claim 5, wherein the analysis apparatus control program functions as a drag identification display unit that changes the display form of the indicator to be identifiable.

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