IP Library Granted Patent US 8,804,125
Granted Patent B2
US 8,804,125 · App. 13/583,612 · Granted Aug 12, 2014

Detection method for intermolecular interaction and detection device thereof

Inventors: Osamu Kashiwazaki (Hachioji, JP); Naoki Izumiya (Hino, JP); Yuichi Atarashi (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
G01N21/553G01N21/55
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Patent No.
US 8,804,125
App. No.
13/583,612
Granted
Aug 12, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to calculate and specify a valley wavelength easily and in a short period of time, a detection device for intermolecular interaction is disclosed that is equipped with a detector provided with a ligand, a white light source that irradiates the detector with white light, a spectrometer that detects the light reflected from the detector, and a control device that controls the white-light source and the spectrometer, wherein the aforementioned control device obtains a reflection spectrum by calculating the reflectivity over a fixed wavelength interval, approximates the aforementioned reflection spectrum as a high-dimensional function, selects a wavelength interval comprising the minimum reflectivity from the aforementioned high-dimensional function, approximates the aforementioned high-dimensional function with the aforementioned wavelength interval as a quadratic function of a lower order, and obtains a solution by which the aforementioned quadratic function is differentiated with respect to the wavelength and the value thereof becomes 0.

Claims (46)

1. A detection method for an intermolecular interaction comprising:

a step of shining light on a ligand;

a step of measuring, by a spectrometer, light reflected by the ligand;

a step of calculating, by a control device from the reflected light, a reflectance over a fixed wavelength interval to obtain a reflectance spectrum;

a step of approximating, by the control device, the reflectance spectrum by a high-dimensional function;

a step of selecting, by the control device, a wavelength interval having a minimum reflectance from the high-dimensional function;

a step of approximating, by the control device in the wavelength interval, the high-dimensional function by a quadratic function, which is lower order than the high-dimensional function;

a step of differentiating, by the control device, the quadratic function with respect to the wavelength to obtain a solution in which a value thereof becomes zero; and

a step of generating, by the control device from the solution, an output signal indicating a bottom peak wavelength.

2. A detection method for an intermolecular interaction comprising:

a step of shining light on a ligand;

a step of measuring, by a spectrometer, light reflected by the ligand,

a step of calculating, by a control device from the reflected light, a reflectance at a fixed wavelength interval to obtain a reflectance spectrum;

a step of filtering, by the control device, the reflectance spectrum;

a step of selecting, by the control device from the reflectance spectrum after being filtered, a first wavelength interval which has a minimum reflectance, and in which an inflection point is made a boundary;

a step of approximating, by the control device in the first wavelength interval, the reflectance spectrum after being filtered by a high-dimensional function;

a step of selecting, by the control device, a second wavelength interval having the minimum reflectance from the high-dimensional function;

a step of approximating, by the control device in the second wavelength interval, the high-dimensional function by a quadratic function, which is lower order than the high-dimensional function;

a step of differentiating, by the control device, the quadratic function with respect to the wavelength to obtain a solution in which the value thereof becomes zero; and

a step of generating, by the control device from the solution, an output signal indicating a bottom peak wavelength.

3. A detection device for an intermolecular interaction comprising:

a detector provided with a ligand;

a white light source which irradiates white light on the detector;

a spectrometer which detects reflected light from the detector; and

a control device configured to:

control the white light source and the spectrometer;

calculate reflectance over a fixed wavelength interval to obtain a reflectance spectrum;

approximate the reflectance spectrum by a high-dimensional function;

select a wavelength interval having the minimum reflectance from the high-dimensional function;

approximate, in the wavelength interval, the high-dimensional function by a quadratic function, which is lower order than the high-dimensional function;

differentiate the quadratic function with respect to the wavelength to obtain a solution in which a value thereof becomes zero; and

generate, from the solution, an output signal indicating a bottom peak wavelength.

4. A detection device for an intermolecular interaction comprising:

a detector provided with a ligand;

a white light source which irradiates white light on the detector;

a spectrometer which detects reflected light from the detector; and

a control device configured to:

control the white light source and the spectrometer;

calculate reflectance at a fixed wavelength interval to obtain reflectance spectrum;

filter the reflectance spectrum;

select, from the reflectance spectrum after being filtered, a first wavelength interval which has a minimum reflectance, and in which an inflection point is made a boundary;

approximate, in the first wavelength interval, the reflectance spectrum after being filtered by a high-dimensional function;

select a second wavelength interval having the minimum reflectance from the high-dimensional function;

approximate, in the second wavelength interval, the high-dimensional function by a quadratic function, which is lower order than the high-dimensional function;

differentiate the quadratic function with respect to the wavelength to obtain a solution in which the value thereof becomes zero; and

generate, from the solution, an output signal indicating a bottom peak wavelength.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Mar 5, 2014
From: KONICA MINOLTA ADVANCED LAYERS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032358/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2012
From: KASHIWAZAKI, OSAMU; IZUMIYA, NAOKI; ATARASHI, YUICHI
To: KONICA MINOLTA ADVANCED LAYERS, INC.
Reel/Frame 028925/0090 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2010-055325 · Mar 12, 2010 · national
JP 2010-055328 · Mar 12, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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