IP Library Granted Patent US 11,138,369
Granted Patent B2
US 11,138,369 · App. 16/549,922 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Experiment information management system, experiment note system, and experiment information management method

Inventors: Takuto Yamane (Tokyo, JP); Toshiyuki Hattori (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiro Ue (Tokyo, JP); Ryoji Kitamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
G06F40/174G02B21/367G06T11/60G02B21/00G06F40/166
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Patent No.
US 11,138,369
App. No.
16/549,922
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An experiment information management system includes a first experiment apparatus configured to generate first experiment result information and first log data; a recording apparatus configured to record the first experiment result information and the first log data generated in the first experiment apparatus; and an experiment note generation apparatus configured to generate an experiment note being a record of an experiment, according to at least the first experiment result information and the first log data recorded in the recording apparats.

Claims (42)

1. An experiment information management system comprising:

a first experiment apparatus configured to generate first experiment result information and first log data;

a recording apparatus configured to record the first experiment result information and the first log data generated in the first experiment apparatus;

an experiment note generation apparatus configured to generate an experiment note being a record of an experiment, according to at least the first experiment result information and the first log data recorded in the recording apparatus; and

a screen generation apparatus configured to generate an experiment note display screen according to at least the experiment note,

wherein:

the first experiment apparatus comprises a microscope apparatus configured to generate a microscopic image of a specimen, the microscopic image being the first experiment result information,

the experiment note display screen includes a first field for displaying the microscopic image and a second field for graphically displaying a temporal change of a state of the first experiment apparatus, and

the second field is generated according to at least time-series data included in the experiment note, the time-series data being for a period that includes an obtaining period for obtaining the microscopic image and that is longer than the obtaining period.

2. The experiment information management system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the recording apparatus records the first experiment result information and the first log data in a state in which the first experiment result information and the first log data are associated with identification information, and

the experiment note generation apparatus:

classifies, by the identification information, the first experiment result information and the first log data recorded in the recording apparatus; and

generates the experiment note for each identification information.

3. The experiment information management system according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a second experiment apparatus that is different from the first experiment apparatus and that is configured to generate second experiment result information and second log data,

wherein:

the recording apparatus records the second experiment result information and the second log data in a state in which the second experiment result information and the second log data are associated with the identification information, and

the experiment note generation apparatus:

classifies, by the identification information, the first experiment result information, the first log data, the second experiment result information, and the second log data recorded in the recording apparatus; and

generates the experiment note for each identification information.

4. The experiment information management system according to claim 3 , wherein the identification information comprises user identification information that identifies a user of the first experiment apparatus.

5. The experiment information management system according to claim 3 , wherein:

the identification information comprises experiment identification information that identifies an experiment; and

the experiment identification information is determined according to an operation of a user of the first experiment apparatus.

6. The experiment information management system according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first experiment apparatus and the second experiment apparatus comprises a network interface for connecting to a network and is configured to record the first log data and the second log data, via the network, in the recording apparatus connected to the network.

7. The experiment information management system according to claim 6 , wherein the network includes Internet at least as a part of transmission lines between each of the first experiment apparatus and the second experiment apparatus and the recording apparatus.

8. The experiment information management system according to claim 2 , wherein the identification information comprises user identification information that identifies a user of the first experiment apparatus.

9. The experiment information management system according to claim 2 , wherein:

the identification information comprises experiment identification information that identifies an experiment; and

the experiment identification information is determined according to an operation of a user of the first experiment apparatus.

10. The experiment information management system according to claim 1 , wherein the experiment note generation apparatus updates the experiment note according to at least information input to the experiment note display screen.

11. An experiment information management system comprising:

a first experiment apparatus configured to generate first experiment result information and first log data;

a recording apparatus configured to record the first experiment result information and the first log data generated in the first experiment apparatus;

an experiment note generation apparatus configured to generate an experiment note being a record of an experiment, according to at least the first experiment result information and the first log data recorded in the recording apparatus; and

a screen generation apparatus configured to generate an experiment note display screen according to at least the experiment note,

wherein:

the first experiment apparatus comprises a microscope apparatus configured to generate a microscopic image of a specimen, the microscopic image being the first experiment result information;

the experiment note generation apparatus generates the experiment note according to at least the microscopic image, the first log data, and a measurement result output from a sensor configured to output information related to the specimen;

the experiment note display screen includes a field for displaying the microscopic image and a field for graphically displaying a temporal change of a state of the first experiment apparatus and a temporal change of a state of the specimen; and

the field for graphically displaying is generated according to at least time-series data included in the experiment note, the time-series data being for a period that includes an obtaining period for obtaining the microscopic image and that is longer than the obtaining period.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062492/0267 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2019
From: YAMANE, TAKUTO; HATTORI, TOSHIYUKI; UE, YOSHIHIRO; KITAMURA, RYOJI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050153/0970 →