IP Library Granted Patent US 12,416,610
Granted Patent B2
US 12,416,610 · App. 17/230,745 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Analysis assistance device, method, and program for an analysis used in liquid chromatography

Inventor: Satoru Watanabe (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
G01N30/8675G01N30/8637G01N2030/027
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Patent No.
US 12,416,610
App. No.
17/230,745
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An analysis assistance device includes a chromatogram generator that generates a chromatogram using measurement data obtained from an analysis device, an area calculator that calculates an area percentage of each peak included in the chromatogram, a determiner that determines a separation state of each peak included in the chromatogram, and an analysis assistance information outputter that outputs analysis assistance information to a display. The analysis assistance information outputter includes a chromatogram outputter that outputs the chromatogram generated by the chromatogram generator to the display and also outputs information to display one peak in an identified manner when the one peak has an area percentage of not less than a predetermined threshold value, and the determiner determines that the one peak is an unseparated peak.

Claims (36)

1. An analyzing apparatus comprising:

an analysis device which analyzes a sample containing a first substance, a second substance, and a third substance under a certain analysis condition;

a processor configured to:

generate a chromatogram using data obtained from the analysis device;

calculate an area percentage of a first peak in a case where the first peak, a second peak, and a third peak are included in the generated chromatogram, wherein:

the area percentage of the first peak is a ratio of an area of the first peak to a sum of areas of the first to third peaks; and

the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak correspond to the first substance, the second substance, and the third substance, respectively;

determine a first resolution of the first peak and the second peak from a first retention time of the first peak and a second retention time of the second peak, and a first peak width of the first peak and a second peak width of the second peak; and

determine a second resolution of the first peak and the third peak from the first retention time and the third retention time of the third peak, and the first peak width and a third peak width of the third peak; and

a display that displays the chromatogram, such that:

when the first resolution is not more than a predetermined resolution threshold and the second resolution is more than the predetermined resolution threshold and when the area percentage of the first peak is not less than a predetermined area percentage threshold, the first and second peaks are both illustrated in a first displaying manner and the third peak is illustrated in a second displaying manner which is different from the first displaying manner.

2. The analyzing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

estimate distribution of measurement quality index data using a plurality of analysis condition data to be provided to the analysis device and a plurality of measurement data obtained in the analysis device based on the plurality of analysis condition data,

output the distribution of the measurement quality index data, and

in response to an operation of designating one analysis condition data, output the chromatogram correspondingly to a position of the one analysis condition data in a distribution region of the output measurement quality index data.

3. The analysis assistance device according to claim 2 , wherein the chromatogram is output in an overlapped manner in the distribution region of the measurement quality index data.

4. The analysis assistance device according to claim 1 , wherein the display displays separated peak of the chromatogram in a different manner corresponding to an area percentage of the separated peak.

5. An analysis assistance method comprising:

analyzing with an analysis device a sample containing a first substance, a second substance, and a third substance under a certain analysis condition;

generating with a processor a chromatogram using data obtained from the analysis device;

calculating with the processor an area percentage of a first peak in a case where the first peak, a second peak, and a third peak are included in the generated chromatogram, wherein:

the area percentage of the first peak is a ratio of an area of the first peak to a sum of areas of the first to third peaks; and

the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak correspond to the first substance, the second substance, and the third substance, respectively;

determining with the processor a first resolution of the first peak and the second peak from a first retention time of the first peak and a second retention time of the second peak, and a first peak width of the first peak and a second peak width of the second peak;

determining with the processor a second resolution of the first peak and the third peak from the first retention time and the third retention time of the third peak, and the first peak width and a third peak width of the third peak; and

displaying with a display the chromatogram, such that:

when the first resolution is not more than a predetermined resolution threshold and the second resolution is more than the predetermined resolution threshold and when the area percentage of the first peak is not less than a predetermined a area percentage threshold, the first peak and the second peak are both illustrated in a first displaying manner and the third peak is illustrated in a second displaying manner which is different from the first displaying manner.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an analysis assistance program causing a computer to execute:

processing of generating a chromatogram using data obtained from an analysis device, wherein the analysis device analyzes a sample containing a first substance, a second substance, and a third substance under a certain analysis condition;

processing of calculating an area percentage of a first peak in a case where the first peak, a second peak, and a third peak are included in the generated chromatogram, wherein:

the area percentage of the first peak is a ratio of an area of the first peak to a sum of areas of the first to third peaks; and

the first peak, the second peak, and the third peak correspond to the first substance, the second substance, and the third substance, respectively; and

processing of determining a first resolution of the first peak and the second peak from a first retention time of the first peak and a second retention time of the second peak, and a first peak width of the first peak and a second peak width of the second peak;

processing of determining a second resolution of the first peak and the third peak from the first retention time and the third retention time of the third peak, and the first peak width and a third peak width of the third peak; and

processing of displaying on the display the chromatogram, such that:

when the first resolution is not more than a predetermined resolution threshold and the second resolution is more than the predetermined resolution threshold and when the area percentage of the first peak is not less than a predetermined area percentage threshold, the first and second peaks are both illustrated in a first displaying manner and the third peak is illustrated in a second displaying manner which is different from the first displaying manner.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: WATANABE, SATORU
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055924/0950 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-084060 · May 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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