IP Library Granted Patent US 12,347,525
Granted Patent B2
US 12,347,525 · App. 18/079,831 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Label selection support system, label selection support device, method of supporting label selection, and program for supporting label selection

Inventors: Kazuhiro Nakagawa (Saitama, JP); Teruaki Iyama (Kanagawa, JP); Takuya Kishimoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
G16B25/10G06N20/00G16B40/00G16B45/00
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Patent No.
US 12,347,525
App. No.
18/079,831
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a technology that supports selection of a label to be used for analysis of target molecules. The present technology provides a label selection support system including an information acquisition unit that obtains, via a network, information associated with a plurality of target molecules to be analyzed, an information processor that obtains, using the information associated with a plurality of target molecules and generates support information associated with assignment of a label to each of the plurality of target molecules on the basis of the expression information, and a transmitter that transmits the generated support information via the network.

Claims (36)

1. A method for selecting labels, the method comprising:

obtaining in vivo expression information of a plurality of target molecules by using information associated with the plurality of target molecules to be analyzed; and

generating support information associated with assignment of a label to each of the plurality of target molecules on a basis of the expression information; and

transmitting the generated support information via a transmitter.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the expression information is information associated with in vivo expression distribution or an in vivo expression level.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the expression information is information associated with an in vivo expression level, and the information processor selects fluorescent intensity of a label to be assigned to the target molecules on a basis of the information associated with the expression level of the target molecules.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the expression information is information associated with in vivo expression distribution, and the information processor selects a fluorescence wavelength of a label to be assigned to the target molecules on a basis of the information associated with the expression distribution of the target molecules.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information processor assigns a fluorescent dye far in fluorescence wavelength spectrum to each of the plurality of target molecules spatially adjacent to each other.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information processor uses a learned model in which suitability of a combination of a target molecule and a label has been learned to generate the support information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information processor includes a data table generator that generates a data table for each of the target molecules from the expression information.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the information processor further includes a support information generator that refers to the generated data table and generates support information associated with a label to be assigned to each of the target molecules.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the support information generator generates the support information on a basis of a correlation between the generated data tables.

10. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the data table generator further includes a data table generation rule determiner that determines a generation rule of the data table using a classifier generated on a basis of information associated with target molecules and information associated with analysis of the target molecules.

11. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the data table generator generates, for each of the target molecules, a data table having data related to an amount of the target molecules in a cell.

12. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the data table generator generates, for each biomolecule, a treatment condition data table including a treatment condition before analysis of the biomolecule as an item.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the label is a fluorescent dye, and

the support information generator assigns a label to each of the target molecules in such a manner that, on a basis of a correlation between the generated data tables, a fluorescent dye farther in wavelength is assigned to each of two target molecules having a stronger correlation between the data tables.

14. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the support information generator further includes a support information generation rule determiner that determines a generation rule of the support information using a classifier generated on a basis of information associated with target molecules and information associated with analysis of the target molecules.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the label is a dye.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target molecules are biomolecules.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information processor also obtains, in addition to the expression information, data related to a treatment condition before analysis of a biomolecule.

18. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the information processor is further configured to:

obtain device information associated with a device for analyzing the target molecules;

obtain label data that can be used in the device on a basis of the device information; and

select a label to be assigned to the target molecules from labels included in the label data.

19. A non-transitory storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, execute a method comprising:

obtaining in vivo expression information of a plurality of target molecules by using information associated with the plurality of target molecules to be analyzed; and

generating support information associated with assignment of a label to each of the plurality of target molecules on a basis of the expression information; and

transmitting the generated support information via a transmitter.

20. A label selection support device comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

obtain in vivo expression information of a plurality of target molecules by using information associated with a plurality of target molecules to be analyzed, and

generate support information associated with assignment of a label to each of the plurality of target molecules on a basis of the expression information; and

transmit the generated support information.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: NAKAGAWA, KAZUHIRO; IYAMA, TERUAKI; KISHIMOTO, TAKUYA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062976/0900 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063084/0520 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-228662 · Nov 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16479725
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