IP Library Granted Patent US 12,399,063
Granted Patent B2
US 12,399,063 · App. 18/343,129 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Spectroscopic analysis system and spectroscopic analysis method

Inventors: Akihiro Nojima (Tokyo, JP); Yusuke Kaga (Tokyo, JP); Takuya Kambayashi (Tokyo, JP); Jun Horigome (Tokyo, JP); Kai Maruyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: HITACHI HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS CORPORATION
G01J3/4406G01J3/0264G01J3/027G01J3/06G01J2003/064G01J2003/068G01J2003/2836
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Patent No.
US 12,399,063
App. No.
18/343,129
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A spectroscopic analysis system includes: an operation panel configured to receive an input of at least one of an upper limit value of a measurement period of a spectroscopic analysis spectrum or a lower limit value of measurement accuracy as a user setting condition related to measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum of a sample; and a control unit configured to derive a predetermined recommended measurement condition that satisfies the user setting condition and cause a display unit to display the recommended measurement condition, in which the recommended measurement condition is at least one of a wavelength range of light to be used for measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum, a sampling interval of a wavelength of the light, a slit width of a diffraction grating of a spectroscope that disperses the light, or a sweep speed of the wavelength of the light.

Claims (38)

1. A spectroscopic analysis system comprising:

an inputter that receives an input of at least one of an upper limit value of a measurement period of a spectroscopic analysis spectrum or a lower limit value of measurement accuracy as a user setting condition related to measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum of a sample; and

a controller that derives a predetermined recommended measurement condition that satisfies the user setting condition and causes a displayer to display the recommended measurement condition,

wherein the recommended measurement condition includes at least one of a wavelength range of light to be used for measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum, a sampling interval of a wavelength of the light, a slit width of a diffraction grating of a spectroscope that disperses the light, or a sweep speed of the wavelength of the light.

2. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller causes the displayer to display the recommended measurement condition and also causes the displayer to display the spectroscopic analysis spectrum based on fluorescence fingerprint analysis; and

on the spectroscopic analysis spectrum displayed on the displayer, a measurement wavelength region specified by a range of an excitation wavelength and a range of a fluorescence wavelength is indicated as the wavelength range of the recommended measurement condition derived by the controller.

3. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein both the recommended measurement condition and the spectroscopic analysis spectrum are displayed on one screen on the displayer.

4. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 2 , wherein

a number of the measurement wavelength region is set on a basis of operation by a user through the inputter, or

a range of the number of the measurement wavelength region is set on a basis of operation by the user through the inputter, wherein

the number of measurement wavelength region is an integer number of regions of wavelength that will be derived by the controller.

5. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to:

cause the displayer to display a plurality of candidates for a wavelength region selection method that is a method for selecting the measurement wavelength region; and

execute a predetermined wavelength region selection method that has been selected from the plurality of candidates by operation of a user through the inputter.

6. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein

the controller is configured to:

cause the displayer to display a plurality of candidates for a regression method of multivariate analysis to be used in analysis of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum; and

execute a predetermined regression method that has been selected from the plurality of candidates by operation of a user through the inputter; and

evaluate the prediction performance of the regression model and the measurement period.

7. A spectroscopic analysis system comprising:

an inputter that receives an input of at least one of an upper limit value of a measurement period of a spectroscopic analysis spectrum or a lower limit value of measurement accuracy as a user setting condition related to measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum of a sample; and

a controller that derives a predetermined recommended measurement condition that satisfies the user setting condition and causes a displayer to display the recommended measurement condition,

wherein the recommended measurement condition includes at least one of a wavelength range of light to be used for measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum, a sampling interval of a wavelength of the light, a slit width of a diffraction grating of a spectroscope that disperses the light, or a sweep speed of the wavelength of the light; and wherein

when the spectroscopic analysis spectrum is measured on a basis of fluorescence fingerprint analysis and the controller fixes one of an excitation wavelength or a fluorescence wavelength and sweeps the other one of the excitation wavelength or the fluorescence wavelength at a predetermined sampling interval, the controller:

newly generates a pseudo spectroscopic analysis spectrum on a basis of data in which, for each n (where n is a natural number) wavelength values of the other one swept at the predetermined sampling interval, a value of a sum of a part or all of n fluorescence intensities corresponding one-to-one to the n wavelength values of the other one is associated with any of the n wavelength values of the other one or on a basis of data in which, for each n wavelength values of the other one swept at the predetermined sampling interval, the value of the sum is associated with an average value of the n wavelength values of the other one; and

generates a prediction model for analysis of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum on a basis of the pseudo spectroscopic analysis spectrum.

8. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 7 , wherein

the controller is configured to:

actually measure a spectroscopic analysis spectrum under the recommended measurement condition that is based on the pseudo spectroscopic analysis spectrum; and

generate a prediction model for analysis again on a basis of an analysis spectrum obtained by the measurement.

9. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 2 , wherein sampling intervals of at least one of an excitation wavelength or a fluorescence wavelength included in the recommended measurement condition are different from each other in a plurality of the measurement wavelength regions.

10. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 9 , wherein the sampling intervals of the at least one of the excitation wavelength or the fluorescence wavelength in the plurality of the measurement wavelength regions are set on a basis of a genetic algorithm.

11. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 2 , wherein the controller is configured to perform a search of the measurement wavelength region on a basis of a genetic algorithm, give a predetermined penalty function indicating a degree of over-learning to an RMSECV that is an index of goodness of fit of a prediction model for analysis of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum in the genetic algorithm, and evaluate the prediction model on a basis of the penalty function, and

the RMSECV is an average value of a mean square error in cross validation.

12. The spectroscopic analysis system according to claim 1 , wherein when in-line measurement of the sample is performed in an industrial plant, the controller is configured to switch to a prediction model that is to be actually used for analysis of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum of the sample from among a plurality of prediction models according to a state of the industrial plant.

13. A spectroscopic analysis method comprising: input processing of receiving an input of at least one of an upper limit value of a measurement period of a spectroscopic analysis spectrum or a lower limit value of measurement accuracy as a user setting condition related to measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum of a sample; and display processing of deriving, at a controller, a predetermined recommended measurement condition that satisfies the user setting condition and causing a displayer to display the recommended measurement condition, wherein the recommended measurement condition includes at least one of a wavelength range of light to be used for measurement of the spectroscopic analysis spectrum, a sampling interval of a wavelength of the light, a slit width of a diffraction grating of a spectroscope that disperses the light, or a sweep speed of the wavelength of the light.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 29, 2025
From: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071255/0406 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2023
From: NOJIMA, AKIHIRO; KAGA, YUSUKE; KAMBAYASHI, TAKUYA; HORIGOME, JUN; MARUYAMA, KAI
To: HITACHI HIGH-TECH SCIENCE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064097/0239 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-111148 · Jul 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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