Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the filling of a capsule with a medicament, to a corresponding filling method, to the associated apparatuses, and to a computer program for controlling the method and the apparatus. In the monitoring method, after at least part of the capsule has been filled with a predefined filling mass of a predefined closed contour of the medicament, at least the filling mass in the part of the capsule after the filling operation is recorded using digital imaging in a first step, the contour of the filling mass in the part of the capsule is determined from the digital imaging recording in a second step, and the contour is analysed in a third step in order to assess the filling operation in comparison with the predefined contour. The invention provides for external influences on the image properties to be compensated for by controlling the optical system.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the amount of work relating to adjusting the position of a light-receiving element.SOLUTION: A light source generates light. A spectroscope separates the light generated from the light source and transmitted through a mixture of a sample and a reagent, for each wavelength. A light-receiving part 8 includes plural light-receiving elements 81 for receiving light from the spectroscope. The plural light-receiving elements 81 each receive light relevant to a wavelength band corresponding to the arranged position and generate a signal corresponding to the received light. A storage part 11 stores plural light-receiving element identifiers and plural wavelength-band identifiers by correlating the former with the latter. A selection part 13 selects, from among the plural light-receiving elements, a specific light-receiving element corresponding to a specific light-receiving element identifier correlated with a wavelength-band identifier of a wavelength band corresponding to a measurement item of the sample. A calculation part 15 calculates absorbance relating to a measurement item on the basis of a signal from the selected specific light-receiving element.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To perform accurate calibration without using span gas all the time by varying the gain of an amplifying circuit for a measurement signal and making a span adjustment. CONSTITUTION:A common-use switch 84 is opened to flow zero glass to a cell, infrared rays are projected thereupon from a light source 30, and modulation is imposed by a chopper 40, so that a comparison signal VS and a measurement signal VR are obtained from a comparative wavelength detector 31 and a measured wavelength detector 32. The signals VS and VR are equalized in level by variable resistances 105 and 106 and zero calibration is so performed so that the output of a subtracter 60 is zero. Then, th gas whose thickness is known is flowed and a variable resistor 101 is so controlled that a meter output corresponds to the thickness of the gas. The zero glass is flowed while zero and span calibration is performed completely, and the normally-open switch 84 is closed to store the current indication value. When a periodic check is made afterward, the switch 84 is closed after the zero calibration and the resistor 101 is adjusted so as to obtain said stored value, so that span drift is checked without using the span gas all the time.
Abstract in simplified Chinese:本发明系关于一种借由图像分析监视以药物填充胶囊之方法、相应填充方法、相关设备及用于控制该方法之电脑进程。在监视过程中,在胶囊之至少一部分已填充来自药物之既定密闭轮廓之既定填充物质后,在第一步骤中,借由数码成像至少记录填充后该胶囊部分中所含之该填充物质;在第二步骤中,借由数码成像记录测定该胶囊部分中所含之该填充物质之轮廓且在第三步骤中,分析该轮廓以与规定轮廓比较来评估填充。本发明预计对图像特征之外部影响可借由调节光学系统而得到补偿。