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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical measuring instrument and optical measuring method that facilitate adjustment of an optical system and can miniaturize the whole instrument. SOLUTION: This optical measuring instrument includes a light irradiation section 2 for irradiating a sample flowing in a channel with excitation light 5, and a light detection section 4 for detecting fluorescence 6 and scattered light 7 emitted from the sample irradiated with the excitation light 5 on the front side of the traveling direction of the excitation light 5. The light detection section 4 includes an NA separating mask 45 for separating the scattered light 7 into a low numerical aperture component having a specific numerical aperture or lower and a high numerical aperture component having a numerical aperture higher than the specific numerical aperture, a relay lens system (lenses 43a and 43b) forming a conjugate surface with the pupil of an objective lens 40 on the NA separating mask 45, a scattered light detector 49 for detecting the low numerical aperture component, and a scattered light detector 47 for detecting the high numerical aperture component. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flow-channel structure capable of forming a sample solution flow only in the center part of a detecting microflow channel, a microchip, and to provide a solution sending method. SOLUTION: In a microflow channel structure of which the width and depth are 1 mm or below, two pairs of sheath solution inlet flow channels 11 and 12 are allowed to meet with a sample solution introducing flow channel 10, through which a sample to be measured flows, while changing the positions in a solution sending direction Y and a flow channel depth direction Z. At this time, the first sheath solution introducing flow channel 11 meeting with the sample solution introducing flow channel 10 on the upstream side is made deeper than the sample solution introducing flow channel, and the base thereof may be positioned on the same plane as the base of the sample solution introducing flow channel 10. Furthermore, the second sheath solution introducing flow channel 12 meeting with the sample solution introducing flow channel on the downstream side is set so that the upper surface thereof may be positioned on the same plane as the base of the sample solution inlet flow channel 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a biometric authentication device capable of securing authentication precision which is high in authentication using three-dimensional information. SOLUTION: A biometric authentication device 1 prepares the position information of the core of a fingerprint based on the image pickup data of the surface of a living body(fingerprint) 2 by an image processing part 14, and specifies the angle of rotation of the living body 2 based on the position information of the core of the fingerprint. On the other hand, the biometric authentication device 1 prepares the three-dimensional information of a vein pattern based on the image pickup data of a plurality of layers inside the living body. The living body is authenticated based on the three-dimensional information of the angle of rotation and vein pattern so that it is possible to correctly authenticate regardless of such image pickup conditions as the layout of the living body 2. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical pickup advantageous in achieving downsizing in a focusing direction. SOLUTION: The optical pickup 10 comprises a movable body 10, a support block 12, a plurality of suspension wires 14 and the like for connecting the movable body 10 and the support block 12. The movable body 10 is constituted to include a lens holder 20 for holding an objective lens 7 and a focusing coil 16 and a tracking coil 18. Their insulating substrates 1602 and 1804 are integrally constituted by being joined by thermocompression bonding etc., in the state of being superposed in their thickness direction, and the substrates are attached to the lens holder 20 such that their thickness directions are directed to the focusing direction and in addition, a portion of their first coil section 1604 and a portion of their second coil section 1804 are projected. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To structure the disk cartridge, equipped with a shutter which opens and closes an opening part where a disk is exposed, advantageously so that the size can be reduced by securing the opening part large. SOLUTION: A necessary gap is provided between an inner case and an upper shell 2a and the shutter for opening and closing the opening part 4 is built in the gap. This shutter comprises two right and left shutters 8 and 9 which are made of metal plates and those two shutters 8 and 9 slide in a spreading shape to open and close the opening part 4. Both the shutters 8 and 9 are formed almost symmetrically and close the opening part 4 so that their inside parts are put one over the other in the center of the opening part 4. Further, the outside parts of the shutters 8 and 9 project slightly from both the flank parts of a cartridge main body 2 when the opening part 4 is fully opened.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fine particle measurement instrument which is capable of performing measurement in high accuracy by automatically correcting deviation of an optical axis.SOLUTION: A fine particle measurement instrument includes: light collecting means which collects irradiated light radiated to a sample flow where fine particles pass, and traveling straight without being scattered by fine particles and scattered light scattered by fine particles, on a light receiving element divided into a plurality of areas; position control means which adjusts relative positions of members constituting an optical path; and control means which detects collection spot positions of the irradiated light and the scattered light on the basis of signal intensities in respective areas of the light receiving element and controls the position control means so that the collection spot positions of the irradiated light and the scattered light coincide with each other.
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical measuring device and an optical measuring method capable of acquiring an excellent position signal adjusting signal even if a measuring object is a fine particle, detecting accurately the position of a measuring object sample (fine particle), and measuring efficiently fluorescence, scattered light or the like emitted from the sample. SOLUTION: This optical measuring device 1 including a light irradiation part 3 for irradiating the sample 2 with excitation light 5, and a detection part 4 for detecting fluorescence 6 and scattered light 7 emitted from the sample 2 irradiated with the excitation light 5, is provided with a polarization beam splitter 43 for spectrally separating the scattered light 7 emitted from the sample into S-polarized light 7s and P-polarized light 7p, a scattered light intensity detector 46 for measuring the spectrally separated P-polarized light 7p, and a sample position detector 49 for measuring the S-polarized light 7s. Then, the intensity of the scattered light 7 is detected by the scattered light intensity detector 46, and the position of the sample 2 is detected from an image forming position (light receiving position) of the S-polarized light 7s by the sample position detector 49. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flow-path structure which accurately controls fluids. SOLUTION: The flow-path structure includes: at least a first introduction section (11) for introducing a sample; second introduction sections (13, 17) for introducing the fluid for interposing the sample in between them; and a discharge section (12) for discharging the sample. The flow-path structure includes: at least an inflection section (15) inflecting at an angle of 90° about a Y-axis; and an inflection section (16) inflecting at an angle of 90° about a X-axis, if the sample is introduced in the X-direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a microchannel substrate capable of quickly and precisely controlling liquid, and to provide a liquid controller arranged therewith. SOLUTION: The substrate 3 includes an area 33 capable of introducing the liquid, and a heat accumulation part 34 heat-accumulated by irradiation of a laser beam L 1 as a heat source and capable of heating the liquid is formed pattern-likely based on an intensity distribution of the laser beam L 1 in the heat accumulation part 34, on a face faced to the liquid in the area 33, in the substrate 3. A constitutive unit 341 constituting the pattern of the heat accumulation part may be formed to make an area or a volume thereof inverse-proportional to the intensity distribution of the laser beam. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provided a biological authentication device allowing materialization of high accuracy and high safety. SOLUTION: Shape information (two-dimensional information) of a plurality of layers inside a living body 2 can be obtained by imaging vein information while changing a refractive index of a micro lens array having a plurality of micro lenses each capable of changing a refractive index. By combining the two dimensional information corresponding to the plurality of layers obtained like this and the respective focus positions, and performing image processing, three-dimensional vein shape information can be obtained. As compared to the case that authentication is performed based on the two-dimensional information, an information amount used for the authentication increases. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT