Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130277547 | APPARATUS PREPARING SAMPLES TO BE SUPPLIED TO AN ION MOBILITY SENSOR - There is provided an analysis apparatus including a unit for preparing a sample gas to be supplied to an ion mobility sensor and a control unit equipped with a function of controlling the unit that prepares the gas. The unit for preparing the gas includes a concentration adjusting mechanism that changes the concentration of the target chemical included in the sample gas, and the control unit includes a driver that acquires a measurement result of the ion mobility sensor and a flow control unit that controls the concentration adjusting mechanism in a direction where is improvement in the measurement result. | 10-24-2013 |
20130285821 | WATER QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS - There is provided a water quality monitoring apparatus including: an air quality analyzing unit detecting, using an ion mobility sensor, air quality in a space that is at least partially enclosed by a partition wall and a boundary surface with water whose water quality is to be monitored; and an alarm unit that outputs a signal indicating an abnormality if an air quality pattern obtained by the air quality analyzing unit is outside a tolerated range for air quality patterns of air that contacts the water to be monitored. Such water quality monitoring apparatus is capable of monitoring the water quality of drinking water inside a water tank or the like indirectly but precisely by detecting the quality of the air contacting the water using an ion mobility sensor. | 10-31-2013 |
20130297276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING CANDIDATE FROM DATA MEASURED BY SENSOR - There is provided an apparatus including; an interface that receives a first measured data set measured by a FAIMS and first environment information indicating the measurement environment of the first measured data set; a generation unit that generates a plurality of virtual data sets by converting a plurality of existing data sets from a database using conditions controlled according to the first environment information; and an output unit that selects and outputs at least one candidate that is close to the first measured data set from a provisional group including the plurality of virtual data sets. | 11-07-2013 |
20140290340 | GAS SAMPLING APPARATUS AND MONITORING APPARATUS - There is provided a monitoring apparatus including a gas sampling apparatus and a sensor that detects a chemical substance included in gas obtained by the gas sampling apparatus. The gas sampling apparatus includes: an air supplying unit that forms an air curtain to form a space that covers a region to which an object to be monitored is included and which is separated from the outside environment; a sampling unit that extracts the gas inside the separated space; and a diffusion gas supplying unit that supplies, into the separated space, an amount of diffusion gas that is at least equal to the sampled amount of the sampling unit, wherein the sampling unit includes a plurality of sampling nozzles disposed at three-dimensionally different positions inside the separated space. | 10-02-2014 |
20150074093 | SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES CONTENT - There is provided a system that provides, in response to a search request including spectrum data obtained from a sensor, content associated with context information that is estimated from the spectrum data. The system includes a database including a plurality of context information and a plurality of stocked spectrum data that have been ranked for each of the plurality of context information, a comparison unit that calculates a score for the stocked spectrum data with respect to the obtained spectrum data, and an output unit that outputs content associated with the context information selected in descending order of the score and rank. | 03-12-2015 |
20150177190 | EXCHANGE MEMBRANE UNIT AND SYSTEM INCLUDING EXCHANGE MEMBRANE UNIT - An exchange membrane unit includes a first separation membrane, a first space that is connected to a second space via the first separation membrane, a first path that supplies a first fluid (carrier gas) to the first space and supplies chemical substances, which have passed through the first separation membrane from the second space into the first space and diffused, to an ion detector using the first fluid discharged from the first space, and a first ionizing unit provided in the first space. It is possible to provide a preprocessing system that produces little pollution and enables an ion detector to operate with high sensitivity. The present invention can be applied to FAIMS. | 06-25-2015 |
20150219599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING METALS IN A SOLUTION - There is provided a system that detects metal ions in a solution easily and with high precision. Such system includes: a unit that produces a mixed solution by mixing a first solution, which includes a first organic compound that has affinity with metal ions to be measured, and a second solution to be measured and supplies the mixed solution to a container; and a unit that detects the metal ions to be measured in the second solution based on a spectrum obtained by ionizing gas in a head space of the container. An example of the first organic compound is siderophores, such as catechol or AHA. The unit that detects the concentration is an ion mobility sensor and is capable of detecting the concentration of metal ions in a solution in real time. | 08-06-2015 |
20150226629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAK INSPECTION - A leak inspection system includes: an ionizing unit that ionizes components included in a gas; a detection unit that detects the ionized components; a container that houses an object subjected to a leak inspection; a first path that supplies a first gas having a first component that is not ionized by the ionizing unit to one out of the object and the container and supplies gas inside one out of the object and the container via the ionizing unit to the detection unit; and a determination unit that determines, from a detection result of the detection unit, leakage of a second gas, which has a second component that is ionized by the ionizing unit, from inside another out of the object and the container. A leak inspection system with high detection precision can be provided at low cost. | 08-13-2015 |