公开(公告)号：EP1322920A2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-02

申请号：EP01962109.3

申请日：2001-08-10

申请人： Informatica Corporation

发明人： CHUNG, Dwayne ,  MUDUNURI, Gautam, H. ,  YOUNAS, Fayyaz ,  LIM, Lilliam, S. ,  TANG, Renjie ,  CARLIN, Steve ,  MADAPURA, Subramanya

IPC分类号： G01F17/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/30563 ,  G06Q10/10 ,  Y10S707/99942

摘要： A method and apparatus for transporting data for a data warehouse application is described. The data from an operational data store (the source database) is organized in non-overlapping data partitions. Separate execution threads read the data from the operational data store concurrently. This is followed by concurrent transformation of the data in multiple execution threads. Finally, the data is loaded into the target data warehouse concurrently using multiple execution threads. By using multiple execution threads, the data contention is reduced. Thereby the apparatus and method of the present invention achieves increased throughput.

公开(公告)号：EP1221341A1

公开(公告)日：2002-07-10

申请号：EP01125832.4

申请日：2001-10-30

申请人： Tecan Trading AG

发明人： Hälg, Werner ,  Ingenhoven, Nikolaus ,  Trösch, Michael

IPC分类号： B01L3/02 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01F25/00 ,  G01F17/00

CPC分类号： G01N35/1016 ,  B01L3/021 ,  B01L3/0241 ,  B01L99/00 ,  G01F25/0092 ,  G01N35/1065 ,  G01N2035/1006 ,  G01N2035/1039 ,  Y10T436/10 ,  Y10T436/101666

摘要： Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren, eine Vorrichtung und ein Testkit zur Durchführung dieses Verfahrens zur Bestimmung des Volumens einer Probe einer Flüssigkeit (A). Bei dem Verfahren wird - zum Anfärben der Flüssigkeit (A) - eine bestimmte Konzentration eines chromophoren Indikators in dieser Flüssigkeit (A) erstellt, eine Probe von der Flüssigkeit (A) abgetrennt, die optische Absorption der abgetrennten Probe gemessen und das Volumen der abgetrennten Probe durch Korrelation der gemessenen optischen Absorption mit der Konzentration des Indikators in dieser Flüssigkeit (A) bestimmt. Das Verfahren ist dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass als Indikator zum Anfärben der Flüssigkeit (A) Ionen verwendet werden, welche durch Komplexierung mit einem spezifischen Liganden die Färbung der Probe erzeugen.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种方法，装置和检测试剂盒，用于测定液体（A）的样品的体积进行该方法。 一个发色团指示在该液体中的一定浓度的（A），所创建的液体（A）的样品，分离，所述分离的样品的光学吸收进行测量，并将分离的样品的体积 - 在该方法中 - 用于着色液体（A） 通过以在该液体（A）的指示剂的浓度测得的光学吸收的相关性。 该方法的特征在于，（A），离子所使用的作为用于着色液体，其通过络合产生与特异性配体，所述样品的染色的指示器。

公开(公告)号：EP1155748A1

公开(公告)日：2001-11-21

申请号：EP99959878.2

申请日：1999-12-17

申请人： Musashi Engineering, Inc.

发明人： IKUSHIMA, Kazumasa, Musashi Engineering, Inc.

IPC分类号： B05D1/26 ,  B05C5/02 ,  G01F17/00 ,  H01L21/027

CPC分类号： G01F13/006 ,  B05C5/02 ,  B05C5/0225 ,  B05C11/1034 ,  G01F11/021 ,  H01L51/0004 ,  Y10T137/0396 ,  Y10T137/7761

摘要： The present invention is intended to provide a method and apparatus with which, when ejecting or applying a very small amount of liquid, the liquid can be applied in a desired form at a high speed and precisely without depending on viscosity of the liquid.
In a fixed-amount-of-liquid ejecting method according to the present invention, for ejecting a liquid in fixed amount from a liquid reservoir through an ejection valve, the method comprises a step of applying a pressure to the liquid beforehand prior to starting ejection of the liquid and/or holding a pressure near an ejection orifice after the end of liquid ejection at a predetermined specific value so that an ejection rate of the liquid through the ejection orifice is kept constant. Other features are that a liquid temperature is controlled, and/or that the liquid is automatically filled without entrapment of bubbles.
A fixed-amount-of-liquid ejecting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a liquid reservoir, means for pressurizing a liquid in the liquid reservoir, and an ejection valve communicating with the liquid reservoir, thereby ejecting the liquid in fixed amount from the liquid reservoir through the ejection valve. The apparatus further comprises operation control means for controlling operations of the pressurizing means and the ejection valve, and ejection pressure control means for automatically regulating an ejection pressure of the liquid. The apparatus is further featured by including liquid temperature control means and/or a filling apparatus for automatically filling the liquid in the liquid reservoir without entrapment of bubbles.

公开(公告)号：EP0936451B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-31

申请号：EP99101955.5

申请日：1999-01-30

申请人： Euroditan S.L.

发明人： Engmann, Dietrich

IPC分类号： G01F17/00 ,  G01N9/02

CPC分类号： G01F22/02 ,  G01N9/02 ,  G01N2009/028

公开(公告)号：EP1137809A1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-04

申请号：EP99963069.2

申请日：1999-12-09

申请人： Vistagen, Inc.

发明人： SNODGRASS, H., Ralph

IPC分类号： C12Q1/68 ,  G01N33/50 ,  G01N33/68 ,  G01F17/00

CPC分类号： C12Q1/6883 ,  C12Q2600/142 ,  G01N33/5014

摘要： This invention provides methods and systems for identifying and typing toxicity of chemical compositions, as well as for screening new compositions for toxicity. The invention involves detecting alterations in gene or protein expression and hence establishing molecular profiles in isolated mammalian embryoid bodies contacted with various chemical compositions of known and unknown toxicities, and correlating the molecular profiles with toxicities of the chemical compositions.

公开(公告)号：EP1062483A1

公开(公告)日：2000-12-27

申请号：EP99911785.6

申请日：1999-03-12

申请人： QIAGEN GmbH

发明人： LUTZE, Konstantin

IPC分类号： G01F17/00 ,  G01N35/10 ,  G01F13/00

CPC分类号： G01N35/1016 ,  G01F17/00

摘要： The invention relates to a method for determining a pipetted volume of liquid, according to which the liquid is withdrawn from a vessel by means of a pipette or transferred from a pipette into a vessel. The invention relates especially to a method according to which in a first step the liquid volume V1a present in a vessel is determined by means of a detection device, after which a liquid volume V1ist is taken up by a pipette and the liquid volume V1e contained in the vessel is again determined. Thereafter the liquid volume V1ist actually taken up is calculated using the equation V1a - V1e = V1ist. Next the difference between the liquid volume V1ist actually taken up and a liquid volume V1soll intended for uptake is calculated on the basis of the equation |V1ist - V1soll| = V1diff, after which the difference V1diff is compared with a predetermined liquid volume ε1 and an error message is displayed if V1diff > ε1.

公开(公告)号：EP1042652A1

公开(公告)日：2000-10-11

申请号：EP98936966.5

申请日：1998-07-22

申请人： SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS INC.

发明人： HESS, Robert, Alan ,  WALKER, Mark, George ,  ZAKRZEWSKI, Radoslaw, Romuald ,  RABELO, Luis, Carlos ,  NORTH, Robert, Curtis ,  DURKEE, Scott, Robert

IPC分类号： G01F23/00 ,  G01F23/296 ,  G01F23/16 ,  B64D37/00 ,  G01F17/00

CPC分类号： G01F23/296 ,  B64D37/00 ,  G01F23/0069 ,  G01F23/0076 ,  G01F23/18

摘要： Liquid gauging system for liquid in a container includes a plurality of sensors; each of the sensors measuring a respective parameter of the liquid in the container and producing a sensor output related to its measured parameter; there being at least two sensors that measure different parameters of the liquid; and a processor that receives the sensor outputs and determines, based on the sensor outputs, a quantity of the liquid in the container; the processor determining the quantity by executing at least one sensor fusion algorithm that is based on a set of relationships between the measured parameters and the quantity. The gauging system can also include a data fusion process for determining quantity based on a plurality of quantity measurements.

公开(公告)号：EP0986740A1

公开(公告)日：2000-03-22

申请号：EP98926035.1

申请日：1998-05-14

申请人： Applied Materials, Inc.

发明人： SCHMITT, John, V. ,  MARSH, Richard, A.

IPC分类号： G01F17/00

CPC分类号： G01F17/00 ,  G01F23/14

摘要： In a process and apparatus for delivering a processing substance from a storage vessel to a processing station, the storage vessel enclosing a processing substance storage space and being coupled to conduits which communicate with the storage space, the storage vessel and the conduits enclosing a volume which includes the storage space, a method and system for determining the quantity of processing substance in the storage space by: closing the volume enclosed by the storage vessel and the conduits; performing first and second pressure measurements for measuring the gas pressure in the volume when the volume contains respectively first and second quantities of gas; determining the difference between the first and second quantities of gas; and calculating the quantity of processing substance in the storage space on the basis of the volume, the difference between the first and second quantities of gas and the gas pressures measured during the first and second pressure measurements.

公开(公告)号：EP0538360A4

公开(公告)日：1996-03-06

申请号：EP91913188

申请日：1991-07-08

申请人： LIFE MEASUREMENT INSTR

发明人： DEMPSTER PHILIP T

IPC分类号： A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/103 ,  A61B5/107 ,  G01B13/00 ,  G01F17/00 ,  G01F22/02

CPC分类号： A61B5/4872 ,  A61B5/1073

摘要： Method and apparatus for volume measurement and body composition estimation provides an accurate, non-invasive estimation of the body volume and body composition of an object or body such as a human being. The present invention provides a first chamber (2) with a door (9) or closable means of entry through which an object or a subject may enter, along with a second chamber (3) and means (18) to cyclically perturb the volumes of the two chambers in a precisely complementary fashion. The present invention also measures the pressure in each of the chambers, controls in real time the volume perturbation and analyzes the pressure records so as to yield volume and body composition estimations.

公开(公告)号：EP0453709B1

公开(公告)日：1995-03-01

申请号：EP91100547.8

申请日：1991-01-18

申请人： PIERBURG GMBH

发明人： Härtel, Günter

IPC分类号： G01F9/00 ,  G01F17/00 ,  G01F23/14

CPC分类号： G01F23/14