Patent ID: 11971295
Assignee: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. An automatic analyzing apparatus, comprising:
a holder including a plurality of placement portions for a reaction tube to be placed thereon;
a photometry unit configured to perform photometry on a solution inside the reaction tube, the photometry unit including a plurality of light emitters and a plurality of first light receivers respectively disposed in the plurality of placement portions; and
processing circuitry configured to adjust quantities of light of the plurality of light emitters based on a light quantity signal from one or more second light receivers that receive light generated by the light emitters and guided by one or more jigs inserted into the placement portions,
wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine a reference range of quantities of light based on an average value or a median value of the plurality of light quantity signals, and adjust quantities of light of the plurality of light emitters in such a manner that each of the quantities of light takes on a value within the reference range.