Patent ID: 7689026
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G01N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing a particle contained in a liquid comprising steps of: controlling, by a processor, an image processing circuit so as to execute a predetermined image process on a test image which contains a test particle image; comparing, by the processor an image processing result of the test image by the image processing circuit with a predetermined test image processing result; determining, by the processor, whether or not the image processing circuit is functioning normally based on the comparing result; imaging a particle contained in a liquid passing through a flow cell by an imaging part, when it has been determined that the image processing circuit is functioning normally; obtaining, by the processor, feature information representing feature of a particle image contained in an image obtained by the imaging part, by controlling the image processing circuit so as to execute the predetermined image process on the image obtained by the imaging part; and displaying, on a display, information indicating that the image processing circuit is not functioning normally, when it has been determined that the image processing circuit is not functioning normally.