Abstract: A microarray analysis method, in which a microarray obtained by arranging probes on a substrate surface having an irregular shape is irradiated with excitation light and fluorescence amounts of the probes excited by the excitation light are obtained as numerical data, includes a step (a) of measuring the fluorescence amounts of the probes to acquire fluorescence image data, a step (b) of receiving reflected light and/or scattered light from the substrate surface to acquire the irregular shape of the substrate surface of the microarray as alignment image data based on the light receiving intensities of the light, and a step (c) of determining positions of the probes on the fluorescence image data based on the alignment image data.

Abstract: A device for testing an application state of a plurality of strips of fiber reinforced plastic tape affixed in rows on a surface of a structure, the device includes an illumination component emits observation-use illuminating light beams toward a test region of the fiber reinforced plastic tape, an observation component observes reflected light from the test region, and a testing component tests the application state of the fiber reinforced plastic tape based on an image observed by the observation component. The illumination component includes a plurality of irradiation units that light simultaneously and are disposed such that a pair of the observation-use illuminating light beams are emitted from directions that are mutually symmetrical with respect to a normal line of the test region, and an illumination direction change component that changes the directions of the pair of observation-use illuminating light beams emitted from the illumination component about the normal line.

Abstract: An apparatus for checking an adherence state of fiber reinforced plastic tape includes an illuminating section having first and second illuminating groups. The main optical axes of illumination light beams of light emitting sections of the first illuminating group are set at a designated inclination angle with respect to a surface of an imaging region and distances on the main optical axes between a surface of a structural object and each of the light emitting sections are set to be the same. The main optical axes of illumination light beams of light emitting sections of the second illuminating group are set at an inclination angle different from the first illuminating group with respect to the surface of the imaging region and distances on the main optical axes between the surface of the structural object and each of the light emitting sections are set to be the same.

Abstract: A determination method for determining reliability of a selective binding amount of a substance to be examined obtained as detection intensity of a label when a labeled substance to be examined binds to a selective binding substance fixed as a spot on a carrier includes: determining a position of the spot in image data obtained by imaging the detection intensity in the carrier and extracting a pixel group corresponding to the spot; calculating a ratio or a difference between a median value of the detection intensity of the pixel group extracted at the determining and a median value of the detection intensity of the pixel group excluding a certain top proportion of and/or a certain bottom proportion of pixels; and determining quality of the reliability based on the ratio or the difference calculated at the calculating and a certain reference value.

Abstract: An apparatus for checking an adherence state of fiber reinforced plastic tape includes an illuminating section having first and second illuminating groups. The main optical axes of illumination light beams of light emitting sections of the first illuminating group are set at a designated inclination angle with respect to a surface of an imaging region and distances on the main optical axes between a surface of a structural object and each of the light emitting sections are set to be the same. The main optical axes of illumination light beams of light emitting sections of the second illuminating group are set at an inclination angle different from the first illuminating group with respect to the surface of the imaging region and distances on the main optical axes between the surface of the structural object and each of the light emitting sections are set to be the same.

Abstract: A device for testing an application state of a plurality of strips of fiber reinforced plastic tape affixed in rows on a surface of a structure, the device includes an illumination component emits observation-use illuminating light beams toward a test region of the fiber reinforced plastic tape, an observation component observes reflected light from the test region, and a testing component tests the application state of the fiber reinforced plastic tape based on an image observed by the observation component. The illumination component includes a plurality of irradiation units that light simultaneously and are disposed such that a pair of the observation-use illuminating light beams are emitted from directions that are mutually symmetrical with respect to a normal line of the test region, and an illumination direction change component that changes the directions of the pair of observation-use illuminating light beams emitted from the illumination component about the normal line.

Abstract: A determination method for determining reliability of a selective binding amount of a substance to be examined obtained as detection intensity of a label when a labeled substance to be examined binds to a selective binding substance fixed as a spot on a carrier includes: determining a position of the spot in image data obtained by imaging the detection intensity in the carrier and extracting a pixel group corresponding to the spot; calculating a ratio or a difference between a median value of the detection intensity of the pixel group extracted at the determining and a median value of the detection intensity of the pixel group excluding a certain top proportion of and/or a certain bottom proportion of pixels; and determining quality of the reliability based on the ratio or the difference calculated at the calculating and a certain reference value.

Abstract: A microarray analysis method, in which a microarray obtained by arranging probes on a substrate surface having an irregular shape is irradiated with excitation light and fluorescence amounts of the probes excited by the excitation light are obtained as numerical data, includes a step (a) of measuring the fluorescence amounts of the probes to acquire fluorescence image data, a step (b) of receiving reflected light and/or scattered light from the substrate surface to acquire the irregular shape of the substrate surface of the microarray as alignment image data based on the light receiving intensities of the light, and a step (c) of determining positions of the probes on the fluorescence image data based on the alignment image data.

Abstract: A method of inspecting a display panel having a substrate and a plurality of fluorescent layers including measuring bright and dark signals reflected by the fluorescent layers while moving the substrate or an illuminating means generating the signals and an imaging means receiving the signals in a direction across the plurality of fluorescent layers at predetermined intervals, and measuring an application volume for each fluorescent layer from the signals obtained by the imaging means.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a display panel inspection method, a display panel inspection device, and a display panel manufacturing method capable of determining the optimum optical conditions for inspecting a surface shape from the structural characteristic of an object to be inspected, reflecting the determined conditions on the inspection device to carry out the inspection with high accuracy, improving the yield without degrading the yield rate, and manufacturing a substrate of high quality and high reliability.