Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a sensor panel having a detection region provided with sensors that are arranged two-dimensionally and each of which is configured to detect light and generates an output corresponding to a degree of detected light; and a light source having point light sources that are arranged in a light emitting region provided corresponding to the detection region. Each point light source is turned on and the outputs from the sensors are received in first detection processing. Each point light source is turned on at a luminance different from the luminance in the first detection processing and the outputs from the sensors are received in second detection processing. The luminance of the point light source in the second detection processing is based on a relation between the luminance of the point light source and the outputs from the sensors in the first detection processing.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: an optical sensor having a detection area in which sensor pixels are arranged; a light source in which light-emitting diodes are arranged; and a control circuit configured to control the optical sensor and the light source, acquire detection values of the sensor pixels, and generate an image of an object to be detected placed in the detection area. Each sensor pixel is associated with a nearest light-emitting diode of the light-emitting diodes. The control circuit is configured to acquire detection values of the sensor pixels when the object to be detected is not placed in the detection area, and uniformly set current set values of the light-emitting diodes so that an average value of the detection values of the sensor pixels associated with the light-emitting diodes that are not failed falls within a target range.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a housing; a light source; a planar optical sensor where optical sensors are arranged; an object placement part on which an object to be detected is allowed to be placed such that the object to be detected is interposed between the light source and the planar optical sensor; and a control circuit. The object to be detected is a culture medium accommodated in a dish of a container. The object placement part includes at least one first temperature sensor that is provided at a location in contact with the dish and configured to acquire first temperature data of the dish. The control circuit is configured to image the object to be detected to generate image data when a difference between the first temperature data and second temperature data indicating temperature outside the object placement part falls within a predetermined temperature range.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a housing; a light source configured to emit light; a planar optical sensor where a plurality of optical sensors configured to detect the light from the light source are two-dimensionally arranged; and an object placement part on which an object to be detected is allowed to be placed such that the object to be detected is interposed between the light source and the planar optical sensor. The planar optical sensor, the object placement part, and the light source are arranged in the housing in the order as listed. A heater is provided in the housing.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a light source; a planar optical sensor; an object placement part allowing a culture medium accommodated in a dish to be placed such that the culture medium is interposed between the light source and the planar optical sensor; and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a boundary between a proliferation area and a non-proliferation area of culture targets based on a degree of light transmission of the culture medium. The boundary is in a position closest to a position where a rate of change in the degree of the light transmission is relatively highest among positions where the rate of change in the degree of the light transmission is equal to or less than a predetermined value within an area where the degree of the light transmission changes from a relatively higher side toward a relatively lower side.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a planar detection device including photodetection elements arranged in a planar configuration; a light source device disposed so as to face the planar detection device; and a light-transmitting placement substrate that is disposed between the planar detection device and the light source device and configured to allow objects to be placed thereon. The planar detection device includes: a detection area where sensor pixels including the photodetection elements are arranged in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a drive circuit configured to simultaneously supply drive signals to the sensor pixels arranged in the first direction; and a selection circuit configured to select a detection signal for each of the sensor pixels arranged in the second direction. The detection area is divided in the second direction into detection blocks. The drive circuit is provided for each detection block.

Abstract: A detection device includes a light source, a planar optical sensor with optical sensors, an object placement portion allowing an object to be detected to be placed such that the object to be detected is interposed between the light source and the planar optical sensor, and a processor. The object to be detected is a culture medium accommodated in a dish. The planar optical sensor is configured to output data reflecting an intensity of light emitted from the light source and reaching the optical sensors. The processor is configured to perform: an extraction process to extract a boundary line in the data corresponding to an edge of the dish; and a determination process to determine formation of a colony on the culture medium by comparing the data obtained at different times. In the determination process, outputs of the optical sensors reflected outside the boundary line are excluded from the data.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a sensor panel having a plurality of optical sensors; a light source; and a control circuit. An object to be detected is provided with a culture medium capable of culturing a colony. The control circuit is configured to: perform an acquisition process to acquire outputs of the optical sensors; perform regression on the outputs of the sensor panel to calculate an approximate line indicating a relation between the amount of light emitted from the light source to each of the optical sensors and the output of the optical sensor; and calculate a difference between the output of the optical sensor and the approximate line individually for each of the optical sensors, as a correction value. The correction value calculated individually is applied to the output of the corresponding optical sensor.

Abstract: A detection device includes a planar detection device comprising a plurality of photodetection elements arranged in a planar configuration, a light source device disposed so as to face the planar detection device, and a light-transmitting mounting substrate that is disposed between the planar detection device and the light source device and configured to mount a plurality of objects to be detected.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: sensors each of which includes a photodiode configured to detect light and is configured to generate an output corresponding to a degree of the detected light; and a detection circuit configured to receive the output of each sensor. The photodiode has an anode to which a reference potential is applied and a cathode to which a reset potential higher than the reference potential is applied. Each sensor is configured to generate the output corresponding to the degree of the light detected by the photodiode after the reset potential is applied to the cathode and before the reset potential is applied to the cathode again. The outputs of the sensors are received in a first period and a second period after the first period. The reference potential and the reset potential in the first period are different from those in the second period.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a sensor panel having optical sensors each including a photodiode, a reset transistor configured to apply a reset potential to the photodiode, a source follower transistor configured to output a signal corresponding to a potential generated by the photodiode, and a readout transistor configured to read the signal from the source follower transistor; a light source; a detection circuit configured to acquire a potential corresponding to a bias current flowing through the readout transistor; and a control circuit configured to adjust a reset potential set value and/or a bias current set value such that an input potential acquired by the detection circuit via a signal transmission path between each optical sensor and the detection circuit falls within a predetermined range by driving the reset and readout transistors on while an object to be detected is not placed between the sensor panel and the light source.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a sensor panel that has a detection area in which a plurality of optical sensors are arranged in a planar configuration; a light source configured to emit uniform light to an object to be detected provided between the light source and the sensor panel; and a control circuit configured to control the sensor panel and the light source. The control circuit is configured to perform an initial setting process to adjust a light emission amount set value of the light source so that a sensor value acquired from the sensor panel falls within a predetermined target set range.

Abstract: A system includes a processor that measures an angle of the sun, measures a light intensity, acquires weather information, measures a wind speed, receives data obtained from the foregoing measurements and acquisitions, analyzes the data, generates a control command to optimally adjust an orientation, angle, and area of a solar panel based on a result of analyzing the data, and physically adjusts the solar panel based on the control command.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a light source part in which point light sources are arranged; a planar optical sensor in which optical sensors are arranged; an object placement member; and a control circuit. The planar optical sensor has detection areas corresponding to an arrangement of the point light sources. Each detection area includes more than one optical sensor. When predetermined conditions are satisfied, a process, in which luminance of the point light source before or after luminance change is set as adjusted luminance of the point light source, is individually performed for each combination of the point light sources and the detection areas; and the predetermined conditions are that one of two output levels of each detection area obtained before and after changing the luminance of each point light source is higher than a threshold, and that the other thereof is lower than the threshold.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a planar detection device including photodetection elements arranged in a planar configuration; a light-transmitting placement substrate to place thereon objects to be detected; and light sources provided correspondingly to the photodetection elements. The planar detection device, the placement substrate, and the light sources are arranged in the order as listed. The light sources include first light sources that are separately arranged and second light sources that are arranged adjacent to the respective first light sources. The detection device has: a first period in which the first light sources are on and the second light sources are off; and a second period in which the second light sources are on and the first light sources are off. The detection device is configured to combine a first image detected in the first period with a second image detected in the second period.

Abstract: A system includes a processor that measures an angle of the sun, measures a light intensity, acquires weather information, measures a wind speed, receives data obtained from the foregoing measurements and acquisitions, analyzes the data, generates a control command to optimally adjust an orientation, angle, and area of a solar panel based on a result of analyzing the data, and physically adjusts the solar panel based on the control command.

Abstract: A detection device includes: a sensor panel with optical sensors; a light source; a member; and a control circuit. An object to be detected between the sensor panel and the light source is provided with a culture medium. The control circuit repeats an acquisition process to acquire outputs of the optical sensors and performs a comparison process to compare a first output obtained in the first acquisition process with a second output obtained in the latest acquisition process. The comparison process includes: a first comparison process to compare the output for each optical sensor and a second comparison process to compare the output for each area that includes one optical sensor and other optical sensors around the one optical sensor. The control circuit determines the outputs of the optical sensors that satisfy first and second conditions to be the outputs of the optical sensors overlapping the colony.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: an optical sensor including photodetection elements; an object placement member having a light-transmitting property and configured such that objects to be detected are placed thereon; and a control circuit. The optical sensor is configured to acquire image data at intervals of a predetermined period. The control circuit is configured to: extract a first outline of at least one region from first image data, calculate first coordinates corresponding to the first outline, and label the first coordinates with first identification information; extract a second outline of at least one region from second image data, calculate second coordinates corresponding to the second outline not containing the first coordinates, and newly add second identification information corresponding to the second outline not containing the first coordinates; and calculate a total number of pieces of the first identification information and the second identification information.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: an optical sensor having a detection area in which sensor pixels are arranged; a light source in which light-emitting diodes are arranged; and a control circuit configured to control the optical sensor and the light source, acquire detection values of the sensor pixels, and generate an image of an object to be detected placed in the detection area. Each sensor pixel is associated with a nearest light-emitting diode of the light-emitting diodes. The control circuit is configured to acquire detection values of the sensor pixels when the object to be detected is not placed in the detection area, and uniformly set current set values of the light-emitting diodes so that an average value of the detection values of the sensor pixels associated with the light-emitting diodes that are not failed falls within a target range.

Abstract: A detection apparatus includes a sensor, a detection circuit, and a light source configured to emit light in a first color, a second color, and a third color. The detection circuit acquires a first output, a second output, and a third output that are outputs of the sensor corresponding to a period when the light in the first color is emitted, a period when the light in the second color is emitted, and a period when the light in the third color is emitted, respectively. The detection circuit adjusts at least two or more of the first, second, and third outputs based on adjustment coefficients derived so as to equalize a fourth output, a fifth output, and a sixth output. The fourth, fifth, and sixth outputs are outputs obtained when the sensor is directly irradiated with the light in the first, second, and third colors from the light source, respectively.