Abstract: These disclosures relate to a computer-implemented method and related systems, programs, and modules for thermal analysis of a sample of a substance. First data representing an observable response signal of the sample when subjected to an excitation and the excitation as a function of time is provided to a first software module, where the response signal is representative of a thermal effect due to said sample. The first software module receives the first data as an input and calculates a thermoanalytical measurement curve from the first data which allows the identification of the thermal effect, and outputs second data suitable for representing said measurement curve. A second software module receives the second data as an input and outputs third data representative of the thermal effect as automatically identified from the second data by an artificial intelligence engine of the second software module.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a volume of liquid includes a support for receiving an at least partially transparent receptacle having at least one cavity for holding a liquid; a plenoptic camera facing the support; a pattern provided so as to be viewable through the receptacle by the plenoptic camera; and a control unit communicating with at least the camera and adapted to carry out the steps of: making at least one plenoptic image of the surface of the liquid by the plenoptic camera, determining a surface topography of the liquid on the basis of the at least one image, the surface topography of the liquid being measured at least partially based on distortion of the pattern, and calculating the volume of liquid based on the measured surface topography and at least one known dimension and/or position of at least part of the cavity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of measuring a volume of a liquid provided in at least one receptacle, including the steps of: providing a receptacle having at least one cavity for holding a liquid; providing a plenoptic camera positioned so as to be able to image the surface of the liquid; positioning the receptacle such that the liquid surface faces an objective lens of the plenoptic camera; making at least one plenoptic image of the surface of the liquid by way of the plenoptic camera; determining a surface topography of the liquid on the basis of the at least one image; calculating the volume of liquid based on the measured surface topography and at least one known dimension and/or position of the cavity.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of measuring a volume of a liquid provided in at least one receptacle, including the steps of: providing a receptacle having at least one cavity for holding a liquid; providing a plenoptic camera positioned so as to be able to image the surface of the liquid; positioning the receptacle such that the liquid surface faces an objective lens of the plenoptic camera; making at least one plenoptic image of the surface of the liquid by way of the plenoptic camera; determining a surface topography of the liquid on the basis of the at least one image; calculating the volume of liquid based on the measured surface topography and at least one known dimension and/or position of the cavity.