Abstract: A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified, includes a reference data storage that stores a plurality of associated sets of reference color information represented by the difference between one and the remaining other two of signal intensities of R, G, B signals of RGB bitmap images of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas, and identifying information for identifying the reaction surface, an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the reaction surface and generating RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface, an arithmetic unit for generating color information represented by the difference between one and the remaining other two signal intensities of R, G, B signals from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, and an output unit for outputting the identifying information.

Abstract: A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified, includes a reference data storage that stores a plurality of associated sets of reference color information represented by the difference between one and the remaining other two of signal intensities of R, G, B signals of RGB bitmap images of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas, and identifying information for identifying the reaction surface, an image capturing unit for capturing a image of the reaction surface and generating RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface, an arithmetic unit for generating color information represented by the difference between one and the remaining other two signal intensities of R, G, B signals from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, checking the generated color information against the reference color information stored in the reference data storage, specifying the reference color inform

Abstract: A gas detecting apparatus includes a plate including a first reactive surface and a second reactive surface each coated with a chemical reagent which is capable of causing a color reaction with a particular gas, a protective member covering the first reactive surface, a transparent protective member covering the second reactive surface, a protective package enclosing therein the plate with the first reactive surface covered with the protective member and the second reactive surface covered with the transparent protective member, and a connector connecting the protective member and the protective package to each other.

Abstract: A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified comprises a histogram storage for storing a plurality of associated sets of identifying information and a reference histogram of R, G, B signal intensities, which are generated from RGB bitmap data images of reaction surfaces which have caused color reactions with gases, and the frequencies of the signal intensities, said identifying information being used for identifying the reaction surfaces, an image capturing unit for capturing an image of the reaction surface and generating RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface, an arithmetic unit for generating a histogram of RGB signal intensities and the frequencies thereof from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, checking the generated histogram against the reference histograms stored in the histogram storage to specify one of the reference histograms which corresponds to the generated histogram, and s

Abstract: A color identifying apparatus for identifying the color of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas to be specified includes a storage that, for every set of a plurality of referential color coordinates generated pixel by pixel from RGB bitmap images of a reaction surface which has caused a color reaction with a gas, stores pieces of reference data, which respectively represent both each coordinate on a chromaticity diagram and frequencies that depend on the numbers of the referential color coordinates corresponding to each one of the coordinates on the chromaticity diagram, and identification information for identifying the reaction surface; an image capturing unit that captures an image of the reaction surface and generates RGB bitmap images of the reaction surface; an arithmetic unit that generates a plurality of measured color coordinates pixel by pixel from the RGB bitmap images generated by the image capturing unit, generates measured data, which represents both each coordinate on

Abstract: A chromatography assay device and method for use with whole blood samples utilizing a red blood cell separating agent to aggregate red blood cells and permit plasma or serum to flow by capillary action and a neutralizing agent to neutralize any effects the red blood cell separating agent may have on the device and method.

Abstract: A chromatography assay device and method for use with whole blood samples utilizing a red blood cell separating agent to aggregate red blood cells and permit plasma or serum to flow by capillary action and a neutralizing agent to neutralize any effects the red blood cell separating agent may have on the device and method.