Samsung patents robot system for automated sample testing
This filing describes a machine that automatically moves sample containers through a testing process. It uses a robot to carry containers from a loading area to an analysis device, cleans them, and then moves the empty containers out.
In the filing’s own words
A sample analysis system includes a loading/unloading part including a container carry-in device, by which a container containing a sample is carried in, and a container carry-out device, by which an empty container from which the sample has been removed is carried out, and an analysis part including a buffer device configured to store the container, an analysis device configured to analyze the sample contained in the container, a cleaning device configured to clean the container, and a transfer robot configured to convey the container.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A sample analysis system comprising: a loading/unloading part comprising a container carry-in device, by which a container containing a sample is carried in, and a container carry-out device, by which an empty container from which the sample has been removed is carried out; and an analysis part comprising a buffer device configured to store the container, an analysis device configured to analyze the sample contained in the container, a cleaning device configured to clean the container, and a transfer robot configured to convey the container, wherein the container carry-in device comprises: a carry-in chamber comprising a front door and a rear door, the rear door being configured to open and close a passage between a carry-in space of the carry-in chamber and the analysis part; a first container table located on one side of the front door and on which the container is placed; a second container table located on one side of the rear door and on which the container is placed; a carrying robot configured to convey the container between the first container table and the second container table; and a label reader configured to detect an identification label on the container.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Sample analysis system
- Patent number
- US12754194B2
- Application number
- 18528978
- Filed
- Dec 5, 2023
- Granted
- Oct 6, 2026
- Inventors
- 10
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G01N 35/0099 Physics & computingG01N 35/00732 Physics & computingG01N 35/04 Physics & computingG01N 2035/00752 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in Robots & automation
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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