ANALYZING APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME

• US 20140039647A1
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
• Original Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
• Inventors: Fukushima, Nobumitsu
• Application Number:
  US13/952,976
• Publication Number:
  US 20140039647A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/73
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2030/889 monitoring the quality of the stationary phase; column performance
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00623 of instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 35/00663 of consumables
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric

Abstract

The present invention relates to an analyzing apparatus control system which can manage the usage degree of consumable parts and provide a user with information on the replacement of the consumable parts, and aims at providing a user with more meaningful information than ever before. The analyzing apparatus control system includes: a usage managing unit 12; an estimated replacement date computation unit 13; and a consumption information display unit 14. The usage managing unit 12 manages a usage degree of consumable parts 4a through 7a of units 4 through 7 that compose an analyzing apparatus 1. The usage degree may be the usage time or the number of times of use up to the present time.

Claims

1. An analyzing apparatus control system for controlling an analyzing apparatus including one or a plurality of consumable parts, comprising:

a usage limit memory unit for storing a predetermined usage limit value for each of the consumable parts;

a usage managing unit for managing a usage degree of each of the consumable parts up to a present;

an estimated replacement date computation unit for computing an estimated replacement date of each of the consumable parts based on the usage limit value and the usage degree; and

a consumption information display unit for presenting the estimated replacement date for each of the consumable parts in a predetermined display format on a display.

2. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 1, wherein:

in a case where a consumable part has never been used before or where a usage degree of the consumable part is below a predetermined valid use lower limit, the estimated replacement date computation unit computes the estimated replacement date based on a predetermined default value, and

in the case where a usage degree of a consumable part is equal to or higher than the valid use lower limit, the estimated replacement date computation unit computes the estimated replacement date based on remaining days obtained by dividing a value acquired by subtracting the usage degree from the usage limit value by an average daily usage degree.

3. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 1, wherein:

the consumption information display unit preferentially presents, on the display, the estimated replacement date of a consumable part with a usage degree higher than the usage limit value or with the estimated replacement date being close to a present time.

4. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 1, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

9. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 2, wherein:

the consumption information display unit preferentially presents, on the display, the estimated replacement date of a consumable part with a usage degree higher than the usage limit value or with the estimated replacement date being close to a present time.

10. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 2, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

11. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 3, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

12. The analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 9, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

5. A computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system for controlling an analyzing apparatus including one or a plurality of consumable parts, the program being designed to be executed on a computer capable of accessing a usage limit memory unit for storing a predetermined usage limit value for each of the consumable parts, so as to make the computer function as:

a usage managing unit for managing a usage degree of each of the consumable parts up to a present time;

an estimated replacement date computation unit for computing an estimated replacement date of each of the consumable parts based on the usage limit value and the usage degree; and

a consumption information display unit for presenting the estimated replacement date for each of the consumable parts in a predetermined display format on a display.

6. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system for controlling an analyzing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

in a case where a consumable part has never been used before or where a usage degree of the consumable part is below a predetermined valid use lower limit, the estimated replacement date computation unit sets a predetermined default value as the estimated replacement date, and

in the case where a usage degree of a consumable part is equal to or higher than the valid use lower limit, the estimated replacement date computation unit computes the estimated replacement date based on remaining days obtained by dividing a value acquired by subtracting the usage degree from the usage limit value by an average daily usage degree.

7. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system for controlling an analyzing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein:

the consumption information display unit preferentially presents, on the display, the estimated replacement date of a consumable part with a usage degree higher than the usage limit value or with the estimated replacement date being close to a present time.

8. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 5, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

13. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system for controlling an analyzing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein:

the consumption information display unit preferentially presents, on the display, the estimated replacement date of a consumable part with a usage degree higher than the usage limit value or with the estimated replacement date being close to a present time.

14. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 6, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

15. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 7, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.

16. The computer readable medium recording a program for an analyzing apparatus control system according to claim 13, wherein the consumption information display unit lists the estimated replacement dates of the consumable parts separately for each unit composing the analyzing apparatus.