Organism state quantity measuring apparatus
First Claim
1. An organism state quantity measuring apparatus comprising:
- a detector comprising hardware that detects information indicating a state of an organism from the organism or an organism specimen extracted from the organism and outputs the detected information as a current;
a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current output from the detector into a voltage;
a double-integration-type A/D conversion circuit having an integration capacitor that is charged based on a voltage output from the current-voltage conversion circuit and is thereafter discharged, and a counter that measures a charge time during which the integration capacitor is charged and a discharge time during which the integration capacitor is discharged, the A/D conversion circuit converting into digital quantities the charge time and the discharge time measured by the counter, and outputting the digital quantities; and
an information processor comprising hardware that calculates a state quantity of the organism based on a ratio of the digital quantities of the charge time output from the A/D conversion circuit to the digital quantities of the discharge time output from the A/D conversion circuit.
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Abstract
An apparatus including a detecting unit that detects information indicating a state of an organism from the organism or an organism specimen extracted from the organism and outputs the detected information as a current, a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current output from the detecting unit into a voltage, a double-integration-type A/D conversion circuit having an integration capacitor that is charged based on a voltage output from the current-voltage conversion circuit and is thereafter discharged, and a counter that measures a charge time during which the integration capacitor is charged and a discharge time during which the integration capacitor is discharged, the A/D conversion circuit converting into digital quantities the charge time and the discharge time measured by the counter, and outputting the digital quantities, and an information processing unit that calculates a state quantity of the organism based on the digital quantities output from the A/D conversion circuit.
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6 Claims
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1. An organism state quantity measuring apparatus comprising:
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a detector comprising hardware that detects information indicating a state of an organism from the organism or an organism specimen extracted from the organism and outputs the detected information as a current; a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current output from the detector into a voltage; a double-integration-type A/D conversion circuit having an integration capacitor that is charged based on a voltage output from the current-voltage conversion circuit and is thereafter discharged, and a counter that measures a charge time during which the integration capacitor is charged and a discharge time during which the integration capacitor is discharged, the A/D conversion circuit converting into digital quantities the charge time and the discharge time measured by the counter, and outputting the digital quantities; and an information processor comprising hardware that calculates a state quantity of the organism based on a ratio of the digital quantities of the charge time output from the A/D conversion circuit to the digital quantities of the discharge time output from the A/D conversion circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An organism state quantity measuring apparatus, comprising:
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a detector comprising hardware that detects information indicating a state of an organism from the organism or an organism specimen extracted from the organism and outputs the detected information as a current; a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current output from the detector into a voltage; a double-integration-type A/D conversion circuit having an integration capacitor that is charged based on a voltage output from the current-voltage conversion circuit and is thereafter discharged, and a counter that measures a charge time during which the integration capacitor is charged and a discharge time during which the integration capacitor is discharged, the A/D conversion circuit converting into digital quantities the charge time and the discharge time measured by the counter, and outputting the digital quantities; and an information processor comprising hardware that calculates a state quantity of the organism based on the digital quantities output from the A/D conversion circuit; wherein; the double-integration-type A/D conversion circuit operates based on a first reference voltage; the current-voltage conversion circuit converts the current output from the detecting unit detector into a voltage based on a third reference voltage different from the first reference voltage; in a case where the current-voltage conversion circuit outputs a negative voltage with respect to the third reference voltage, the third reference voltage is set higher than the first reference voltage; and in a case where the current-voltage conversion circuit outputs a positive voltage with respect to the third reference voltage, the third reference voltage is set lower than the first reference voltage.
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