1. An analyzing apparatus comprising a data processing unit and a display unit and used for analyzing the structure of an ionized sample on the basis of the mass spectrometric data measured on said sample and the mass spectrometric data measured on dissociated ions obtained by cleaving said sample as a parent ion, wherein
said data processing unit includes constructions: to analyze parent ion candidates; and to analyze the structure of said parent ion by comparing the analytical result of the parent ion candidates and the mass spectrometric data of the dissociated ions measured; and
said display unit includes a construction to display the analytical result of the structure of said parent ion.
2. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result is made with the values of the calculated properties in absolute or relative values.
3. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result is made with the numerical values ranking the calculated properties in relation to the structure of said parent ion candidate.
4. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result includes at least one of distribution indication, indication by color and density indication correlating the calculated properties and the structurally specific portions of said parent ion candidates.
5. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result is made by attaching symbols relating to the magnitude of the calculated properties, to the structure of said parent ion candidates.
6. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result contains the indication of the structure of the parent ion candidates derived.
7. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result is a mass spectrum prepared corresponding to the magnitude of the appearance probability of the dissociated ion candidates derived.
8. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result contains said mass spectra of said dissociated ion candidates and the mass spectra of the dissociated ions contained in the measured mass spectrometric data, in an overlapping manner or in parallel.
9. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result attaches the stability of the dissociated ion candidates derived, to the structure of said dissociated ion candidates.
10. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result contains the procedure for appearance of the derived dissociated ion candidates, together with the calculated properties.
11. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display of said analytical result contains the consistency percentage or the difference percentage between the mass spectra of the dissociated ion candidates derived and the mass spectra of the dissociated ions contained in the mass spectrometric data measured.
12. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein a three-dimensional structure is indicated of at least one of said parent ion candidates ranked.
13. A mass spectrometric data analyzing apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said data processing unit derives the kind and structure of the modifying radicals modifying and added to the parent ion, on the basis of the comparison result between the mass spectra of said dissociated ion candidates and the measured dissociated ions so that the derivation result is displayed by said display unit.
14. A solution offering system for offering to a customer the identification of a substance requested by the customer or the evaluation result of a three-dimensional structure as a solution by using a mass spectrometric data analyzing system as set forth in claim 1.
15. A program for analyzing mass spectrometric data for causing a computer to function as:
means for acquiring the mass spectrometric data measured on an ionized sample and the mass spectrometric data measured on the dissociated ions obtained by cleaving said sample as a parent ion;
means for calculating at least one of the thermal, chemical energetic properties on the candidates of said parent ion supposed from said mass spectrometric data acquired, to derive the parent ion candidates and the structure of the dissociated ions as the dissociated ion candidates, and for comparing the mass spectra of the derived dissociated ion candidates and the measured dissociated ions, to analyze the structure of said parent ion; and
means for displaying the analytical result of at least the structure of said parent ion.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method comprising:
obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background, the background having specifically designed patterns, the captured image being obtained with an imaging arrangement that comprises an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements, a lens system operative to focus light reflected from the document onto the array of photosensitive elements in the imaging sensor, and wherein the specifically designed patterns of the background are distinguishable from any pattern found on the document;
storing into a memory the captured image obtained by the imaging sensor, the captured image including an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document; and
analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, wherein said analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the imaging arrangement is a barcode reading arrangement including a decoder for decoding an image of a barcode on the document.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the background is tiled with one or more predetermined sub-patterns.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the background is tiled with a sub-pattern having a square shape.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the background is tiled with a sub-pattern having a rectangular shape.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the specifically designed patterns on the background includes periodically positioned squares.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specifically designed patterns on the background includes periodically positioned rectangles.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
measuring a size of the document by comparing the size of the document with the size of a repeating unit in the background.
9. A method comprising:
obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background, the background having specifically designed patterns, the captured image being obtained with an imaging arrangement that comprises an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements, a lens system operative to focus light reflected from the document onto the array of photosensitive elements in the imaging sensor, and wherein the specifically designed patterns of the background are distinguishable from any pattern found on the document;
storing into a memory the captured image obtained by the imaging sensor, the captured image including an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document;
analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, wherein said analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document; and
processing the captured image of the document to improve the image of the document by transforming the boundary of the document to a rectangle.
10. A method comprising:
obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background, the background having specifically designed patterns, the captured image being obtained with an imaging arrangement that comprises an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements, a lens system operative to focus light reflected from the document onto the array of photosensitive elements in the imaging sensor, and wherein the specifically designed patterns of the background are distinguishable from any pattern found on the document;
storing into a memory the captured image obtained by the imaging sensor, the captured image including an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document;
analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, wherein said analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document;
processing the captured image of the document to improve the image of the document by restoring the boundary of the document to an original shape; and
decoding an image of a barcode on the document.
11. The method of claim 10 , said restoring the boundary of the document comprises:
transforming the boundary of the document to the original shape of a rectangle.
12. The method of claim 10 , said restoring the boundary of the document comprises:
transforming the boundary of the document to the original shape of a circle.
13. An apparatus comprising:
an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements for obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background, the background having specifically designed patterns that are distinguishable from any pattern found on the document;
a lens system operative to focus light reflected from the document onto the array of photosensitive elements in the imaging sensor; and
a processor configured for
storing into a memory the captured image of the document obtained by the imaging sensor, the captured image including an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document, and
analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, wherein said analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a decoder for decoding an image of a barcode on the document.
15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the background is tiled with one or more predetermined sub-patterns.
16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the background is tiled with a sub-pattern having a square shape.
17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the background is tiled with a sub-pattern having a rectangular shape.
18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the specifically designed patterns on the background includes periodically positioned squares.
19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the specifically designed patterns on the background includes periodically positioned rectangles.
20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured for
measuring a size of the document by comparing the size of the document with the size of a repeating unit in the background.
21. An apparatus comprising:
an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements for obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background, the background having specifically designed patterns that are distinguishable from any pattern found on the document;
a lens system operative to focus light reflected from the document onto the array of photosensitive elements in the imaging sensor;
a processor configured for
storing into a memory the captured image of the document obtained by the imaging sensor, the captured image including an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document, and
analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, wherein said analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document; and
wherein the processor is further configured for processing the captured image of the document to improve the captured image of the document by transforming a reference box to a rectangle.
22. An apparatus comprising:
an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements for obtaining a captured image of a document physically placed on a background, the background having specifically designed patterns that are distinguishable from any pattern found on the document;
a lens system operative to focus light reflected from the document onto the array of photosensitive elements in the imaging sensor;
a processor configured for
storing into a memory the captured image of the document obtained by the imaging sensor, the captured image including an image of the document and an image of the background surrounding the document, and
analyzing the captured image to search for a boundary of the document in the captured image, wherein said analyzing includes distinguishing the image of the background from the image of the document; and
wherein the processor is further configured for processing the captured image of the document to improve the image of the document by restoring the boundary of the document to an original shape, and decoding an image of a barcode on the document.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, said restoring the boundary of the document comprises:
transforming the boundary of the document to the original shape of a rectangle.
24. The apparatus of claim 22, said restoring the boundary of the document comprises:
transforming the boundary of the document to the original shape of a circle.