1. A tracking system comprising:
a detection module;
a tracking mechanism connected to the detection module; and
a track output module connected to the tracking mechanism; and
wherein the tracking mechanism is for applying a merge, split andor reacquisition operation on an output of the detection module.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the tracking mechanism comprises:
a data representation module;
a window module connected to the data representation module;
a data representation update module connected to the window module and the data representation module; and
a tracking algorithm connected to the data representation update module.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data representation update module is for adding hypotheses from the merge, split andor reacquisition operation.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the data representation update module is for providing data from the merge, split andor reacquisition operation to the data representation module.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the data representation module is for putting the observations and inferences in a form of a graph.
6. The system of claim 2, wherein the window module comprising a sliding window for providing a delay to the data for determining a best path of a plurality of paths of one or more blobs, to be a track of an object.
7. The system of claim 3, wherein the hypotheses are effected along with motion andor appearance likelihood models of blobs or objects.
8. A tracking system comprising:
a detection module;
a data representation module connected to the detection module;
a sliding window module connected to the data representation module;
a hypothesis module connected to the sliding window module and to the data representation module; and
an algorithm module connected to the hypothesis module.
9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a track output module connected to the algorithm module.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein the detection module is for obtaining observation data.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the data representation module is for providing observation data in a graph format.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein the hypothesis module is for applying a merge, split andor reacquisition operation to the observation data.
13. The system of claim 8, wherein the sliding window module is for providing a shift in time to a frame of observation data.
14. The system of claim 8, wherein matching a blob to a path is based, at least in part, on a motion likelihood andor an appearance likelihood of the blob relative to an expected blob or another blob.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein a best path is selected from a plurality of observed paths to be a track of the blob.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the blob having a track is of an object being tracked.
17. A method for tracking comprising:
obtaining data about one or more blobs being observed;
applying hypotheses of merge, split andor reacquisition to the data;
updating the data with additional data resulting from an application of one or more of the hypotheses to the data; and
computing tracks and estimating objects’ positions from the one or more paths of the one or more blobs from updated data, and matching the tracks and objects on a one-to-one basis.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising moving the data being processed in time with a sliding window having a series of frames.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising representing the data graphically.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the computing is performed with a Viterbi\u2122 algorithm.
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 cell culture apparatus, comprising:
a culture vessel base which is arranged in a culture space and on which a plurality of culture vessels are placed; and
a plurality of heat storage portions for warming the plurality of culture vessels, respectively,
wherein the plurality of heat storage portions, which are placed on the culture vessel base in the culture space during culture and contains the respective culture vessels, are provided so that at least one storage portion is removable from the culture space.
2. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the culture vessel base includes a guide portion for allowing the plurality of heat storage portions to be arranged in a predetermined region of the culture space so that culture can be performed in a state in which the culture vessels are contained.
3. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an observation portion for observing the plurality of culture vessels,
wherein the culture vessel base has a U-shape and is provided so that the plurality of placed culture vessels surround the observation portion in a state in which the culture vessel base is arranged in a predetermined region of the culture space.
4. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein each culture vessel is eccentrically provided on the observation portion side in the heat storage portion.
5. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
a microscope for observing the plurality of culture vessels,
wherein, in the case where observation is performed with the use of the microscope in the cell culture apparatus, the heat storage portions in a direction in which the microscope approaches are thinner than the heat storage portions in directions other than the direction.
6. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, in the case where at least one of the plurality of heat storage portions which are placed on the culture vessel base during culture and contain the respective culture vessels is taken out from the culture space, a temperature of the culture vessels which are not taken out from the culture vessel base is maintainable.
7. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the culture vessels other than the culture vessel to be taken out and the heat storage portions containing the respective culture vessels are integrally provided and are integrally removable from the culture space.
8. The cell culture apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
a heat insulation portion for, in the case where at least one of the plurality of heat storage portions containing the respective culture vessels is taken out from the culture space, covering an outer circumference of the heat storage portion to be taken out.
9. A culture vessel, comprising:
a heat storage portion surrounding the culture vessel for culturing a biological sample in warm the culture vessel; and
a heat insulation portion surrounding an outer circumference of the heat storage portion, a part of the heat insulation portion being removable,
wherein the heat storage portion which is exposed by removing the part of the heat insulation portion can be heated.
10. The culture vessel according to claim 9,
wherein the culture vessel which is exposed by removing the part of the heat insulation portion includes an optically transparent window through which the biological sample is observable.
11. The culture vessel according to claim 9,
wherein the heat storage portion has a pair of side surfaces, and the culture vessel contained in the heat storage portion is eccentrically provided on one side of the pair of side surfaces.
12. The culture vessel according to claim 11, wherein:
the heat storage portion has a trapezoidal shape so that the plurality of culture vessels can be provided in a circular shape; and
the culture vessel is eccentric on the side surface which is a short side of the trapezoidal shape.
13. A holding vessel for transporting culture vessels, wherein
the holding vessel receives the plurality of culture vessels provided with a heat storage material and includes a heat insulation member surrounding the plurality of culture vessels, each of the plurality of culture vessels including a heat storage portion surrounding the culture vessel to warm a cultured biological sample and a heat insulation portion surrounding an outer circumference of the heat storage portion, a part of the heat insulation portion being removable.
14. The holding vessel according to claim 13,
wherein the heat storage material is provided between each of the plurality of culture vessels provided with the heat storage material and the corresponding heat insulation portion.