SPECIMEN PRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easier to determine each daughter specimen rack displayed on a display screen in a specimen pre-processing system. SOLUTION: As for the entire arrangement of a situation display image 330, by simulating arrangement of respective container racks on a dispensing table, various kinds of symbol figures corresponding thereto are arranged. That is to say, rack symbols 332, 334, 336 and 338 are arranged somewhat on the lower right of the display image 330 so as to correspond to four daughter specimen racks on the dispensing table. So as to correspond to daughter specimen containers disposed in the daughter specimen racks, container symbols 340 are superimposed in the rack symbols 332, etc., and displayed. The rack symbols 332, etc., are colored to correspond to rack colors applied to the respective daughter specimen racks. The rack symbols are expressed by colors correspond to corresponding rack colors, for example, blue for the rack symbol 332 and yellow for the rack symbol 334. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO