Control device, control method, and analysis system

A control device that controls a spectrometer, the control device comprising:

• a specimen image display control section that performs a control process that displays a specimen image acquired by the spectrometer on a display section;
• an icon display control section that performs a control process that displays an analysis start icon on the display section when designation of an analysis position within the specimen image has been performed by a pointing device;
• an spectrometer control section that performs a control process that causes the spectrometer to start analysis based on an operation on the analysis start icon that has been performed by the pointing device, and performs a control process that causes the spectrometer to stop the analysis based on cancellation of the operation on the analysis start icon;
• and
• an analysis result storage control section that performs a control process that stores analysis data output from the spectrometer in a storage section,
• wherein the analysis result storage control section starts the control process that stores the analysis data in the storage section based on the designation of the analysis position, and performs a process that deletes the analysis data stored in the storage section based on the cancellation of the designation of the analysis position.