Information processing apparatus, observation system, observation method, and program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsSuguru Aoki, Takeshi Ohashi, Naofumi Matsui, Tomoya Onuma
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit detects, on a basis of an optical image of a cell in culture captured at a first imaging interval, whether there is a change in a state of the cell, and switches, when detecting the change in the state, an imaging mode from the first imaging interval to a second imaging interval shorter than the first imaging interval.
Claims8
An information processing apparatus including a processor, comprising:
- a controller configured to detect, on a basis of an image of a fertilized egg in culture captured at a first imaging interval, whether there is a change in a state of the fertilized egg, and switches, when detecting the change in the state, an imaging mode from the first imaging interval to a second imaging interval shorter than the first imaging interval;
- wherein
- the image is a three-dimensional image obtained from a plurality of images captured from multiple viewpoints, and
- the controller detects, depending on a change in a feature amount of the fertilized egg quantified on a basis of information of the three-dimensional image, whether there is a change in the state of the fertilized egg;
- wherein
- the feature amount of the fertilized egg is at least one of a sphericity, a degree of a surface irregularity of the fertilized egg, and a uniformity of cleavage.
An observation system including a processor, comprising:
- an imaging device that includes an optical imager configured to acquire, at a first interval, an image of a fertilized egg in culture;
- and
- a controller configured to detect, on a basis of an image of the fertilized egg in culture captured at the first imaging interval, whether there is a change in a state of the fertilized egg, and switches, when detecting the change in the state, an imaging mode from the first imaging interval to a second imaging interval shorter than the first imaging interval;
- wherein
- the optical image is a three-dimensional image obtained from a plurality of images captured from multiple viewpoints, and
- the controller detects, depending on a change in a feature amount of the fertilized egg quantified on a basis of information of the three-dimensional image, whether there is a change in the state of the fertilized egg;
- wherein
- the feature amount of the fertilized egg is at least one of a sphericity, a degree of a surface irregularity of the fertilized egg, and a uniformity of cleavage.
An observation method, comprising:
- detecting, on a basis of an image of a fertilized egg in culture captured at a first imaging interval, whether there is a change in a state of the fertilized egg;
- and
- switching, when detecting the change in the state, an imaging mode from the first imaging interval to a second imaging interval shorter than the first imaging interval;
- wherein
- the image is a three-dimensional image obtained from a plurality of images captured from multiple viewpoints, and
- the controller detects, depending on a change in a feature amount of the fertilized egg quantified on a basis of information of the three-dimensional image, whether there is a change in the state of the fertilized egg;
- wherein
- the feature amount of the fertilized egg is at least one of a sphericity, a degree of a surface irregularity of the fertilized egg, and a uniformity of cleavage.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor in an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to execute the steps of:
- detecting, on a basis of an image of a fertilized egg in culture captured at a first imaging interval, whether there is a change in a state of the fertilized egg;
- and
- switching, when detecting the change in the state, an imaging mode from the first imaging interval to a second imaging interval shorter than the first imaging interval;
- wherein
- the image is a three-dimensional image obtained from a plurality of images captured from multiple viewpoints, and
- the controller detects, depending on a change in a feature amount of the fertilized egg quantified on a basis of information of the three-dimensional image, whether there is a change in the state of the fertilized egg;
- wherein
- the feature amount of the fertilized egg is at least one of a sphericity, a degree of a surface irregularity of the fertilized egg, and a uniformity of cleavage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.