# US 11,307,399 B2 · Information processing device, information processing method, program, and microscope system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,399 B2 - Document ID: US11307399B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/400,445 - Filed: 2013-03-13 - Published: 2015-04-30 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-05-28 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Masahiro Takahashi; Shinji Watanabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307399B2 ## CPC - G02B 21/367: {providing an output produced by processing a plurality of individual source images, e.g. image tiling, montage, composite images, depth sectioning, image comparison} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract Provided is an information processing device including an image analysis unit which divides an entire image in which an entire observation target region is imaged into a plurality of regions, and then judges whether an observation target is present in each region, and an imaging control unit which controls imaging of partial images with a magnification higher than a magnification of the entire image corresponding to the regions based on judgment results of the image analysis unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing system comprising: an image analysis unit configured to divide a first image in which an observation target region is imaged into a plurality of regions, then judge whether the observation target is present in each region, calculate a likelihood showing a possibility that the observation target is present in each region in the plurality of regions, and lower a likelihood of a region adjacent to a region where the observation target is not present among regions where the observation target may be present; and an imaging order generation unit configured to determine an imaging order of each region in the plurality of regions in a manner that imaging is performed from a region with a higher likelihood in decreasing order. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein an existence map is generated based on the result of the image analysis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein a first imaging unit of an imaging device is caused to obtain the first image, and a second imaging unit of the imaging device is caused to obtain a second image based on the imaging order. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: an imaging control unit configured to control imaging of partial images with a magnification higher than a magnification of the first image corresponding to the regions based on the imaging order. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising: an image compositing unit configured to combine the partial images to composite a microscope observation image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein a region which is not included in the imaging order is determined based on the likelihood. ### Claim 7 An information processing method comprising: dividing a first image in which an observation target region is imaged into a plurality of regions; judging whether the observation target is present in each region; calculating a likelihood showing a possibility that the observation target is present in each region; lower a likelihood of a region adjacent to a region where the observation target is not present among regions where the observation target may be present; and determining an imaging order of each region in a manner that imaging is performed from a region with a higher likelihood in decreasing order. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program, which causes a computer to execute the information processing method according to claim 7. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The information processing system according to claim 4, further comprising: a microscope is configured to obtain the partial images. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The information processing system according to claim 5, wherein the image compositing unit is configured to combine the partial images in the same order as the partial images are obtained. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising generating an existence map based on the result of the image analysis. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising obtaining, by a first imaging unit of an imaging device, the first image, and obtaining, by a second imaging unit of the imaging device, a second image based on the imaging order. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising: controlling imaging of partial images with a magnification higher than a magnification of the first image corresponding to the regions based on the imaging order. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising: combining the partial images to composite a microscope observation image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, wherein a region which is not included in the imaging order is determined based on the likelihood. ### Claim 16 (depends on 7) The information processing method according to claim 7, further comprising: obtaining, by a microscope, the partial images. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The information processing method according to claim 14, further comprising combining the partial images in the same order as the partial images are obtained. ### Claim 18 An information processing device comprising: an image analysis unit configured to divide a first image in which an observation target region is imaged into a plurality of regions, then judge whether the observation target is present in each region, calculate a likelihood showing a possibility that the observation target is present in each region in the plurality of regions, and lower a likelihood of a region adjacent to a region where the observation target is not present among regions where the observation target may be present; and an imaging order generation unit configured to determine an imaging order of each region in the plurality of regions in a manner that imaging is performed from a region with a higher likelihood in decreasing order.