Image capturing device for observing a sample housed in a container to which identification information is attached, image capturing system, and control method

An image capturing device for observing a sample housed in a container to which identification information is attached, from below the container, the image capturing device comprising:

• an image capturing unit including an image pickup element;
• a light guide unit that guides light from an identification surface to the image capturing unit, the identification surface being a surface of the container which differs from a bottom surface of the container and to which the identification information is attached;
• and
• a mobile unit that changes a relative position of the image capturing unit with respect to the container,
• wherein, after the mobile unit changes the relative position to a first relative position in which an optical axis of the image capturing unit deviates from the container, the image capturing unit images the identification surface via the light guide unit, and
• after the mobile unit changes the relative position to a second relative position in which the optical axis of the image capturing unit intersects the container, the image capturing unit images the sample via the bottom surface.