Experiment support apparatus, experiment support system, experiment support method, and computer-readable medium

An optical microscope configured to measure a specimen, the optical microscope having an experiment support function, and the optical microscope comprising:

• at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon;
• and
• at least one processor configured to, under control of the instructions, execute operations comprising:
• controlling a display device to display a condition table that indicates an experiment condition for measurement, in response to an input of the experiment condition;
• receiving, from a user, input of (i) a selection instruction selecting a specific cell of the condition table, and (ii) a start instruction instructing a start of measurement of the specimen under the experiment condition corresponding to the selected cell;
• controlling to perform the measurement of the specimen, in response to receiving the start instruction;
• obtaining measurement data generated by performing the measurement of the specimen under the experiment condition corresponding to the selected cell;
• and
• controlling the display device to display at least one of (i) a measurement result of the measurement of the specimen based on the measurement data, and (ii) an analysis result of the measurement data, in the selected cell of the condition table, in response to obtaining the measurement data.

An experiment support method performed under control by an optical microscope configured to measure a specimen, the optical microscope having an experiment support function, and the method comprising:

• controlling a display device to display a condition table that indicates an experiment condition for measurement, in response to input of the experiment condition;
• receiving, from a user, input of (i) a selection instruction selecting a specific cell of the condition table, and (ii) a start instruction instructing a start of measurement of the specimen under the experiment condition corresponding to the selected cell;
• controlling to perform the measurement of the specimen, in response to receiving the start instruction;
• obtaining measurement data generated by performing the measurement of the specimen under the experiment condition corresponding to the selected cell;
• controlling the display device to display at least one of (i) a measurement result of the measurement of the specimen based on the measurement data, and (ii) an analysis result of the measurement data, in the selected cell of the condition table, in response to obtaining the measurement data;
• analyzing, using at least one designated analysis method, the measurement data obtained using the optical microscope under the experiment conditions, and generating analysis data indicating the analysis result of the measurement data;
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• color-coding at least one cell in the condition table by assigning one of at least three different colors to each of the at least one cell according to respective values of the analysis data on which the analysis result corresponding thereto is based.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program thereon for controlling an experiment support function of an optical microscope configured to measure a specimen, the program being executable by a computer of the optical microscope to control the optical microscope to execute processes comprising:

• controlling a display device to display a condition table that indicates an experiment condition for measurement, in response to input of the experiment condition;
• receiving, from a user, input of (i) a selection instruction selecting a specific cell of the condition table, and (ii) a start instruction instructing a start of measurement of the specimen under the experiment condition corresponding to the selected cell;
• controlling to perform the measurement of the specimen, in response to receiving the start instruction;
• obtaining measurement data generated by performing the measurement of the specimen under the experiment condition corresponding to the selected cell;
• controlling the display device to display at least one of (i) a measurement result of the measurement of the specimen based on the measurement data, and (ii) an analysis result of the measurement data, in the selected cell of the condition table, in response to obtaining the measurement data;
• analyzing, using at least one designated analysis method, the measurement data obtained using the optical microscope under the experiment conditions, and generating analysis data indicating the analysis result of the measurement data;
• and
• color-coding at least one cell in the condition table by assigning one of at least three different colors to each of the at least one cell according to respective values of the analysis data on which the analysis result corresponding thereto is based.