Microscopic image capture apparatus

A microscopic image capture apparatus, comprising:

• a slide glass transfer unit transferring a slide glass from a first slide glass tray unit to a space under a microscope objective lens;
• a wide field-of-view image capture unit having a linear image sensor, generating an entire image of wide field-of-view of the slide glass in synchronization with the transfer of the slide glass by the slide glass transfer unit after sequentially capturing linear images of the slide glass by the linear image sensor;
• a microscopic image capture unit capturing microscopic images of a sample, automatically recognizing a position of the sample on the slide glass based on the entire image of wide field-of-view of the slide glass transferred by the slide glass transfer unit, dividing the entire capture area of the sample into a plurality of sections, and capturing each section using a objective lens of a high magnification;
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• a slide glass storage unit storing the slide glass whose sample has captured by the microscopic image capture unit from the space under the microscope objective lens into a second slide glass tray unit.

A microscopic image capture method, comprising:

• transferring a slide glass from a first slide glass tray unit to a space under a microscope objective lens;
• capturing an entire image of wide field-of-view of the slide glass in synchronization with the transfer of the slide glass;
• capturing a microscopic image of a sample on the slide glass whose entire wide field-of-view image has been captured;
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• storing the slide glass whose sample has captured from the observation position of the microscope into a second slide glass tray unit.

A storage medium storing a program used to direct a computer to capture a microscopic image, comprising:

• transferring a slide glass from a first slide glass tray unit to a space under a microscope objective lens;
• capturing an entire image of wide field-of-view of the slide glass in synchronization with the transfer of the slide glass;
• capturing a microscopic image of a sample on the slide glass whose entire wide field-of-view image has been captured;
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• storing the slide glass whose sample has captured from the observation position of the microscope into a second slide glass tray process.