Scanning laser microscope
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorHiroshi Kishimoto
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Abstract
A scanning laser microscope obtains images by performing scanning with laser light. The scanning laser microscope includes scanner and controller. The scanner is applied for performing scanning with the laser light line by line. The controller is applied for calculating a required line scanning time that is required as time used for scanning one line, based on the time required for scanning one frame that is determined from a frame rate being set. The controller is also applied for adjusting at least one of a number of data in one line of drive waveform data for driving the scanner and a read cycle of the drive waveform data, so as to substantially match the time for the scanner to scan one line with the required line scanning time calculated by the controller.
Claims5
A scanning laser microscope that obtains images by performing scanning with laser light, comprising:
- scanning means for performing scanning with the laser light line by line;
- calculation means for calculating a required line scanning time that is required as time used for scanning one line, based on the time required for scanning one frame that is determined from a frame rate being set;
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- adjustment means for adjusting at least one of a number of data in one line of drive waveform data for driving the scanning means and a read cycle of the drive waveform data, so as to substantially match the time for the scanning means to scan one line with the required line scanning time calculated by the calculation means.
A scanning laser microscope that performs scanning on a sample with laser light and obtains images of the sample using the light from the sample, comprising:
- input means for inputting a frame rate to indicate a speed of obtaining images of the sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.