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US 2011/0216182 A1Published application
Sample-image acquisition apparatus, sample-image acquisition method and sample-image acquisition program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKoichiro Kishima
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Abstract
A sample-image acquisition apparatus includes: an image taking device; a movement control section; and a sample-image acquisition section.
Claims7
A sample-image acquisition apparatus comprising:
- an image taking device on which an image of a sample is created after being enlarged by an objective lens;
- a movement control section configured to move a relative position, which is movable in a plane direction perpendicular to an optical-axis direction as a position relative between said image of said sample and said image taking device used for creating said image of said sample after being enlarged by said objective lens having a focal point movable within a range including said sample, in said plane direction changed for each position of said focal point in said optical-axis direction while moving said focal point in said optical-axis direction within said range;
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- a sample-image acquisition section configured to acquire a sample image by exposing said image taking device to said sample while said movement control section is moving said relative position and said focal point.
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A sample-image acquisition method comprising:
- a movement control step of moving a relative position, which is movable in a plane direction perpendicular to an optical-axis direction as a position relative between an image of a sample and an image taking device used for creating said image of said sample after being enlarged by an objective lens having a focal point movable within a range including said sample, in said plane direction changed for each position of said focal point in said optical-axis direction while moving said focal point in said optical-axis direction within said range;
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- a sample-image acquisition step of acquiring a sample image by exposing said image taking device to said sample while said movement control step is being carried out.
A sample-image acquisition program to be executed by a computer to perform:
- a movement control step of moving a relative position, which is movable in a plane direction perpendicular to an optical-axis direction as a position relative between an image of a sample and an image taking device used for creating said image of said sample after being enlarged by an objective lens having a focal point movable within a range including said sample, in said plane direction changed for each position of said focal point in said optical-axis direction while moving said focal point in said optical-axis direction within said range;
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- a sample-image acquisition step of acquiring a sample image by exposing said image taking device to said sample while said movement control step is being carried out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.