Automatic Focus and Sample Detection

Abstract

Imaging systems, such as optical microscopes, can benefit from automatic focus enhancements including sample detection. For example, systems that use a charge coupled device (CCD) video camera to capture a field of view for making focus determinations can benefit from automatic focus and sample detection. A method according to certain embodiments can include obtaining, by a machine, a high level image of a sample. The method can also include determining, by the machine, whether a plurality of auto-focus areas of a plurality of fields of view are aligned with a portion of the sample. The method can further include obtaining, by the machine, a low level image of the sample when the plurality of auto-focus areas are aligned.

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