Image acquisition apparatus and image acquisition method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorShinji Watanabe
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Abstract
An image acquisition apparatus includes a photographing unit, an AF (Auto Focus) processing unit, and a calculation unit. The photographing unit is configured to photograph a pathological sample mounted on a slide glass using an objective lens. The AF processing unit is capable of selectively making a switch between a contrast AF method and a phase difference AF method for focusing a focal point of the objective lens on the pathological sample. The calculation unit is configured to judge a staining method of the pathological sample and select the AF method to be executed by the AF processing unit based on a result of the judgment.
Claims8
An image acquisition apparatus, comprising:
- a photographing unit configured to photograph a pathological sample mounted on a slide glass using an objective lens;
- an AF (Auto Focus) processing unit capable of selectively making a switch between a contrast AF method and a phase difference AF method for focusing a focal point of the objective lens on the pathological sample;
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- a calculation unit configured to judge a staining method of the pathological sample and select the AF method to be executed by the AF processing unit based on a result of the judgment.
An image acquisition method, comprising:
- judging a staining method of a pathological sample mounted on a slide glass;
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- focusing a focal point of an objective lens by selectively making a switch between a contrast AF method and a phase difference AF method based on a result of the judgment and photographing the pathological sample using the objective lens.
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