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US 8,014,579 B2Granted
Microscope system and method for synthesizing microscopic images
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsTetsuya Shirota, Takashi Yoneyama
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Abstract
An observation state obtainment unit obtains an observation state of a microscope at the time of obtaining the microscopic image of a specimen obtained by using the microscope. A motion image data generation unit generates data of a motion image from the microscopic images of a time series. A correlation addition unit adds, to data of the motion image, information that correlates microscopic images constituting the motion image with an observation state of the microscope at the time of obtaining the microscopic images. A record unit records data of the motion image and an observation state of the microscope correlated with the data.
Claims8
A microscope system, comprising:
- a microscope for obtaining a microscopic image of a specimen;
- an observation state obtainment unit for obtaining an observation state of the microscope at a time of obtaining the microscopic image;
- a motion image data generation unit for generating data of a motion image from microscopic images of a time series;
- a correlation addition unit for adding, to data of the motion image, information that correlates microscopic images constituting the motion image with an observation state of the microscope at a time of obtaining the microscopic images;
- a record unit for recording data of the motion image and an observation state of the microscope correlated with the data;
- a display unit for displaying a microscopic image by replaying the motion image based on data of the motion image recorded in the record unit;
- a motion image operation unit for controlling replay of the motion image in the display unit to search for a microscopic image to perform a reproduction;
- a reproduction instruction obtainment unit for obtaining an instruction to make the microscope reproduce the observation state;
- a microscope control unit for controlling the microscope to reproduce the observation state at the time of obtaining the microscopic image displayed in the display unit when the instruction for the reproduction is obtained;
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- a flag addition unit for adding predetermined flag information to a microscopic image included in the microscopic images of a time series and obtained by the microscope when a movement speed of a freely movable stage which is equipped in the microscope and on which the specimen is placed becomes a predetermined value or less, or to a microscopic image included in the microscopic images of a time series and obtained by the microscope when an object lens used in the microscope is changed to an object lens with a higher magnification ratio.
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A method for recording a microscopic image, comprising:
- obtaining an observation state of a microscope at a time of obtaining the microscopic image of a specimen obtained by using the microscope;
- generating data of a motion image from microscopic images of a time series;
- adding, to data of the motion image, information that correlates microscopic images constituting the motion image with an observation state of the microscope at a time of obtaining the microscopic images;
- recording data of the motion image and an observation state of the microscope correlated with the data;
- displaying a microscopic image by replaying the motion image based on data of the motion image recorded in the record unit;
- controlling replay of the motion image in the display unit to search for a microscopic image to perform a reproduction;
- obtaining an instruction to make the microscope reproduce the observation state;
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- when the instruction for the reproduction is obtained, controlling the microscope to reproduce the observation state at the time of obtaining the microscopic image displayed in the display unit;
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- adding predetermined flag information to a microscopic image included in the microscopic images of a time series and obtained by the microscope when a movement speed of a freely movable stage which is equipped in the microscope and on which the specimen is placed becomes a predetermined value or less, or to a microscopic image included in the microscopic images of a time series and obtained by the microscope when an object lens used in the microscope is changed to an object lens with a higher magnification ratio.
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A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a program that is executable by a computer to control the computer to record a microscopic image, the program controlling the computer to perform processes comprising:
- obtaining an observation state of a microscope at a time of obtaining a microscopic image of a specimen obtained by using the microscope;
- generating data of a motion image from microscopic images of a time series;
- adding, to data of the motion image, information that correlates microscopic images constituting the motion image with an observation state of the microscope at a time of obtaining the microscopic images;
- recording data of the motion image and an observation state of the microscope correlated with the data;
- displaying a microscopic image by replaying the motion image based on data of the motion image recorded in the record unit;
- controlling replay of the motion image in the display unit to search for a microscopic image to perform a reproduction;
- obtaining an instruction to make the microscope reproduce the observation state;
- when the instruction for the reproduction is obtained, controlling the microscope to reproduce the observation state at the time of obtaining the microscopic image displayed in the display unit;
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- adding predetermined flag information to a microscopic image included in the microscopic images of a time series and obtained by the microscope when a movement speed of a freely movable stage which is equipped in the microscope and on which the specimen is placed becomes a predetermined value or less, or to a microscopic image included in the microscopic images of a time series and obtained by the microscope when an object lens used in the microscope is changed to an object lens with a higher magnification ratio.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.