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AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsTomoharu Ogihara, Hideyuki Masuyama
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A pixel shifting unit moves the relative position between the luminous flux entering an image pickup device and the device to a plurality of predetermined positions in a predetermined order. A control unit controls the device, and allows the image of a subject image formed by the luminous flux on the photoreception surface of the device when the relative position is in any of the plurality of predetermined positions. A combination unit combines the plurality of obtained images to generate a high-resolution image. A prediction unit predicts a shooting environment when the device hereafter shoots an image of the subject image on the basis of a change of at least two images. A setting control unit controls a setting of a shooting condition when the image of the subject image is shot on the basis of a result of the prediction of the shooting environment.
An image acquisition apparatus, comprising:
A control method for an image acquisition apparatus, the method comprising:
A microscope system, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof: circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor: adapted for combination with other photographic or optical apparatus
General purpose image data processing
Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene: circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation
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This application claims benefit of Japanese Application No. 2009-118050, filed May 14, 2009, the contents of which are incorporated by this reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the technology of acquiring an image, and more specifically to the technology of acquiring a high-resolution image.
The present invention will be more apparent from the following detailed description when the accompanying drawings are referenced.
FIG. 1 is the first example of the configuration of the microscope system embodying the present invention;
FIG. 2A is an explanatory view (1) of the principle of generating a high-resolution image using a pixel shifting method;
The embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to the attached drawings.
In the embodiments, it is assumed that a fluorescent observation sample is used as a sample to be observed, and the microscope system including the image acquisition apparatus for acquiring an image of a microscope image of the sample is described below.
The example in FIG. 1 is described first. FIG. 1 is the first example of the configuration of the microscope system embodying the present invention.