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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019

Filed:

May. 10, 2016
Applicants:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Sakae Okazaki, Tokyo, JP;

Hirotaka Hirano, Gifu, JP;

Takahiro Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/30 (2006.01); G02B 7/34 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); G02B 21/24 (2006.01); A61B 1/045 (2006.01); G02B 7/38 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00188 (2013.01); A61B 1/00 (2013.01); A61B 1/04 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); G02B 7/28 (2013.01); G02B 7/30 (2013.01); G02B 7/34 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01); G02B 21/244 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); A61B 1/045 (2013.01); G02B 7/38 (2013.01); G02B 27/0075 (2013.01); H04N 2005/2255 (2013.01);
Abstract

[Object] To make it possible to further improve convenience of a user. [Solution] There is provided a control device including: an autofocus control section configured to execute an autofocus operation by moving at least one optical member; and an autofocus operation determination section configured to determine whether it is possible for the autofocus operation to bring biological tissue into focus, the biological tissue serving as an object. In a case where the autofocus operation determination section determines that it is not possible for the autofocus operation to bring the object into focus, the autofocus control section moves the at least one optical member to a predicted focal position set in advance in accordance with a purpose of imaging.


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