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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:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Takato Aoki, Hino, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/06 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); C12M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/006 (2013.01); C12M 41/36 (2013.01); C12M 41/48 (2013.01); G02B 21/008 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01); G02B 21/367 (2013.01);
Abstract

An observation apparatus includes an imaging unit that includes an imaging section and an illumination section, a driving mechanism that moves the imaging unit, a position control section, a vessel position acquisition section, an illumination control section, an imaging control section that causes the imaging section to image a sample. The illumination section includes a plurality of emitting sections configured to emit illumination light and illuminates the sample. The position control section and the vessel position acquisition section acquire position information on the imaging unit and the sample, respectively. The illumination control section selects which of the emitting sections emits illumination light and causes the selected emitting section to emit main illumination light based on the position information on the sample and the imaging unit.


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