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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Murooka, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging apparatus main body for imaging an observation target contained in a container; and a liquid droplet adhesion determination unit that acquires pattern information of liquid droplets adhering to a bottom surface on an outer side of the container based on an image of the observation target imaged by the imaging apparatus main body and determines whether or not the liquid droplets adhere to the bottom surface based on the pattern information. In a case where the liquid droplet adhesion determination unit determines that the liquid droplets adhere to the bottom surface on the outer side of the container, the imaging apparatus main body images the observation target again after performing liquid droplet removal processing.