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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2020
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device includes: an illuminator configured to generate illumination light composed of components at a plurality of wavelength bands, each of the components having a characteristic in accordance with a corresponding one of settings; an imager configured to generate an image signal by capturing light from a subject; and a processor. The processor is configured to: set an acquisition condition for acquiring spectral information of the subject, the acquisition condition including a condition related to an operation of each of the illuminator and the imager; analyze the image signal generated by the imager based on the acquisition condition in order to acquire the spectral information of the subject; determine whether or not the acquired spectral information satisfies an end condition for ending acquisition of the spectral information; and change the acquisition condition when the processor determines that the end condition is not satisfied.