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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
May. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenta Matsubara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/361 (2013.01); G02B 21/006 (2013.01); G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 21/0036 (2013.01); G01N 1/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
By moving at least one of a culture container having a plurality of wells or an imaging optical system that forms an image of an observation target in each of the wells, an observation position in the culture container is scanned to observe the observation target. In a case where an auto-focus control for each observation position is performed, a start timing of the auto-focus control for each observation position is switched on the basis of a boundary portion between the adjacent wells in a scanning direction of the observation position.