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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Evident Corporation, Tatsuno-machi, JP;
Tadashi Hirata, Nagano, JP;
Koh Mohri, Nagano, JP;
Evident Corporation, Kamiina-Gun, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device for observing a sample housed in a container includes: an image capturing unit; a light guide unit that guides light from an identification surface to the image capturing unit, the identification surface being a surface of the container different from a bottom surface of the container and to which identification information is attached; and a mobile unit that changes a relative position of the image capturing unit with respect to the container. In a first relative position in which the optical axis of the image capturing unit deviates from the container, the image capturing unit images the identification surface via the light guide unit. In a second relative position in which the optical axis of the image capturing unit intersects the container, the image capturing unit images the sample via the bottom surface.