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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2011
Tetsuya Shirota, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Chika Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Natori, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Shirota, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Yoneyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Chika Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuaki Natori, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is possible to create a virtual slide of a subject of observation in a simple configuration without setting a movement pattern in advance. Provided is a virtual-slide creating device including a stage on which a sample is mounted; an objective lens that collects light from the sample; a relative movement mechanism that moves at least one of these components relative to each other in a direction crossing the optical axis of the objective lens; a position detecting unit that obtains relative position information of the stage and the objective lens; an image capturing unit that acquires a partial enlarged image of the sample; a display unit that displays the enlarged image acquired; an image saving unit that saves an enlarged image acquired by the image capturing unit each time at least one of the stage and the objective lens is moved relative to each other by a predetermined distance, based on the relative position information obtained; and an image processing unit that creates a virtual slide by forming an array of saved enlarged images based on the relative position information detected.