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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2014
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microscope includes: a light source configured to generate light for irradiating a specimen; a microscope main body which supports the light source and on which an accommodation unit that accommodates the specimen is placed; a plurality of optical units, each of which is detachably installed in the microscope main body, configured to arranged on an optical path of the light, and configured to change optical characteristics of the light incident thereon; an operation input unit that includes a plurality of input units configured to respectively receive inputs of drive signals for driving optical units to be controlled among the plurality of optical units; and a control unit configured to allocate optical units to be respectively driven with the drive signals by the plurality of input units according to the plurality of optical units installed in the microscope main body.