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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masanori Mitsui, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/255 (2013.01); G01J 3/027 (2013.01); G01J 3/0248 (2013.01); G01J 3/0291 (2013.01); G01N 21/251 (2013.01); G02B 21/365 (2013.01); G02B 21/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microscope system includes: a microscope that generates an observation image of a specimen; an image obtaining unit that obtains an RGB image of the specimen; a spectroscopic information obtaining unit that obtains spectroscopic information of the specimen; an analyzer that analyzes the RGB image; a determining unit that determines a necessity of obtaining the spectroscopic information based on a result of the analysis of the analyzer; and a control unit that controls an operation of the spectroscopic information obtaining unit based on a result of the determination of the determining unit.