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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Bunryu Arashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/10 (2006.01); G02B 21/24 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/10 (2013.01); G02B 21/02 (2013.01); G02B 21/14 (2013.01); G02B 21/248 (2013.01);
Abstract
A microscope illumination apparatus includes: a dark-field illumination unit including a light source that is arrangeable in an outer periphery of an observation light path of a microscope, the dark-field illumination unit being removably provided in the outer periphery of the observation light path; a detector that detects that the dark-field illumination unit has been arranged in a prescribed position of the outer periphery of the observation light path, and outputs a turn-on signal; and a controller that controls the light source to be turned on in accordance with the detection of the detector.