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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Tamura, Kawaguchi, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microscope system includes: a stage on which a specimen is configured to be placed; an objective lens disposed so as to face the stage; an oblique illumination unit having a plurality of light emitting units arranged annularly around or outside the objective lens, the oblique illumination unit being configured to emit oblique illumination light for irradiating the specimen; an input unit configured to receive an instruction signal that instructs a rotation mode for changing, at regular intervals, a light emitting area where one or more light emitting units of the plurality of light emitting units are caused to emit the oblique illumination light; and an illumination controller configured to change the light emitting area at the regular intervals by controlling light emitting timing of each of the plurality of light emitting units when the input unit receives the instruction signal.