Digital microscope apparatus, method of searching for in-focus position thereof, and program

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PATENT NO 11156823
APP PUB NO 20190293918A1
SERIAL NO

16436587

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A digital microscope apparatus includes a first imaging unit including a first imaging device and a first optical system including an objective lens configured to enlarge first and second images of a preparation that holds a sample, the first image being formed on the first device through the first system, a second imaging unit including a second optical system that is branched from the first system and has a depth of field larger than the first system and a second imaging device on which the second image is formed through the second system, and a controller configured to calculate a provisional in-focus position of the lens based on the second image, determine an area of the first device, from which the first image is read, and search for, based on the read image, an in-focus position of the lens in a predetermined range based on the provisional in-focus position.

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  • SONY CORPORATION OF JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Narusawa, Ryu Kanagawa, JP 21 114
Oshima, Takuya Chiba, JP 33 159
Tanabe, Norihiro Tokyo, JP 30 181
Yamakoshi, Takamichi Tokyo, JP 23 182
Yamamoto, Takashi Tokyo, JP 928 9983

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