Patent ID: 11887327
Assignee: EVIDENT CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A navigation method for guiding an observation area of an examination subject to be observed with a microscope device, the navigation method comprising:
imaging the observation area to acquire an image of the observation area;
aligning the image of the observation area with an area in a reference image, the area corresponding to the image of the observation area, the reference image including an entirety of the examination subject;
generating a navigation map from the reference image by recording, on the reference image, a position of the image of the observation area in the reference image;
calculating a direction of movement to an unobserved area in the navigation map, the unobserved area being an area where the position of the image of the observation area is not recorded; and
presenting an access method to the unobserved area on a basis of the direction of movement.