Patent ID: 9442282
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G01N,G02B,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A biological specimen observation apparatus which observes temporal change in a biological specimen, comprising: a first imaging device configured to acquire a fluorescent macro image by capturing an image of a macro region of a broad range of the biological specimen, while time lapse observation is performed; a second imaging device configured to capture an image of a micro region of change in the biological specimen identified at a micro observation point, while the time lapse observation is performed; and one or more processors configured to: determine a location of a biological change region in the acquired macro image based on an image analysis of the macro image, the biological change region representing a region of change in the biological specimen, the image analysis including determining a change in a luminous point of the macro image during the time lapse observation, the biological change region being a region in which the change in the luminous point of the macro image has occurred; register the micro observation point corresponding to the determined biological change region; judge whether or not biological change has continued in the biological change region at the micro observation point, from the acquired micro image; and update the registered micro observation point based on whether or not biological change has continued in the biological change region at the micro observation point.