Patent ID: 9400379
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A magnifying observation apparatus comprising: an observation condition processing unit configured to decide a first switching order for switching between a plurality of microscopies, and a second switching order for switching between a plurality of detailed settings of each of the plurality of microscopies; a first switching unit configured to switch between the plurality of microscopies in the first switching order decided by the observation condition processing unit; a second switching unit configured to switch between the plurality of detailed settings in the second switching order decided by the observation condition processing unit; an image generating unit configured to generate a plurality of first images of a sample by capturing an image of the sample using each of the plurality of microscopies switched by the first switching unit, and to generate a plurality of second images of the sample by capturing an image of the sample using each of the plurality of detailed settings switched by the second switching unit; a display unit configured to display plural images generated by the image generating unit; and a selecting unit configured to allow a user to select an image from among the plural images displayed by the display unit, wherein the display unit is configured to: (i) each time the image generating unit generates a new first image, display the new first image on a screen of the display unit, and (ii) each time the image generating unit generates a new second image, display the new second image on the screen of the display unit.