Patent ID: 9329376
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G02B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging apparatus that performs imaging of a specimen to acquire a digital image thereof, the imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging optical system that forms an image of the specimen; an imaging device that captures the image of the specimen through said imaging optical system; a measuring unit that measures, for each of a plurality of regions on the specimen, an optical aberration or a physical quantity causing the aberration before the imaging of the specimen is performed by said imaging device; a plurality of optical elements configured to correct the aberration with different correction amounts, said plurality of optical elements being configured such that each of said plurality of optical elements is insertable into and extractable from an optical path of said imaging optical system; and a control unit that selects an optical element from among said plurality of optical elements on the basis of a measurement result provided by said measuring unit, and inserts the selected optical element into the optical path before the imaging of the specimen is performed by said imaging device, wherein said plurality of optical elements are different from an optical element that is a component of said imaging optical system.