Patent ID: 9632303
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G02B

Claim:
1. An optical microscope comprising: an observation optical system capable of capturing, with an image pickup device, an optical image of an observation target object that has been obtained with an objective lens, and sending out the optical image as an image signal; and an autofocus device that adjusts a focal position of the objective lens based on autofocus light emitted from a focusing light source so as to focus on the observation target object, wherein a capturing period during which an image of the observation target object is captured and a non-capturing period during which an image of the observation target object is not captured are repeated in the image pickup device, the image pickup device captures a moving image of the observation target object by continuously obtaining captured images during the capturing period, and the autofocus light is emitted from the focusing light source during the non-capturing period.