Patent ID: 7602479
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: G01N,G02B

Abstract:
1. A light emission measuring apparatus for observing and measuring light emission from a sample as an observation object in time series, comprising: a microscopic image obtaining unit which obtains a microscopic image of a sample under conditions set based on input parameters; a light emission measuring unit which observes light emission in a desired area of the sample corresponding to the microscopic image in time series under conditions set by input parameters; a parameter setting unit which sets parameters of the microscopic image obtaining unit used for obtaining the microscopic image and/or parameters of the light emission measuring unit used for observing light emission in a desired area of the sample in time series; a parameter storage which stores parameters set by the parameter setting unit; a mode selector which selects one of a microscopic image obtaining mode for obtaining the microscopic image by the microscopic image obtaining unit, and a light emission measuring mode for observing light emission in the desired area by the light emission measuring unit; and a control unit which reads parameters stored in the storage based on a mode selected by the mode selector, inputs the parameter to the microscopic image obtaining unit or the light emission measuring unit, and controls the microscopic image obtaining unit and/or the light emission measuring unit.