Patent ID: 8786690
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging section that images an object; an observation mode setting section that sets an observation mode when the imaging section images the object; and a control section that switches an image read mode from a plurality of read modes in which an image is read from the imaging section and controls an in-focus object plane of the imaging section based on the observation mode set by the observation mode setting section; wherein the control section switches the image read mode from a distant observation mode and close observation mode, the distant observation mode performs a pixel binning read process, and the close observation mode performs an all-pixel read process; the control section, in a close observation mode, controls the in-focus object plane of the imaging section so that the in-focus object plane of the imaging section in the close observation mode is closer to the imaging section than that in the distant observation mode; the control section variably sets a depth of field by performing the pixel binning read process even if the in-focus object plane of the imaging section is fixed; a depth of field D a depth of field D the depth of field D