Patent ID: 8994806
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope apparatus comprising: a time counting unit which counts time, an object lens which collects an observation light from a specimen, a plurality of different image acquisition units each of which detects the observation light collected by the object lens and individually generates an observation image, a storage unit which, when image information is acquired by any one of the plurality of different image acquisition units, stores the image information in association with a corresponding timing information counted by said time counting unit, an image display unit which displays said image information, an image specifying unit which specifies a first image information acquired by a first one of the plurality of different image acquisition units for display on the image display unit, and an image retrieval unit which retrieves (i) a first timing information stored in association with the first image information specified by the image specifying unit, wherein the first timing information is a time when the first image information is acquired by detecting the observation light from the specimen, (ii) a second timing information which is stored in association with a second image information acquired by a second one of the plurality of different image acquisition units and which is closest in time to the retrieved first timing information, wherein the second timing information is a time when the second image information is acquired by detecting the observation light from the specimen, and (iii) the second image information stored in association with the retrieved second timing information, wherein said image display unit displays the second image information retrieved by said image retrieval unit.