Patent ID: 8699131
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope controller which controls an operation of each of a plurality of electric units included in a microscope system, the microscope controller comprising: a touch panel unit which receives an input provided by a physical contact from outside and which has a display function; a control unit which establishes a plurality of functional areas within a display region of the touch panel unit as regions for operating each of the plurality of electric units, and which generates a control instruction signal for controlling a corresponding one of the plurality of electric units when an input provided by a physical contact from outside to any of the plurality of functional areas is detected; and a communication control unit which transmits the control instruction signal generated by the control unit to an external device that controls an operation of the corresponding electric unit, wherein when a first input provided by a physical contact from outside to a predetermined functional area of the plurality of functional areas is detected, the control unit reestablishes a plurality of the functional areas within the display region of the touch panel unit so as to enlarge the predetermined functional area or so as to enlarge a plurality of specific functional areas including the predetermined functional area, and wherein when a second input provided by a physical contact from outside to any of the reestablished plurality of functional areas is detected, the control unit generates a control instruction signal for controlling an electric unit corresponding to the functional area with respect to which the second input is detected.