Patent ID: 8379303
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope system configured to magnify a sample for observation, the microscope system comprising: a zoom instructing section for changing a magnification for the sample; a zoom section for consecutively changing the magnification for the sample within a predetermined magnification changeable range in accordance with an instruction from the zoom instructing section; a switching section including a plurality of objective lenses of different magnifications and for switching each of the plurality of objective lens into an observation optical path to intermittently change the magnification for the sample; a switching control section for controlling the switching section such that when one of the plurality of objective lens is placed in the observation optical path, if the zoom instructing section performs an operation of causing the magnification for the sample to be changed and when the magnification for the sample falls outside a magnification changeable range of the zoom section; a zoom magnification determining section for determining a target magnification of the zoom section required to keep a magnification obtained after the switching of the objective lens equal to the total magnification obtained before the switching of the objective lens; and a zoom control section for controlling the zoom section such that a magnification of the zoom section is set equal to the target magnification determined by the zoom magnification determining section.