Patent ID: 7199823
Filing Date: 2007-04-03
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus applied to a microscope, comprising: an image pickup part configured to pick up an observed image obtained by the microscope; an amplifier section configured to amplify an output from said image pickup part; a display section configured to display an image which is amplified by said amplifier section and processed by an image processing; a recording section configured to record the image amplified by said amplifier section and processed by the image processing; a photometry part configured to acquire a photometry value in accordance with a brightness of the observed image; an exposure calculation part configured to calculate a reference exposure time based on the photometry value acquired by said photometry part; and an exposure control part configured to control exposure in accordance with the reference exposure time, by controlling an actual exposure time of the image pickup part and a gain of the amplifier section; wherein said exposure control part comprises: