Patent ID: 7630628
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope system comprising: an objective optical system; an image-capturing device that captures an observation image of an observation subject obtained through the objective optical system; a drive unit that drives a stage upon which the observation subject is mounted, and the objective optical system, relative to one another two dimensionally in directions orthogonal to an optical axis for observation of the objective optical system; a multi-point time lapse control unit that performs multi-point photography in which the objective optical system is relatively moved by controlling the drive unit in order onto a plurality of observation points that are set on the observation subject in advance and the image-capturing device captures an observation image of the observation subject at each of the plurality of observation points when the objective optical system is moved onto each of the plurality of observation points, and performs the multi-point photography a plurality of times at predetermined time intervals; a position detection unit that detects position coordinates of at least one of the stage and the objective optical system; and a correction unit that, based upon the position coordinates detected by the position detection unit, performs trimming correction upon a plurality of photographic images that have been photographed at one of the observation points as time elapses, so that the plurality of photographic images become images of a same observation region that includes the one of the observation points.