Patent ID: 8497899

Claim:
A biological sample image acquiring apparatus comprising: a sample stage on which a biological sample is placed and which can move in a direction of the surface on which the biological sample is placed; an objective lens magnifying a region of the biological sample; an imaging device imaging the region magnified by the objective lens; a stage on which the imaging device or the objective lens is placed and which can move in a corresponding direction of the direction of the surface; first moving means for moving the sample stage so that a target region of the biological sample is located at an imaging range; second moving means for moving the stage in the same direction as the sample stage at a movement speed obtained by multiplying a movement speed of the sample stage by a magnification of the objective lens; and imaging control means for starting the exposure of the imaging device after a deceleration start time of same and before the sample stage moved by the first moving means and the stage moved by the second moving means are stopped.