Patent ID: 8345351

Claim:
A microscope system comprising: a portable microscope which has an observation optical system to observe a sample, an image capturing unit to capture an observation image, and a microscope control unit, the portable microscope allowing microscopic observation; a stand which has an installation unit to install the portable microscope, a stand side operation unit to operate the portable microscope, and a stand side control unit to display image data captured by the portable microscope on a monitor apparatus; a communication unit disposed on the stand side and in the portable microscope so as to allow communication between the stand and the portable microscope; and a detection unit disposed on the installation unit of the stand so as to detect whether the portable microscope is installed, wherein when the detection unit detects that the portable microscope is installed in the installation unit of the stand, operation of the portable microscope is controllable by an operation signal of the stand side operation unit, and when the portable microscope is not installed in the installation unit of the stand, the microscope control unit of the portable microscope and the stand side control unit can function independently.