Patent ID: 7253385

Claim:
A microscope digital image acquiring system comprising: a microscope that is composed of a microscope unit that is constructed by an optical system forming an enlarged image of an object, and a microscope controller that is connected to the microscope unit and controls operations of the microscope unit; an imaging instrument that is composed of a camera head unit that is removably attached to the microscope and has an imaging device detecting the enlarged image output from the optical system, and a camera controller that is connected to the camera head unit, and controls operations of the camera head unit, the camera controller being a different controller than the microscope controller and being physically separated from the microscope controller such that the imaging instrument is operable independently from the microscope when the camera head unit is removed from the microscope; a connector that is provided in either one of the microscope or the imaging instrument; a movement instruction means that is connected to the connector provided in the either one of the microscope or the imaging instrument and thus is connected to either one of the microscope controller or the camera controller and outputs a movement instruction signal through the connector to the system and carries out movement instruction to the system; and a communication means that is connected to the camera controller and the microscope controller and executes communication between the camera controller and the microscope controller; wherein one of the controllers connected to the movement instruction means judges whether the movement instruction should be executed by the controller or the movement instruction should be transferred to the other controller through the communication means to be executed by the other controller and operates cooperatively with each other through the communication means.