JP2002267943A - Photomicrographic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photomicrographic apparatus with which the state recovery of a microscope and a photographic means can easily be performed. SOLUTION: The photomicrographic apparatus equipped with a digital camera 51 to photograph an image observed by a microscope main body 50 having various kinds of switchable observation conditions, records observation conditions in the microscope 50 corresponding to a photographed image and photographing conditions in the digital camera 51 when the image observed by the microscope 50 is photographed by the digital camera 51 on an information storage part 39 as state information, and reads the state information corresponding to the photographed image from the information storage part 39 when the photographed image photographed by the digital camera 51 is reproduced, and then controls the observation conditions of the microscope main body 50 and the photographing conditions of the digital camera 51 on the basis of the state information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a microscope photographing apparatus capable of photographing an image observed by a microscope with photographing means such as a microscope digital camera.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a peripheral device attached to a microscope, a microscope photographing apparatus using a microscope digital camera for photographing an observation image of the microscope has been used.

In such a microscope photographing apparatus, it is necessary to make various settings such as various driving members of the microscope and conditions of the photographing apparatus when photographing a micrograph.
These various settings often differ for each observer or captured image.

Conventionally, therefore, if various settings are changed each time an image is taken, the observer records such information in a memo or the like so that the settings can be reproduced at a later date. Needed. Then, in order to reproduce these setting conditions, it is necessary for the observer himself to reproduce manually by referring to the remaining memos.

Therefore, conventionally, in order to improve such a situation, as disclosed in JP-A-8-68946, a plurality of types of the state of a microscope or a camera can be recorded on a detachable recording medium. When one of the states is selected, a microscope or a camera can be electrically controlled in that state. With this configuration, since various types of various settings can be stored in the removable recording medium, if one examiner records the state of the microscopic examination on the recording medium after the microscopic examination, another examiner can use it later. Thus, even if the microscopic state is changed, the microscopic state can be reproduced again from the information recorded on the recording medium.

Further, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-72716, the state of the microscope can be recognized on the camera side by electrical connection, and photographing information such as the state of the microscope is recorded together with photographing. It is also considered that the examiner uses the information to arrange photographed images, set a microscope, and the like. In this way, the examiner simply performs a shooting operation, and the state of the microscope at that time is stored, so that the workability is excellent, and the examiner can use this information to arrange the shot images, set the microscope, and the like. It can be done reliably.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-
In the apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 68946, it is necessary to independently control photographing and microscopic state storage. For this reason, for example, when a plurality of photographs are taken in various microscopic states, the photographed images are stored. The examiner must perform comparison with the state of the microscope, and the work for this is complicated. In addition, when a large number of photographs are taken, the state of the microscopy is stored one by one, but it has been difficult to realize it because the capacity of the recording medium is limited. Further, every time the state of the microscope is changed, an operation of storing the state in a recording medium occurs, which may require a great deal of time for the examiner.

In Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-72716, the examiner must operate the microscope and camera by himself while viewing the information in order to reproduce the stored microscopic state. , The work for this is complicated,
There was a possibility that the speculum setting was wrong.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a microscope photographing apparatus capable of easily restoring the state of a microscope and photographing means.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a microscope photographing apparatus having photographing means for photographing an observation image by a microscope having various switchable observation conditions, an observation condition of the microscope corresponding to a photographed image at the time of photographing the observation image of the microscope by the photographing means, Information recording means for recording the photographing conditions of the photographing means as state information; and when reproducing the photographed image photographed by the photographing means, state information corresponding to the photographed image is read from the information recording means. A control unit for controlling at least one of an observation condition of the microscope and a photographing condition of the photographing unit based on the information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the control unit is configured to control the microscope observation condition and the imaging condition of the imaging unit identical to the state information recorded in the information recording unit. It is characterized by reproducing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the information recording means is provided on the photographing means side.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the information recording means is set in an image file of an information recording medium for recording image information.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first aspect of the present invention, an external control means is provided, and the control means is controlled by the external control means.

As a result, according to the present invention, at the time of photographing the observation image, the state information of the microscope and the photographing means at that time is stored, and when the photographed image is reproduced, the state information at the time of photographing is read out. Since the observation conditions of the microscope and the photographing conditions of the photographing means can be controlled, the observer does not need to uselessly move, and can concentrate on the observation operation, and also needs to store various settings by the observer. Eliminating the need for operation not only reduces observer fatigue,
Observation and photographing failures due to setting mistakes can be prevented.

Further, according to the present invention, since the microscope and the photographing means are restored to the same state as when various state information is recorded (when photographing), the speculum and the photographing operation such as additional examination and confirmation can be smoothly performed. Can be done.

Further, according to the present invention, by providing the information recording means on the photographing means side, even when one photographing means is photographed while being replaced with a plurality of microscopes, the image and photographing information can be recorded in association with each other, Further, since the information read and written by accessing the microscope can be processed inside the photographing means, an improvement in processing speed can be expected.

Further, according to the present invention, by using an image file of an information recording medium for recording image information as an information recording means, it is not necessary to prepare a special file. A storage medium for storing is not required, and the image and the state information are integrated, thereby improving the manageability.

Further, according to the present invention, information by a computer is used as the external control means, and the computer controls the microscope and the photographing means based on this information. More comprehensive speculum and imaging operations using a computer, such as control of an imaging device, can be performed smoothly.

[0020]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
1 shows a schematic configuration of a microscope digital camera as a microscope photographing apparatus applied to the embodiment.

In the figure, reference numeral 50 denotes a microscope main body. The microscope main body 50 has the following internal configuration. In this case, light from the transmission light source 1 is
Then, the light passes through the transmission filter 3, the transmission field stop 4, and the condenser lens 5, and is incident on the sample 7 on the stage 6. The observation light from the sample 7 is enlarged to a desired magnification by the objective lens 8 and is incident on the cube unit 10. The cube unit 10 has a plurality of units selected by various microscopy methods. Light that has passed through the cube unit 10 is split into two lights by a beam splitter 11, one of which is an eyepiece (not shown).
The other is an imaging unit 2 in a digital camera 51 which is a photographing unit via a television adapter 20 described later.
1 is incident.

On the other hand, the light from the epi-illumination light source 15 is condensed by the condenser lens 14, passes through the epi-illumination filter 13 and the epi-illumination field stop 12, enters the cube unit 10, and is reflected by the cube unit 10. The light passes through the objective lens 8 and enters the sample 7 on the stage 6. Sample 7
The reflected light is enlarged to a desired magnification by the objective lens 8, passes through the cube unit 10, is split into two lights by the beam splitter 11, and one of them is directed to an eyepiece (not shown) as described above. And the other is connected to the digital camera 51 via the TV adapter 20.
The light is incident on the imaging unit 21 inside.

In this case, the light source for transmission 1, the condenser lens 5, the cube unit 10, and the light source for epi-illumination 15 have a microscopic control unit 31 and the transmission filter 3 has a transmission filter control unit 32 and a transmission field of view. A transmission field stop control unit 33 is connected to the stop 4, and an AF control unit 35 is connected to the stage 6, respectively.
In addition, a revolver 9 to which a plurality of types of objective lenses 8 are attached
, An epi-illumination field stop control unit 37 is connected to the epi-illumination field stop 12, and an epi-illumination filter control unit 38 is connected to the epi-illumination filter 13.

Then, these microscopic control sections 3
1. Transmission filter control unit 32, transmission field stop control unit 33, AF control unit 35, objective lens control unit 36, incident light field stop control unit 3.
7. The microscope control unit 30 is connected to the epi-illumination filter control unit 38, and each optical member can be electrically controlled by an instruction from the microscope control unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 2, the microscope control unit 30 controls an illumination light adjustment sw30 for adjusting the brightness of the light source.
1. AF sw 302 for switching the AF mode; menu sw 303 for displaying a menu screen for setting various states and displaying status; left selection sw 304 for selecting menu screen items; right selection sw 305; and left sw 304 on the menu screen And a determination sw306 for determining and setting the item selected by the right selection sw305, and a status display panel 307 for displaying the menu screen and the status of the microscope.
It is converted into an electric signal corresponding to the corresponding control command in the microscope control unit 30, and the microscopic control unit 31,
A transmission filter control unit 32, a transmission field stop control unit 33, an AF control unit 35, an objective lens control unit 36, an incident light field stop control unit 37,
The light is transmitted to the epi-illumination filter control unit 38 so that each of them controls the optical member.

More specifically, the microscopic control unit 31
Controls the transmission light source 1, the condenser lens 5, the cube unit 10, and the epi-illumination light source 15.
The brightness adjustment is performed by switching the epi-illumination microscopy and adjusting the voltages of the transmission light source 1 and the epi-illumination light source 15. The transmission filter control unit 32 controls insertion and removal of the transmission filter 3. The transmission field stop control unit 33 controls opening and closing of the transmission field stop 4. The AF control unit 35 controls the vertical movement of the stage 6 based on the designation of the AF mode from the microscope control unit 30, thereby performing focus adjustment control of an eyepiece lens (not shown) and light incident on the imaging unit 21. The objective lens control unit 36 performs drive control for guiding a selected one of the plurality of types of objective lenses 8 attached to the revolver 9 into the observation optical path.

An information recording unit 39 is connected to the microscope control unit 30. This information recording unit 39
Stores, as state information, observation conditions such as switching states of various optical members in the microscope main body 50 in accordance with control states of the above-described respective control units, and also captures photographing conditions of the digital camera 51 described later as state information. It is something to memorize. The information recording unit 39 uses a non-volatile storage medium, and retains the recorded information even when the power of the microscope main body 50 is turned off.

The microscope body 50 includes a television adapter 20.
A digital camera 51 is optically connected and mounted as a photographing means via the camera. This digital camera 51
An imaging unit 21 such as a CCD for capturing an observation image, an LCD monitor 22 for confirming the framing of the captured image and reproducing and displaying the captured image, a driving circuit 23 for driving the imaging unit 21, and a communication with external control means. , A recording unit 25 for storing and recording captured image data, a detachable recording medium 26 serving as an external recording medium, and a digital camera control unit 40 for controlling these.

As shown in FIG. 3, the digital camera control unit 40 includes a mode sw401 for switching between a “REC” mode for photographing and a “PLAY” mode for reproducing a photographed image, and an EXPOSE sw4 for performing a photographing operation.
02, a menu sw 403 for displaying a menu screen for performing various settings of the digital camera, a left selection sw 404 for selecting various setting items on the menu screen, and a right selection sw 40
5 and a decision sw406 for setting and executing the items selected by the left selection sw404 and the right selection sw405. Here, the settings on the menu screen include ISO sensitivity switching, photometry area selection, and white balance (W
B) Adjustment method setting, shooting image quality setting (setting of image compression ratio, pixel size) and the like. In addition, setting of a shooting mode such as an auto exposure mode in which a camera automatically calculates an exposure time during shooting or a manual exposure mode in which an observer specifies an exposure time is also performed on the menu screen.

That is, the digital camera control section 40 controls the image pickup section 21 via the drive circuit 23 in various operation modes in accordance with various kinds of sw operations and menu settings by the observer. Has become. Further, the digital camera control unit 40 is electrically connected to the microscope control unit 30 in the microscope main body 50, and enables mutual control by communication between the microscope state and the camera state.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment configured as described above will be described.

First, the case where the observer takes a micrograph will be described. In this case, the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 is executed. First, the microscope control unit 30 is operated to determine observation conditions such as each optical member, microscope setting, and sample position in the microscope main body 50 while observing a sample observation image from the beam splitter 11 through an eyepiece (not shown). (Step S401). Next, photographing conditions of the digital camera 51, such as ISO sensitivity, photometry area, and WB adjustment, are set by the digital camera control unit 40 (step S402).

In this state, the EXP of the digital camera 51 is
It is determined whether the OSE sw 402 has been pressed down (step S403). Here, if there is no depression, step S
The operations of 401 and S402 are repeated. On the other hand, EXPO
When SE sw402 is pressed, exposure is performed for the time set in step S402 and shooting is completed (step S402).
404).

Thereafter, the photographed image is subjected to photographed image processing such as WB processing and image compression processing (step S).
405). At this point, the digital camera control unit 40 notifies the microscope control unit 30 of the microscope main body 50 of the photographing conditions. Upon receiving this notification, the microscope control unit 30 acquires and organizes various setting states such as the observation conditions of the microscope main body 50 and the imaging conditions of the digital camera 51 at the time of imaging (S406). Further, the digital camera control unit 40 generates an image file of the captured image (step S407). Then, the microscope main body 50
And various state information of the digital camera 51 are recorded in the information recording section 39 and the image file is recorded in the recording means 2
5 to the recording medium 26 (S step 4)
08).

Thus, the EXP of the digital camera 51
The photographing of the observation image by pressing the OSE sw 402 and the recording and storage of various setting state information such as the observation condition of the microscope main body 50 and the photographing condition of the digital camera 51 at this time are completed.

The data structure stored in the information recording unit 39 is, as shown in FIG.
It has each data area up to data n (n is an arbitrary constant),
Information is recorded in one data area every time an observation image is captured. If information from data 0 to data m is recorded as a constant m (m <n), new information is recorded in data m + 1 in this state.

In this case, the data content of each data area is
Microscope setting area 3 for recording the setting state of the microscope main body 50
91 and a camera setting area 392 for recording the setting state of the digital camera 51. The microscope setting area 391 includes observation conditions of the microscope main body 50 such as microscopy information, transmission filter information, objective lens information, transmission field stop information, condenser information, AF information, incident light field stop information, and incident light filter information. Information 391a is recorded, and a camera setting area 392 includes a shooting mode state, exposure time information, photometry area information, exposure correction information,
Information 392a regarding shooting conditions of the digital camera 51, such as SO sensitivity information, WB information, shooting date and time information, and shooting image quality information, is recorded. This camera setting area 3
An image recorded on the recording medium 26 in the digital camera 51 and an image file name associated with the information data are also recorded in 92.

Next, a case where a photographed image is reproduced will be described. In this case, the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is executed. First, the mode sw401 of the digital camera 51 is set to the reproduction mode, and the captured image in the recording medium 26 is reproduced on the LCD monitor 22 in the digital camera 51 (step S601). Next, from the result of observing the reproduced image, it is determined whether or not the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 are to be returned to the state at the time of capturing the reproduced image (step S
602). Here, if not restored, step S60
Step 1 is repeated. On the other hand, when returning to the state at the time of shooting the reproduced image, the digital camera control unit 40 or the microscope control unit 30 issues a state return instruction by a sw or menu function (not shown). Then, the microscope control unit 30 reads information related to the currently reproduced image from the information recording unit 39 while referring to the image file name (step S603). In this case, the information read from the information recording unit 39 is related to the information regarding the observation condition of the microscope main body 50 recorded in the microscope setting area 391 shown in FIG. 5 and the photographing condition of the digital camera 51 recorded in the camera setting area 392. Information.

Next, the microscope control unit 30 transmits the transmission data to the microscope control unit 31 inside the microscope body 50 based on the information on the observation conditions of the microscope body 50 recorded in the microscope setting area 391 among the read information. The filter control unit 32, the transmission field stop control unit 33, the AF control unit 35, the objective lens control unit 36, the incident light field stop control unit 37, and the incident light filter control unit 38 are drive-controlled to reset the microscope state (step S604). . Further, the microscope control unit 30 transmits the information regarding the photographing conditions of the digital camera 51 recorded in the camera setting area 392 to the digital camera control unit 40 in the digital camera 51 (Step S605). The digital camera control unit 40 resets the state of the digital camera 51 based on the received information on the shooting conditions of the digital camera 51 (step S606).

As a result, based on the information on the observation conditions of the microscope main body 50 recorded in the microscope setting area 391 and the information on the photographing conditions of the digital camera 51 recorded in the camera setting area 392, the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 are displayed. Can be returned to the state at the time of shooting the reproduced image.

In this case, for returning the state of the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51, either one of the observation condition of the microscope main body 50 and the photographing condition of the digital camera 51 may be either one. Also, the state return at this time is
The case where the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 are set so as to be in exactly the same state as the various state information read from the microscope setting area 391 and the camera setting area 392, for example, the microscope control unit 30 and the digital camera control unit 40 In some cases, the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 are set using only a part of the read information by designating a part to be controlled and a part not to be controlled by menu setting or the like.

Accordingly, by performing the photographing operation of the observation image, the state information such as the observation condition of the microscope main body 50 and the photographing condition of the digital camera 51 at this time is automatically stored. When the photographed image is reproduced by the digital camera 51, the observation conditions of the microscope main body 50 and the photographing conditions of the digital camera 51 can be automatically controlled based on the state information stored in advance. This allows
Since the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 can be easily returned to the state at the time of capturing the reproduced image, the observer does not need to uselessly move, and can concentrate on the observation.

Further, since the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 are restored to the state at the time of recording various state information (at the time of photographing), it is possible to smoothly perform a microscopic examination and a photographing operation such as a retest and a confirmation. Further, since it is not necessary to operate various settings, not only the fatigue of the observer can be reduced, but also the failure of the observation and the photographing due to the setting mistake can be prevented.

The above-described embodiment of the first embodiment can be modified as follows.

FIG. 7 is a view in which a digital camera 51 is integrated with a microscope main body 50. An observation image from the microscope main body 50 is formed by an imaging lens 27 disposed inside the digital camera 51.
An image is formed on the imaging surface of the imaging unit 21 via the. Others are the same as FIG.

Even in this case, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be expected.

FIG. 8 is a diagram in which the microscope control unit 30 for controlling the microscope and the digital camera control unit 40 for controlling the digital camera provided in the microscope body 50 and the digital camera 51 described in the first embodiment are eliminated. ,
The microscope-digital camera general operation unit 60 is connected to the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51, so that both the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 are controlled at one place. Others are the same as FIG.

In this case, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be expected. Further, since the control of the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 can be performed at one place, the observer can more easily perform the control. Since the microscope operation becomes easier and the separately prepared control unit can be integrated into one,
Low cost and space saving are possible.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 9 shows a schematic configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. In this case, the information recording unit 39 is arranged inside the digital camera 51.
Others are the same as FIG.

In this way, the state information of the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 obtained by photographing the observation image are recorded in the information recording section 39 inside the digital camera 51. Even when the image is taken while being attached to a plurality of microscope bodies 50, the image and the imaging information can be associated and recorded. Further, since information read and written by accessing the microscope main body 50 can be processed inside the digital camera 51, an improvement in processing speed can be expected.

The information recording section 39 may be integrated with the recording medium 26 for recording an image. That is, the content recorded in the information recording unit 39 may be recorded in the recording medium 26. In this case, since one recording medium can be used, space saving and cost reduction can be realized.

(Third Embodiment) A third embodiment of the present invention differs from the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that the information recording section 39 is eliminated and an information recording medium for recording information is used. Is an image file. Others
It is the same as FIG.

In this case, the microscope main body 5 for photographing an observation image
The status information of the digital camera 51 and the status information of the digital camera 51 are recorded on the recording medium 26 in the digital camera 51 together with the image files. In this case, the image file recorded on the recording medium 26 includes an image data area 26a and an image attached information area 26b as shown in FIG. Here, the image data in the image data area 26a is a photographed image, and is a data string related to an image after predetermined image processing. The image attached information in the image attached information area 26b is a data string indicating the specifications of the image data, and is a format of image processing performed on the image (for example, JPE).
(G compression format), the width and height of the image, and the number of data bytes of the image data. Then, the microscope body 5 at the time of photographing the observation image is stored in the image attachment information area 26b of such an image file.
0 and the state information of the digital camera 51 are recorded.

In this case, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be expected, and the cost and space can be reduced since the information recording section 39 is not set. In addition, since the recording image and the various state information and the recording medium are integrated,
These images and information can be easily managed. Further, since various state information is written in the image attachment information area 26b of the image file, there is no new file for the state information, and the number of files and the data size can be reduced. Furthermore, since various state information can be recorded on the removable recording medium 26, carrying around the recording medium 26 enables the recording medium 2 to be used in different microscope digital camera systems or a plurality of microscope digital camera systems.
Various settings can be controlled from the information in 6.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 11 shows a schematic configuration of a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In this case, the microscope control unit 30 and the digital camera control unit 40 are arranged on the personal computer (hereinafter, PC) 70 side. Thereby, the control of the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 by the observer is performed via the PC 70, and the image data and various state information stored in the information recording unit 39 are stored in the PC 7.
0 is under control.

In this case, the same effects as in the first embodiment can be expected, and further, the observation and photographing operations can be performed while the PC 70 edits and processes the image.
Further, since a plurality of microscope digital camera systems can be controlled by one PC 70 as a plurality of microscope photographing apparatuses, another microscope digital camera system is controlled by various state information obtained from a certain microscope digital camera system. It is also possible to perform a more comprehensive microscopy. Further, since the microscope control unit 30 and the digital camera control unit 40 are installed on the PC 70 side, space saving and cost reduction of the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera 51 can be achieved.

The above-described fourth embodiment can be modified as follows. in this case,
As shown in FIG. 12, a recording medium 71 for recording image data and an information recording section 39 are further provided on the PC 70 side. These recording medium 71 and information recording section 39
Is constituted by a hard disk of the PC 70 or the like. Others are the same as FIG.

In this case, the same effect as in the fourth embodiment can be expected. Further, since the recording medium 71 and the information recording section 39 are provided on the PC 70 side, the microscope main body 50 and the digital camera Space saving and cost reduction of 51 are possible. Further, when processing and editing an image on the PC 70, the time and effort for reading the image and information from the microscope main body 50 or the digital camera 51 to the PC 70 can be omitted, and the efficiency of this type of work can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

For example, in the above-described first to fourth embodiments, all or a part of the settings based on various kinds of state information recorded in the information recording unit 39 at the time of photographing is restored as it is at the time of image reproduction. However, the read information may be processed and returned to the state of the microscope main body 50 or the digital camera 51. In other words, specifically, in the case where an image is taken without correct setting of the microscope at the time of shooting, an incorrect setting condition is recorded in the information recording unit 39. The microscope control unit 30 or the like may determine the status information described above, and may perform a correct setting for an unsuitable portion to return the status.

[0063]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a microscope photographing apparatus capable of easily returning the state of the microscope and the photographing means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a microscope control unit used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a digital camera control unit used in the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment when taking a micrograph.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in an information recording unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of reproducing a captured image according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of another modification of the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of an image file recorded on a recording medium used in a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a modification of the fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Transmission light source 2 ... Condensing lens 3 ... Transmission filter 4 ... Transmission field stop 5 ... Condenser lens 6 ... Stage 7 ... Sample 8 ... Objective lens 9 ... Revolver 10 ... Cube unit 11 ... Beam splitter 12 ... Epi-field stop DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Epi-illumination filter 14 ... Condensing lens 15 ... Epi-illumination light source 20 ... TV adapter 21 ... Imaging part 22 ... LCD monitor 23 ... Drive circuit 24 ... Connector 25 ... Recording means 26 ... Recording media 26a ... Image data area 26b ... Image Auxiliary information area 27 ... Imaging lens 30 ... Microscope control section 31 ... Microscope control section 32 ... Transmission filter control section 33 ... Transmission field stop control section 35 ... AF control section 36 ... Objective lens control section 37 ... Epi-illumination field stop control Part 38: Epi-illumination filter control Part 39 ... information recording section 40 ... digital camera control unit 50 ... microscope body 51 ... digital camera 60 ... digital camera overall operation unit 70 ... PC 71 ... recording medium

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A microscope photographing apparatus having photographing means for photographing an observation image by a microscope having various switchable observation conditions, wherein the microscope corresponding to a photographed image of the microscope when the observation image is photographed by the photographing means. Information recording means for recording the observation conditions and the photographing conditions in the photographing means as state information; and when reproducing the photographed image photographed by the photographing means, the information recording means transmits the state information corresponding to the photographed image. A microscope photographing apparatus comprising: a control unit that reads out and controls at least one of an observation condition of the microscope and a photographing condition of the photographing unit based on the state information. 2. The microscope according to claim 1, wherein the control unit reproduces the same observation condition of the microscope and the same photographing condition of the photographing unit as the state information recorded in the information recording unit. Shooting equipment. 3. The microscope photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information recording means is provided in said photographing means. 4. The microscope photographing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information recording means is set in an image file of an information recording medium for recording image information. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising external control means, wherein said control means is controlled by said external control means.
The microscopic imaging apparatus according to the above.