MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

A microscope system includes: a microscope main body including an objective lens arranged in such a manner that an optical axis of the objective lens is aligned with an observation light path of the microscope main body; and an automatic focus unit including a light source, a dichroic mirror arranged so as to be inserted on or to be deviated from the observation light path and configured to reflect light emitted from the light source in a direction of the optical axis of the objective lens, and a dichroic mirror moving mechanism. The microscope main body further includes a controller having a dichroic mirror movement control unit configured to control the dichroic mirror moving mechanism to move the dichroic mirror to an arrangement position of the dichroic mirror on the observation light path, the arrangement position being correlated to the objective lens in advance.

主权项

1. A microscope system comprising:
a microscope main body including: an objective lens arranged in such a manner that an optical axis of the objective lens is aligned with an observation light path of the microscope main body; a stage for holing an observation object; and a focusing drive unit configured to move at least one of the stage and the objective lens in a direction along the observation light path; and an automatic focus unit including: a light source configured to emit detection light having non-visible light component for automatic focus processing; a dichroic mirror arranged so as to be inserted on or to be deviated from the observation light path and configured to reflect the detection light emitted from the light source in a direction of the optical axis of the objective lens while transmitting visible light; a dichroic mirror moving mechanism configured to move a position of the dichroic mirror; and a detection light receiving unit configured to receive the detection light reflected from the observation object via the objective lens, wherein the microscope main body further includes a controller having: a dichroic mirror movement control unit configured to control the dichroic mirror moving mechanism to move the dichroic mirror to an arrangement position of the dichroic mirror on the observation light path, the arrangement position being correlated to the objective lens in advance; and a focusing drive control unit configured to control the focusing drive unit so as to focus on the observation object based on a result of light reception by the detection light receiving unit.