Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120212599 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging method includes: a preliminary measurement step of imaging an object on a stage with an imaging unit; a determination step of determining the number of images to be captured of the object by analyzing the image data obtained in the preliminary measurement step; and a main measurement step of performing, according to the number of images to be captured determined in the determination step, either first processing for acquiring image data of a single image by imaging the object on the stage, or second processing for acquiring image data of a plurality of images with different focal positions by imaging the object on the stage for a plurality of times while changing the focal position. | 08-23-2012 |
20120293650 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An imaging system that acquires image data through imaging of an object, includes: an imaging unit having an imaging optical system that forms an image of an object, and an imaging device that captures the image of the object formed by the imaging optical system; a stain method estimation unit that estimates a stain method of the object by analyzing image data of the object as obtained from the imaging unit; and a data reduction processing unit that reduces data volume of image data of the object if the stain method estimated by the stain method estimation unit is a predetermined stain method. | 11-22-2012 |
20120307047 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging system includes: an imaging unit that divides an imaging area of a subject into a plurality of blocks and captures images of the blocks; an image processing unit that merges the images of the respective blocks captured by the imaging unit to generate an entire image; a measuring unit that measures a plurality of points on the subject to acquire measured data before an image of the subject is captured by the imaging unit; and a dividing position adjusting unit that adjusts dividing positions of the subject based on the measured data of the measuring points acquired by the measuring unit so that boundaries of the blocks are arranged at positions having smaller spatial variations in values of the measured data. The imaging unit captures an image of each block according to the dividing positions adjusted by the dividing position adjusting unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20140098213 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An imaging system according to the present invention comprises: an imaging unit configured to acquire a plurality of images by imaging an object a plurality of times while changing a focusing position in an optical axis direction of an imaging optical system; and a generation unit configured to generate, on the basis of the plurality of images acquired by the imaging unit, an image at arbitrary depth of field or an image of the object viewed from an arbitrary viewing direction. The image acquired by the imaging unit sometimes includes fixed pattern noises that appear in fixed positions. The imaging unit images the object a plurality of times while changing a position or an orientation of an imaging region such that relative positions of the fixed pattern noises to the object vary among the plurality of images. | 04-10-2014 |
20140292813 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting section configured to detect, when a plurality of observation targets are included in a slide, regions of images of the observation targets from an image of the slide and continuously arrange the regions to thereby generate data of a reconfigured slide image in which arrangement of the observation targets is adjusted; and a display control section configured to display, on a display apparatus, an enlarged image corresponding to a part of a display region of the reconfigured slide image and change the enlarged image displayed on the display apparatus such that the display region moves on the reconfigured slide image according to a movement instruction. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293117 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: an imaging characteristic acquisition unit that acquires, on the basis of information that designates a depth of field for second image data to be generated, imaging characteristics of a virtual optical system having the designated depth of field; a selection unit that determines, on the basis of the imaging characteristics acquired, an influence range in which an influence exerted onto an image by an object that is spaced apart from the focal position in the optical axis direction is greater than a predetermined condition, and that selects first image data of which focal position is contained within the influence range, from among a plurality of first image data items; and a generation unit that generates the second image data using the first image data selected by the selection unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140298153 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit obtaining data of an image of an object and data of a plurality of annotations attached to the image, an input unit receiving a designation of a display magnification for enlarging or reducing the image, and a generation unit generating display data with which the annotations are displayed in such a way as to be superimposed on the image enlarged at the designated display magnification, wherein the data of the plurality of annotations includes position information indicating a position in the image at which each annotation is attached and information about the display magnification of the image at the time of attachment of each annotation, and the generation unit generates display data with which display modes of annotations are made different between annotations of which the display magnifications of the image at the time of attachment thereof are different. | 10-02-2014 |
20140327687 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Operations by the user include a first change operation to move a display target area in a horizontal direction, a second change operation to move a display target area in a depth direction, and a third change operation to change the display magnification. In an image generating apparatus, data to be required for updating the display target image data in case of a change operation is predicted for each of the plurality of change operations, and the predicted data for each change operation is stored in the memory area. An allocation of data volume that can be stored in the memory area to each change operation is adaptively changed depending on the current display magnification, user setting mode, annotation information, operation history, user information, type of staining or the like. | 11-06-2014 |