Microscopic-Measurement Apparatus

• US 20080282197A1
• Filed: 05/08/2008
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jasco Corporation
• Original Assignee: Jasco Corporation
• Inventors: Koshoubu, Jun, Akao, Kenichi, Akao, Yoshiko, Yumoto, Masaaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,954,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/838
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 21/365 Control or image processing arrangements for digital or video microscopes G02B21/361, G02B21/362 take precedence

Abstract

A microscopic-measurement apparatus capable of displaying, on a display device, an enlarged view of a particular part of a specimen placed on a movable stage and providing optical information of a desired portion includes an observation-image display section for displaying an enlarged view of a specific part of the specimen on the display device; a thumbnail-image display section for acquiring the enlarged image of the specific part as a thumbnail image when the enlarged observation image is specified and displaying the thumbnail image together with the enlarged image on the display device; a thumbnail-coordinate storage section for storing coordinate information of the specific part, where the thumbnail image is acquired, in association with the thumbnail image; and a thumbnail jump display section for causing the observation-image display section to display an enlarged image of the position of the thumbnail image by specifying the thumbnail image.

Claims

1. A microscopic-measurement apparatus capable of displaying, on a display device, an enlarged image of a particular part of a specimen placed on a movable stage and providing optical information of a desired portion, the microscopic-measurement apparatus comprising:

observation-image display means for displaying an enlarged image of a specific part of the specimen on the display device;

thumbnail-image display means for acquiring the enlarged image of the specific part as a thumbnail image when the enlarged image is specified and displaying the thumbnail image together with the enlarged image on the display device;

thumbnail-coordinate storage means for storing coordinate information of the specific part, where the thumbnail image is acquired, in association with the thumbnail image; and

thumbnail jump display means for causing the observation-image display means to display an enlarged image of the position of the thumbnail image by specifying the thumbnail image.

2. A microscopic-measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

target-mark display means for displaying a target mark on the enlarged image displayed by the observation-image display means, the target mark being capable of being moved relative to the enlarged image;

optical-information acquisition position storage means for storing coordinates of the current target mark display position in response to an optical-information acquisition position instruction; and

optical-information acquisition means for acquiring optical information by moving the movable stage to the optical-information acquisition position in response to an optical-information acquisition instruction.

3. A microscopic-measurement apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the thumbnail-image display means acquires a thumbnail image of the optical-information acquisition position and displays the thumbnail image on the display device.

4. A microscopic-measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

map image display means for displaying, on the display device, a map image corresponding to an area where the specimen can be placed on the movable stage; and

map jump display means for causing, in accordance with a position specified on the map image display means, the observation-image display means to display an enlarged image of the position.

5. A microscopic-measurement apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the map image display means displays the specific part, where the thumbnail image is acquired, on the map image.

6. A microscopic-measurement apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

z-direction contrast display means for displaying a contrast in the depth direction of the specimen placed on the movable stage; and

focus change means for changing the focus of the enlarged image in the depth direction to a depth position specified on the displayed contrast in the depth direction.