公开(公告)号：US20230095577A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17905189

申请日：2021-02-15

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： HIROKAZU TATSUTA ,  TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA ,  SHINJI WATANABE ,  KENJI YAMANE ,  YOSHIO SOMA

IPC: G06V20/69 ,  G01N21/64 ,  H04N23/69 ,  H04N23/61 ,  G06V10/25 ,  G06V10/44

Abstract: To provide a microscope device capable of efficiently or appropriately acquiring an image of a specific region of a living tissue.
The present technology provides a microscope device including: a first imaging element that images a target including a body tissue and acquires image data; and a second imaging element that images the target at a magnification different from a magnification of the first imaging element and acquires image data, in which the first imaging element includes a determination unit that determines a feature related to the target on the basis of the image data, and the second imaging element is controlled on the basis of a result of the determination. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition system including the microscope device. Furthermore, the present technology also provides an image acquisition method performed in the microscope device.

公开(公告)号：US20240085685A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18246340

申请日：2021-10-05

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： TETSURO KUWAYAMA ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA

IPC: G02B21/36 ,  G01N21/27 ,  G01N21/64 ,  G02B21/06

CPC classification number: G02B21/365 ,  G01N21/27 ,  G01N21/64 ,  G02B21/06 ,  G01N2201/10 ,  G01N2201/121 ,  G02B2207/113

Abstract: Suppressing deterioration in analysis accuracy on an image. A biological specimen detection system includes: a stage (20) capable of supporting a sample including a biological specimen; an observation system (40) that includes an objective lens (44) and observes the sample in a line-shaped visual field that is a part of a visual field through the objective lens; a signal acquisition unit (1) that acquires an image signal obtained from the sample by scanning the observation system in a first direction orthogonal to the line-shaped visual field; and a correction unit (24) that corrects distortion of a captured image based on the image signal on a basis of a positional relationship between an optical axis center of the objective lens and the line-shaped visual field.

公开(公告)号：US20230152563A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US17760454

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： MITSUNORI UEDA ,  SEIJI WADA ,  TAKESHI MATSUI ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA ,  TETSURO KUWAYAMA

IPC: G02B21/00 ,  G02B21/26 ,  G01N21/64

CPC classification number: G02B21/0076 ,  G02B21/26 ,  G01N21/6458

Abstract: High-speed and high-accuracy focus adjustment is achieved. A microscope system (1) includes: an irradiation unit (18) that emits line illumination parallel to a first direction; a stage (26) that supports a specimen and is movable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a phase difference acquisition unit (60I) that acquires phase difference information regarding an image of light emitted from the specimen by being irradiated with the line illumination; an objective lens (22) that focuses the line illumination on the specimen; a derivation unit (60E) that derives relative position information between the objective lens and the specimen based on the phase difference information; and a movement control unit (60F) that causes at least one of the objective lens and the stage to move in a third direction vertical to each of the first direction and the second direction based on the relative position information.

公开(公告)号：US20240354913A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18560699

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： KENJI IKEDA ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA ,  KAZUHIRO NAKAGAWA ,  SAKIKO YASUKAWA

IPC: G06T5/90 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/62

CPC classification number: G06T5/90 ,  G06T7/0012 ,  G06T7/11 ,  G06T7/62 ,  G06T2207/10056 ,  G06T2207/10064 ,  G06T2207/30024

Abstract: There are provided an information processing method, an information processing device, and a program capable of displaying an image in a more appropriate dynamic range.
The information processing method includes: a storage step of storing first image data of a unit region image, a unit region being each region obtained by dividing a fluorescence image into a plurality of regions, and a first value indicating a predetermined pixel value range for each piece of the first image data in association with each other; and a conversion step of converting a pixel value of a combination image of a combination of the unit region images that have been selected on the basis of a representative value selected from among the first values associated with the unit region images of the combination of the unit region images that have been selected.

公开(公告)号：US20230358680A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-09

申请号：US18246015

申请日：2021-09-16

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： KENJI IKEDA ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA

IPC: G01N21/64 ,  H04N23/698

CPC classification number: G01N21/6458 ,  H04N23/698

Abstract: A plurality of images are connected such that a subject is represented appropriately in a region where the plurality of images are overlapped with each other. An image generation system includes: an imaging unit (111) that acquires a plurality of partial images by imaging a plurality of regions overlapping with each other; and a connection unit (1331) that connects, on a basis of connection information obtained with at least one channel from among a plurality of channels constituting the plurality of respective partial images as a reference, a plurality of partial images of other channels from among the plurality of channels constituting the plurality of respective partial images to each other.

公开(公告)号：US20220276170A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17623673

申请日：2020-05-26

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： TOMOHIKO NAKAMURA ,  KAZUHIRO NAKAGAWA ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA

IPC: G01N21/64 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A specimen is analyzed with high accuracy. An information processing device includes an extraction unit (20E) that extracts fluorescence correction information from a bright visual field image of a specimen, and a generation unit (20F) that generates a fluorescence correction image based on fluorescence information of the specimen and the fluorescence correction information.

公开(公告)号：US20240053267A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18258279

申请日：2021-12-15

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： KENJI IKEDA ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA ,  KAZUMASA SATO ,  TETSURO KUWAYAMA

IPC: G01N21/64

CPC classification number: G01N21/6456 ,  G01N2021/6421

Abstract: A data generation method according to an embodiment includes: an imaging step (S10) of capturing, for each of lines for scanning an imaging target, a plurality of fluorescence images generated by the imaging target for a respective plurality of fluorescence wavelengths and acquiring data of the captured plurality of fluorescence images in arrangement order of the lines and a rearrangement step (S12) of changing the arrangement order of the data of the plurality of fluorescence images acquired in the imaging step from the arrangement order of the lines to arrangement order of for each of the plurality of fluorescence wavelengths.

公开(公告)号：US20230111094A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17906363

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： TAKESHI MATSUI ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA ,  MITSUNORI UEDA ,  SEIJI WADA

IPC: G02B21/24 ,  G02B21/00 ,  G02B21/08 ,  H04N23/74 ,  H04N23/71

Abstract: A microscope system includes: a light source unit that emits linear illumination parallel to a first direction; an objective lens that condenses the linear illumination onto a measurement target region; an acquisition unit that acquires a first optical signal indicating a light intensity value of light emitted from the measurement target region by the linear illumination; and a focus control unit that controls at least one of a relative position or a relative posture of the light source unit and an imaging unit that generates the first optical signal on a basis of a light intensity distribution of the first optical signal.

公开(公告)号：US20220413275A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17756226

申请日：2020-11-20

Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION

Inventor： TETSURO KUWAYAMA ,  HIROKAZU TATSUTA ,  GAKUJI HASHIMOTO

IPC: G02B21/08 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/04 ,  G01J3/28 ,  G01J3/18

Abstract: A microscope device includes an opening (31) that includes a first slit and a second slit through which a plurality of pieces of light from an observation target resulting from a plurality of pieces of irradiation light emitted to the observation target and having different wavelengths pass, a dispersion element that wavelength-disperses the plurality of pieces of light passing through the opening (31), and an imaging element (32) that receives the plurality of pieces of light wavelength-dispersed by the dispersion element. The imaging element (32) performs light reception so that, as for the plurality of pieces of light wavelength-dispersed, zeroth-order light of light passing through the second slit and first-order light of light passing through the first slit do not overlap with each other.