Abstract: An observation vessel includes a holding portion configured to hold an observation object and an accommodation portion at least partially formed of a transparent curved surface and configured to position the holding portion. The holding portion is configured to hold the observation object at a set position separated from the curved surface toward a center of curvature of the curved surface in a first state of being positioned at a first position by the accommodation portion.

Abstract: An optical signal detection device includes an objective and a gel unit including a gel and an assisting member. The assisting member includes a first surface, a second surface, and an opening. The opening has a diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the gel and larger than an effective diameter of the objective. The first surface faces the gel, and a part of the first surface is fixed to a bottom surface of the gel by an adhesive force. A center of the bottom surface is not in contact with the assisting member. In a state where the gel unit is attached to a frame member of the objective, the second surface faces the frame member of the objective, a part of the first surface is fixed to the gel outside the effective diameter of the objective, and the gel is in close contact with the objective.

Abstract: Provided is an optical signal detection device that includes: an objective; a holding member provided between the objective and a sample to hold the sample; and a gel member that fills a space between the objective and the holding member. The gel member has ¼ scale penetration indicating a value of 44 to 111, both inclusive, measured based on a penetration test using a ¼ scale cone of JIS K 2220.

Abstract: An observation vessel includes a holding portion configured to hold an observation object and an accommodation portion at least partially formed of a transparent curved surface and configured to position the holding portion. The holding portion is configured to hold the observation object at a set position separated from the curved surface toward a center of curvature of the curved surface in a first state of being positioned at a first position by the accommodation portion.

Abstract: An immersion liquid holder 2 is an immersion liquid holder that is used for an observation device 10 for observing sample S by using an immersion method, and includes a supporting member 2b configured to support an absorption member 3 that has absorbed an immersion liquid and a connection unit 2c configured to relatively fix the absorption member 3 that has absorbed the immersion liquid with respect to an optical system, which is an optical system included in the observation device 10, and to fix the absorption member 3 on an optical path of the optical system 1, by fixing the supporting member 2b to the observation device 10.

Abstract: An immersion liquid holder 2 is an immersion liquid holder that is used for an observation device 10 for observing sample S by using an immersion method, and includes a supporting member 2b configured to support an absorption member 3 that has absorbed an immersion liquid and a connection unit 2c configured to relatively fix the absorption member 3 that has absorbed the immersion liquid with respect to an optical system, which is an optical system included in the observation device 10, and to fix the absorption member 3 on an optical path of the optical system 1, by fixing the supporting member 2b to the observation device 10.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle in which left and right radiators are disposed on the sides of a vehicle body and the peripheries of these left and right radiators are covered by cover members to cause traveling air to pass through the left and right radiators from their inner sides to outer sides, the saddle-ride type vehicle including air introduction paths provided on the outer sides of the cover members and formed by the cover members and cowl members disposed outward of the cover members in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A microscope device includes an illumination optical system that illuminates a specimen with a light sheet, and a stereo image capturing device that captures images of the specimen in a plurality of different directions in which a resolution based on a triangulation method in a Z direction orthogonal to a direction of one or a plurality of light sheets formed on the specimen by the illumination optical system is less than a thickness in the Z direction of light sheet illumination that comprises the one or the plurality of light sheets.

Abstract: A microscopy system includes a microscope apparatus that has an objective and a correction device correcting for a spherical aberration, and a refractive index calculator that calculates a refractive index of a sample at a target position in the sample on the basis of a plurality of target set values each of which is a set value of the correction device and each of which corresponds to an amount of spherical aberration that occurs in the microscope apparatus when an observation target plane is situated at a different position in the sample in an optical-axis direction of the objective.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle in which left and right radiators are disposed on the sides of a vehicle body and the peripheries of these left and right radiators are covered by cover members to cause traveling air to pass through the left and right radiators from their inner sides to outer sides, the saddle-ride type vehicle including air introduction paths provided on the outer sides of the cover members and formed by the cover members and cowl members disposed outward of the cover members in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: an objective; a correction apparatus which corrects a spherical aberration; a controller which obtains a plurality of combinations of a relative position of the objective to a sample and an optimum value, which is a set value of the correction apparatus in a state in which a spherical aberration caused in accordance with the relative position has been corrected, calculates a function expressing the relationship between the relative position and the optimum value on the basis of the obtained plurality of combinations by interpolation, and calculates the optimum value according to an observation target surface of the sample, on the basis of the function and the relative position which is determined from the observation target surface; and a correction apparatus driving apparatus which drives the correction apparatus in accordance with the optimum value, which is calculated by the controller.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: a main body portion having an optical system for forming an image from at least observation light from a specimen; an objective lens unit having an objective lens for taking in the observation light and having a base portion with an approximately belt shape for holding the objective lens on one end; and a unit attachment portion that is held by the main body portion and is configured to detachably attach the base portion at a position where at least an optical axis of the objective lens coincides with an optical path of the observation light.

Abstract: To improve the recognition accuracy even when a plurality of words including a matched portion are selected as candidates for recognition. A word recognition apparatus according to the present invention includes input means for inputting a word image representing a plurality of characters; word candidate selection means for recognizing the word image input by the input means and selecting a first word candidate and a second word candidate based on a plurality of words registered in a word dictionary; and verification means for comparing the first word candidate and the second word candidate character by character and verifying a likelihood of the first word candidate based on an evaluation value obtained when the word image is recognized by characters determined as unmatched.

Abstract: A fluorescence microscope includes: a light source that emits excitation light for exciting a sample; an optical detector that detects fluorescence emitted from the sample excited by the excitation light; a first wavelength selection filter arranged in an optical path leading from the light source to the sample to reflect at least an S-polarized component of the excitation light and transmit the fluorescence; and a second wavelength selection filter arranged in an optical path between the optical detector and the first wavelength selection filter to reflect at least the S-polarized component of the excitation light and transmit the fluorescence. In the fluorescence microscope, light entering and transmitted through the first wavelength selection filter as P-polarized light enters the second wavelength selection filter as S-polarized light.

Abstract: A illumination apparatus for microscope comprises a light source, a spatial modulation section, a first illumination optical system, a second illumination optical system, and the spatial modulation section includes a spatial modulation element which is of reflecting type, and a polarizing element, and the first illumination optical system is disposed in an optical path from the light source up to the spatial modulation element, and the second illumination optical system is disposed in an optical path from the spatial modulation element up to a specimen position, and a position of the spatial modulation element is conjugate with the specimen position. Moreover, a microscope comprises a illumination apparatus, a main-body section, an observation unit, and a control unit, and the illumination apparatus for microscope is to be used as the illumination apparatus.

Abstract: A microscope device includes an illumination optical system that illuminates a specimen with a light sheet, and a stereo image capturing device that captures images of the specimen in a plurality of different directions in which a resolution based on a triangulation method in a Z direction orthogonal to a direction of one or a plurality of light sheets formed on the specimen by the illumination optical system is less than a thickness in the Z direction of light sheet illumination that comprises the one or the plurality of light sheets.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: a main body portion having an optical system for forming an image from at least observation light from a specimen; an objective lens unit having an objective lens for taking in the observation light and having a base portion with an approximately belt shape for holding the objective lens on one end; and a unit attachment portion that is held by the main body portion and is configured to detachably attach the base portion at a position where at least an optical axis of the objective lens coincides with an optical path of the observation light.

Abstract: Fluorescence observation apparatus includes laser scanning fluorescence observation unit and wide field fluorescence observation unit. The former unit includes: lasers; scanning unit that scans sample by laser light; and detector that detects fluorescence from the sample excited by the laser light. The latter unit includes: light source to planar-illuminate the sample; excitation filters that are selectively arranged on light path from the light source, and that correspond to the lasers, respectively; and two-dimensional detector that detects fluorescence from the sample excited by light that has passed through excitation filter arranged on light path from the light source. Each of the excitation filters has optical property in which center wavelength of transmissive band is approximately the same as oscillation wavelength of corresponding laser and bandwidth of transmissive band is approximately the same as tolerance width of oscillation wavelength of corresponding laser.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: an objective; a correction apparatus which corrects a spherical aberration; a controller which obtains a plurality of combinations of a relative position of the objective to a sample and an optimum value, which is a set value of the correction apparatus in a state in which a spherical aberration caused in accordance with the relative position has been corrected, calculates a function expressing the relationship between the relative position and the optimum value on the basis of the obtained plurality of combinations by interpolation, and calculates the optimum value according to an observation target surface of the sample, on the basis of the function and the relative position which is determined from the observation target surface; and a correction apparatus driving apparatus which drives the correction apparatus in accordance with the optimum value, which is calculated by the controller.

Abstract: A illumination apparatus for microscope comprises a light source, a spatial modulation section, a first illumination optical system, a second illumination optical system, and the spatial modulation section includes a spatial modulation element which is of reflecting type, and a polarizing element, and the first illumination optical system is disposed in an optical path from the light source up to the spatial modulation element, and the second illumination optical system is disposed in an optical path from the spatial modulation element up to a specimen position, and a position of the spatial modulation element is conjugate with the specimen position. Moreover, a microscope comprises a illumination apparatus, a main-body section, an observation unit, and a control unit, and the illumination apparatus for microscope is to be used as the illumination apparatus.