Abstract: A change in a substance in a depth direction of an analyte is easily estimated. An analysis and observation device includes: a library holding section that holds a substance library in which a substance is associated with a type of an element constituting the substance and a content of the element; and a component analysis section that estimates a type of an element constituting a substance and a content of the element based on a spectrum, and estimates the substance based on estimated characteristics and the substance library. The component analysis section estimates a type of an element constituting a substance, a content of the element, and the substance at each of a plurality of positions having different analysis depths.

Abstract: An analysis and observation device includes: a component analysis section that performs component analysis of an analyte; an output section that outputs one component analysis result to an analysis history holding section; the analysis history holding section that holds a plurality of component analysis results as an analysis history; and an identifying section that identifies a component analysis result similar to the component analysis result obtained by the component analysis section from among the plurality of component analysis results held in the analysis history holding section. The analysis history holding section holds the analysis history to which the component analysis result has been newly added according to the output of the component analysis result by the output section, and the identifying section identifies a component analysis result similar to the one component analysis result from among results of the component analysis performed by the component analysis section.

Abstract: An analysis and observation device includes an analysis unit, a primary storage device that reads a substance library in which types of substances are associated with a plurality of characteristics, and a processor that executes processing based on the substance library. The substance library is configured by storing hierarchical information of superclasses each of which represents a general term of a substance and subclasses each of which represents a type of the substance. A processor includes: a spectrum acquirer that acquires an intensity distribution spectrum; a characteristic extractor that extracts a characteristic of a substance based on the intensity distribution spectrum; a substance estimator that estimates the type of the substance from subclasses based on the extracted characteristic; and a user interface controller that causes a display to display the estimated subclass and the superclass to which the subclass belongs in a hierarchical manner.

Abstract: A magnifying observation apparatus obtains a plurality of first luminance images by controlling an illumination section so as to illuminate an observation target with illumination light from a first illumination direction and controlling a change section and an imaging section so as to image the observation target, obtains a plurality of second luminance images by controlling the illumination section so as to illuminate the observation target with illumination light from a second illumination direction symmetric with the first illumination direction about an optical axis and controlling the change section and the imaging section so as to image the observation target in a plurality of different focal positions, and generates a roughness enhancement image that enhances roughness on the surface of the observation target by applying depth synthesis and roughness enhancement.

Abstract: A magnifying observation apparatus obtains a plurality of first luminance images by controlling an illumination section so as to illuminate an observation target with illumination light from a first illumination direction and controlling a change section and an imaging section so as to image the observation target, obtains a plurality of second luminance images by controlling the illumination section so as to illuminate the observation target with illumination light from a second illumination direction symmetric with the first illumination direction about an optical axis and controlling the change section and the imaging section so as to image the observation target in a plurality of different focal positions, and generates a roughness enhancement image that enhances roughness on the surface of the observation target by applying depth synthesis and roughness enhancement.