Abstract: There is provided an image acquisition device including a light source configured to emit laser light and to be capable of controlling a wavelength of the laser light, a measurement unit configured to scan a sample using the laser light and to measure an intensity of measurement target light from the sample by receiving the laser light, and a control unit configured to generate an image of the sample based on intensity distribution of the measured measurement target light. The control unit controls a wavelength of the laser light based on the intensity distribution of the measured measurement target light.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided and includes: a first storage section to store coordinates of luminance change points in a calibration pattern having a luminance distribution in two axis directions orthogonal to each other; a generation section to generate standard pattern information on a luminance distribution of a calibration image; a determination section to determine coordinates of a luminance change point of the calibration image, as coordinates of a correction luminance change point; a first calculation section to calculate a difference between the stored coordinates of the luminance change points and the coordinates of the correction luminance change points, as a distortion vector field; a second calculation section to calculate a component obtained by removing a translation component and a rotational component from the distortion vector field, as a correction vector field; and a correction section to correct an image captured by the imaging section by using the calculated correction v

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a correction section. The acquisition section acquires information of lightness distribution of a first image captured by an imaging section capable of capturing an image of an observed area provided on an optical path of an optical system of an optical microscope, the image of the observed area being obtained by the optical microscope, the first image being an image of the observed area in a state where no sample is placed therein, the lightness distribution resulting from the optical system of the optical microscope. The correction section corrects, based on the information of lightness distribution acquired by the acquisition section, lightness unevenness of a second image captured by the imaging section, the second image being an image of the observed area in a state where the sample is placed therein.

Abstract: There is provided an image acquisition device including a light source configured to emit laser light and to be capable of controlling a wavelength of the laser light, a measurement unit configured to scan a sample using the laser light and to measure an intensity of measurement target light from the sample by receiving the laser light, and a control unit configured to generate an image of the sample based on intensity distribution of the measured measurement target light. The control unit controls a wavelength of the laser light based on the intensity distribution of the measured measurement target light.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a connection connecting to a microscope including a stage having a disposition surface on which a target object can be placed, and an image picking-up section including an objective lens for picking up an image of the object, the microscope being movable in first and second axis directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the objective lens and orthogonal to each other and in a third axis direction along the optical axis; a calculator calculating, as an undulation-correcting value, a value for correcting a misalignment of a position in the third axis direction for each predetermined image-capturing range smaller than the disposition surface; a correcting-value storage storing the calculated value; and a corrector correcting a relative distance between the stage and the objective lens on the basis of the stored value for each image-capturing range.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a correction section. The acquisition section acquires information of lightness distribution of a first image captured by an imaging section capable of capturing an image of an observed area provided on an optical path of an optical system of an optical microscope, the image of the observed area being obtained by the optical microscope, the first image being an image of the observed area in a state where no sample is placed therein, the lightness distribution resulting from the optical system of the optical microscope. The correction section corrects, based on the information of lightness distribution acquired by the acquisition section, lightness unevenness of a second image captured by the imaging section, the second image being an image of the observed area in a state where the sample is placed therein.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a correction section. The acquisition section acquires information of lightness distribution of a first image captured by an imaging section capable of capturing an image of an observed area provided on an optical path of an optical system of an optical microscope, the image of the observed area being obtained by the optical microscope, the first image being an image of the observed area in a state where no sample is placed therein, the lightness distribution resulting from the optical system of the optical microscope. The correction section corrects, based on the information of lightness distribution acquired by the acquisition section, lightness unevenness of a second image captured by the imaging section, the second image being an image of the observed area in a state where the sample is placed therein.

Abstract: This invention is applied to a system applied to an electronic still camera, for instance. According to the invention, thumbnail image data DT obtained by thinning RAW data is recorded along with the RAW data DR, and image correction information DS at the time of imaging-result capturing which is used in presentation.

Abstract: A signal SG41 that has color signals thereof time-sequentially arranged in a color array corresponding to the color array in an image sensor 3 and that has not undergone resolution conversion is subjected to resolution conversion at a conversion rate (for example, ?) specified by a phase retention resolution conversion section 42. A de-mosaicing processing section 44 converts a signal SG42, which represents the order of the color array in the image sensor, into RGB signals SG44. A thin-line retention resolution conversion section 45 converts the signals SG44 into signals SG45 at a specified conversion rate (for example, ½). The signals SG45 are compressed by an encoder. In a recording medium 9, YC signals SG48 representing (640×480) pixels, the color signals SG42, a signal SG51 representing (640×480) pixels in the order of a color array and serving as thumbnail image data DT, and imaging information are recorded.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a connection connecting to a microscope including a stage having a disposition surface on which a target object can be placed, and an image picking-up section including an objective lens for picking up an image of the object, the microscope being movable in first and second axis directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the objective lens and orthogonal to each other and in a third axis direction along the optical axis; a calculator calculating, as an undulation-correcting value, a value for correcting a misalignment of a position in the third axis direction for each predetermined image-capturing range smaller than the disposition surface; a correcting-value storage storing the calculated value; and a corrector correcting a relative distance between the stage and the objective lens on the basis of the stored value for each image-capturing range.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is provided and includes: a first storage section to store coordinates of luminance change points in a calibration pattern having a luminance distribution in two axis directions orthogonal to each other; a generation section to generate standard pattern information on a luminance distribution of a calibration image; a determination section to determine coordinates of a luminance change point of the calibration image, as coordinates of a correction luminance change point; a first calculation section to calculate a difference between the stored coordinates of the luminance change points and the coordinates of the correction luminance change points, as a distortion vector field; a second calculation section to calculate a component obtained by removing a translation component and a rotational component from the distortion vector field, as a correction vector field; and a correction section to correct an image captured by the imaging section by using the calculated correction v

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition section and a correction section. The acquisition section acquires information of lightness distribution of a first image captured by an imaging section capable of capturing an image of an observed area provided on an optical path of an optical system of an optical microscope, the image of the observed area being obtained by the optical microscope, the first image being an image of the observed area in a state where no sample is placed therein, the lightness distribution resulting from the optical system of the optical microscope. The correction section corrects, based on the information of lightness distribution acquired by the acquisition section, lightness unevenness of a second image captured by the imaging section, the second image being an image of the observed area in a state where the sample is placed therein.

Abstract: A signal SG41 that has color signals thereof time-sequentially arranged in a color array corresponding to the color array in an image sensor 3 and that has not undergone resolution conversion is subjected to resolution conversion at a conversion rate (for example, ?) specified by a phase retention resolution conversion section 42. A de-mosaicing processing section 44 converts a signal SG42, which represents the order of the color array in the image sensor, into RGB signals SG44. A thin-line retention resolution conversion section 45 converts the signals SG44 into signals SG45 at a specified conversion rate (for example, ½). The signals SG45 are compressed by an encoder. In a recording medium 9, YC signals SG48 representing (640×480) pixels, the color signals SG42, a signal SG51 representing (640×480) pixels in the order of a color array and serving as thumbnail image data DT, and imaging information are recorded.

Abstract: This invention is applied to a system applied to an electronic still camera, for instance. According to the invention, thumbnail image data DT obtained by thinning RAW data is recorded along with the RAW data DR, and image correction information DS at the time of imaging-result capturing which is used in presentation.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprises a solid-state image pickup device including a plurality of light receiving areas, charge transfer areas, charge-reading gate areas and an output portion, a synchronous signal generator for producing line and frame synchronous signals, a timing signal generator for producing selectively a first internal frame synchronous signal in synchronism with the frame synchronous signal and a second internal frame synchronous signal asynchronous with the frame synchronous signal and for forwarding a charge-reading timing signal and a charge-transfer timing signal each synchronizing with the first or second internal frame synchronous signal, a driving signal generator for producing a gate driving signal and a charge-transfer driving signal in response to the charge-reading timing signal and the charge-transfer timing signal, respectively, and for supplying charge-reading gate areas and charge transfer areas with the gate driving signal and the charge-transfer driving signal, respectivel