Abstract: An image annotation support system generates classification information that classifies a plurality of target regions constituting a target image, based on a feature represented in the target image, the target image being an image serving as a candidate to be annotated, and arranges, on a screen of a display device, a classified image that visualizes the classification information, in a manner capable of being compared with the target image.

Abstract: An observation system includes a processor. The processor manages a plurality of images acquired in time series with respect to a biological sample which is being cultured, records a first comment and a first region of interest (RoI) in a storage device in association with the images based on user's instructions, and records a second comment and a second ROI in the storage device in association with the first comment based on user's instructions.

Abstract: An image reproducing device includes one or more processors. The processor acquires image group data including a plurality of images and tag information on at least one tag. The images relate to a biological sample along time series. The tag information relates to an operation on the biological sample and is associated with at least part of the images. The processor selects from the plurality of images using the tag information, images to be reproduced along the time series as reproduction selected images. The processor outputs to a display, data relating to the images for the reproduction selected images to be reproduced along time series.

Abstract: A cell culturing device includes: a sensor that measures a pH of a medium in which cells are being cultured; and one or more processors including hardware. The one or more processors are configured to: measure an elapsed time since the cells were seeded in the medium; determine whether the measured pH is lower than a prescribed threshold and whether the measured elapsed time has passed a prescribed time; and issue an instruction for medium replacement in response to determining that the pH is lower than the prescribed threshold or in response to determining that the elapsed time has passed the prescribed time.

Abstract: Provided is a data-creation assistance apparatus which is an apparatus that assists data creation work in which an annotation is added to each cell in an image containing cells, the data-creation assistance apparatus including: a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to: acquire image data including the image; extract information related to the cells from the acquired image data; set a size of divided regions on the basis of the extracted information related to the cells; and divide the image into the divided regions; and a display that displays each of the divided regions which have been divided.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a cell analyzer that analyzes an image of cells cultured within a culture container and that acquires the number of cell divisions experienced by each cell in the image, and also includes a statistical analyzer that calculates a statistical value indicating differentiation potency of each cell in the image from the number of cell divisions acquired by the cell analyzer. The statistical analyzer creates a frequency distribution of the number of cell divisions, and the statistical value represents a bias in the frequency distribution.

Abstract: Provided is an image-processing device that includes: a processor including hardware; the processor configured to: analyze an image of the inside of a culture vessel that cultures cells, and acquire quantitative data of living cells and quantitative data of dead cells inside the culture vessel; and generate comparison data that allows comparison of the acquired quantitative data of the living cells and the acquired quantitative data of the dead cells.

Abstract: An observation system includes a processor. The processor manages a plurality of images acquired in time series with respect to a biological sample which is being cultured, records a first comment and a first region of interest (RoI) in a storage device in association with the images based on user's instructions, and records a second comment and a second ROI in the storage device in association with the first comment based on user's instructions.

Abstract: An image reproducing device includes one or more processors. The processor acquires image group data including a plurality of images and tag information on at least one tag. The images relate to a biological sample along time series. The tag information relates to an operation on the biological sample and is associated with at least part of the images. The processor selects from the plurality of images using the tag information, images to be reproduced along the time series as reproduction selected images. The processor outputs to a display, data relating to the images for the reproduction selected images to be reproduced along time series.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal includes a first communication module performing wireless communication with an external terminal by using a first communication protocol; a second communication module performing wireless communication with the external terminal by using a second communication protocol; and a generation unit, wherein when the first communication module receives a connection request and terminal-specifying information specifying the external terminal, the generation unit generates a network identifier used for identifying a network using the second communication protocol based on the terminal-specifying information, the generation unit causes the second communication module to establish a logical link of communication with the external terminal by using the network identifier, and the generation unit subsequently causes the second communication module to start the network based on the network identifier such that the network is in a communicable state for the external terminal on a higher lay

Abstract: A culture observation system including: an observation device disposed in an incubator; a station server disposed outside the incubator and that transmitting and receiving information to and from the observation device; and a terminal for transmitting and receiving information to and from the station server. The observation device includes: a light source emitting illumination light from below a sample to thereabove, said sample being accommodated in a container formed of an optically transparent material; and an image acquisition unit for acquiring, below the sample, an image of transmitted light that has passed through the sample as a result of the illumination light emitted from the light source unit being reflected above the sample. The image acquisition unit includes an objective lens for collecting transmitted light that has passed through the sample, and the light source unit emits illumination light from radially outward of the objective lens to above the sample.

Abstract: Provided is an image-processing device that includes: a prosessor including hardware, the prosessor configured to: analyze an image of the inside of a culture vessel that cultures cells, and acquire quantitative data of living cells and quantitative data of dead cells inside the culture vessel; and generate comparison data that allows comparison of the acquired quantitative data of the living cells and the acquired quantitative data of the dead cells.

Abstract: An imaging control device includes a first communication module, a second communication module, and a generation unit. The first communication module receives first image data from a master imaging device. The first image data is generated by the master imaging device on the basis of second imaging-setting information. The generation unit generates first imaging-setting information from the second imaging-setting information stored in a storage module. The second communication module transmits the first imaging-setting information to two or more slave imaging devices.

Abstract: A wireless communication terminal includes a first communication module performing wireless communication with an external terminal by using a first communication protocol; a second communication module performing wireless communication with the external terminal by using a second communication protocol; and a generation unit, wherein when the first communication module receives a connection request and terminal-specifying information specifying the external terminal, the generation unit generates a network identifier used for identifying a network using the second communication protocol based on the terminal-specifying information, the generation unit causes the second communication module to establish a logical link of communication with the external terminal by using the network identifier, and the generation unit subsequently causes the second communication module to start the network based on the network identifier such that the network is in a communicable state for the external terminal on a higher lay

Abstract: A server system includes: a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image; an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information.

Abstract: An imaging control device includes a first communication module, a second communication module, and a generation unit. The first communication module receives first image data from a master imaging device. The first image data is generated by the master imaging device on the basis of second imaging-setting information. The generation unit generates first imaging-setting information from the second imaging-setting information stored in a storage module. The second communication module transmits the first imaging-setting information to two or more slave imaging devices.

Abstract: A server system includes: a reception section that receives captured image information and metadata from a terminal device connected to the server system through a network, the captured image information being information about a captured image captured using the terminal device, and the metadata being added to the captured image; an insertion image selection section that selects an insertion image based on the received metadata, the insertion image being an image differing from the acquired captured image; and an image set generation section that generates image set information in which the insertion image is inserted into the captured image information.

Abstract: An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction, a slit image generation section that generates slit images based on the consecutively acquired still images, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the slit images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of each slit image based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image.

Abstract: An image processing system includes an image acquisition section that consecutively acquires still images, a direction determination section that determines a camera moving direction that is a moving direction of an imaging section during capture, and a panoramic image generation section that performs a synthesis process of the consecutively acquired still images to generate a panoramic image. The direction determination section determines whether the camera moving direction is a first camera moving direction or a second camera moving direction that differs from the first camera moving direction when the imaging section is moved during capture. The panoramic image generation section performs the synthesis process of a still image among the consecutively acquired still images based on the camera moving direction when the consecutively acquired still images were captured to generate the panoramic image.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is configured comprising a necessary/unnecessary determination data generating unit configured to generate necessary/unnecessary determination data; an image encoding unit assigning identification information respectively to, and recording, in a recording unit, each piece of data after division of each moving image of a moving image after encoding, a necessary/unnecessary determining unit configured to determine an unnecessary moving image frame based on necessary/unnecessary determination data; and a moving image file managing unit configured to rewrite information indicating a state of data at a recording unit in the recording unit corresponding to a moving image frame determined as unnecessary moving image frame by the necessary/unnecessary determining unit into information that there is no data.