Abstract: A green compact conveying mechanism includes: a conveyance path for a green compact obtained by compressively forming powder in a sheet shape; an extrusion part that sends the green compact to the downstream side of the conveyance path by extruding the green compact; and a buckling inducing part that is arranged in the conveyance path, causes the green compact to be easily bent locally, and induces buckling at that site.

Abstract: This hot-rolled copper alloy sheet contains Mg: 0.2 mass % or more and 2.1 mass % or less, Al: 0.4 mass % or more and 5.7 mass % or less, and Ag: 0.01 mass % or less, with a remainder being Cu and inevitable impurities, an area ratio of Cube orientation (area ratio of crystal orientation) measured by an EBSD method is 5% or less, an average KAM value when a boundary between adjacent pixels where an orientation difference between the pixels is 5° or more is regarded as a crystal grain boundary is 2.0 or less, and an average crystal grain size ? in a sheet-thickness central portion is 40 ?m or less.

Abstract: An experiment support apparatus includes: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that include an instruction; and one or more processors that execute the instruction. The instruction is configured to cause the one or more processors to execute an operation, the operation includes: causing a display device to display a condition table TB that indicates an experiment condition for measurement, in response to an input of the experiment condition; and causing the display device to display at least one of a measurement result based on measurement data, or an analysis result of the measurement data, in a cell of the condition table TB, in response to an input of the measurement data, the measurement data being obtained using a measurement apparatus under the experiment condition corresponding to the cell.

Abstract: A measurement system includes: an optical measurement instrument that measures a surface of a specimen; and a control apparatus that controls the measurement instrument. The control apparatus includes: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that include an instruction; and one or more processors that execute the instruction. The instruction is configured to cause the one or more processors to execute an operation. The operation includes: causing the measurement instrument to repetitively measure the surface of the specimen without changing the setting; and evaluating appropriateness of the setting for measuring surface texture of the specimen, based on comparison between a measurement value of the surface texture of the specimen calculated from a measurement data item output from the measurement instrument, and a degree of variation in measurement by the measurement instrument calculated from a plurality of measurement data items output from the measurement instrument.

Abstract: An ocular tube for a microscope, to which an ocular lens is to be attached, includes a superimposition device that superimposes an assistive image on an image plane on which an optical image is formed with light from the microscope.

Abstract: A microscope system includes: a microscope optical system that includes an ocular lens and forms an optical image of a sample on an object side of the ocular lens; a processor that generates auxiliary image data based on information regarding a target slide selected from among a plurality of ordered slides included in a slide set; and a superimposing device that superimposes, based on the auxiliary image data, an auxiliary image including the target slide on an image plane on which the optical image is formed. The processor selects, in response to an instruction to switch the target slide, a slide determined according to a first order in which the plurality of slides are ordered as a new target slide.

Abstract: A microscope system includes an eyepiece, an objective, a tube lens that is disposed between the eyepiece and the objective, a projection apparatus that projects a projection image onto an image plane on which an optical image is formed by the tube lens, and a processor that performs processes. The processes include performing for digital image data of the sample at least one analysis process selected from a plurality of analysis processes, and generating projection image data representing the projection image on the basis of the analysis result and the at least one analysis process. The projection image data indicates the analysis result in a display format including an image color corresponding to the at least one analysis process. The generating the projection image data includes determining a color for the projection image in accordance with the at least one analysis process selected from the plurality of analysis processes.

Abstract: A measurement system includes: an optical measurement instrument that measures a surface of a specimen; and a control apparatus that controls the measurement instrument. The control apparatus includes: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that include an instruction; and one or more processors that execute the instruction. The instruction is configured to cause the one or more processors to execute an operation. The operation includes: causing the measurement instrument to repetitively measure the surface of the specimen without changing the setting; and evaluating appropriateness of the setting for measuring surface texture of the specimen, based on comparison between a measurement value of the surface texture of the specimen calculated from a measurement data item output from the measurement instrument, and a degree of variation in measurement by the measurement instrument calculated from a plurality of measurement data items output from the measurement instrument.

Abstract: An experiment support apparatus includes: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media that include an instruction; and one or more processors that execute the instruction. The instruction is configured to cause the one or more processors to execute an operation, the operation includes: causing a display device to display a condition table TB that indicates an experiment condition for measurement, in response to an input of the experiment condition; and causing the display device to display at least one of a measurement result based on measurement data, or an analysis result of the measurement data, in a cell of the condition table TB, in response to an input of the measurement data, the measurement data being obtained using a measurement apparatus under the experiment condition corresponding to the cell.

Abstract: A microscope system includes an eyepiece, an objective, a tube lens that is disposed between the eyepiece and the objective, a projection apparatus that projects a projection image onto an image plane on which an optical image is formed by the tube lens, and a processor that performs processes. The processes include performing for digital image data of the sample at least one analysis process selected from a plurality of analysis processes, and generating projection image data representing the projection image on the basis of the analysis result and the at least one analysis process. The projection image data indicates the analysis result in a display format including an image color corresponding to the at least one analysis process. The generating the projection image data includes determining a color for the projection image in accordance with the at least one analysis process selected from the plurality of analysis processes.

Abstract: A scanning confocal microscope apparatus includes: a scanning confocal microscope that includes an objective lens; a computing device that divides a range in a direction of an optical axis of the objective lens of a preliminary scanning area on which preliminary scanning has been performed into a plurality of groups, in accordance with data obtained by performing the preliminary scanning using the scanning confocal microscope; and a controller that controls the scanning confocal microscope so as to perform principal scanning in which at least a portion of the preliminary scanning area is scanned under a measurement condition determined for each of the plurality of groups.

Abstract: A scanning microscope includes a two-dimensional scanning device that includes a first scanner and a second scanner for scanning, in oscillation motion and with light, a sample in directions orthogonal to each other, the first scanner scanning the sample at a speed higher than a speed of the second scanner, and a scan controller that controls the two-dimensional scanning device.

Abstract: A technology is provided that makes it possible for even a beginner to determine whether a measurement result is correct, to thereby prevent the use of incorrect measurement data, and to improve the reliability of an analysis result. In a three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus 100 that measures a three-dimensional shape of a specimen 3 in a non-contacting manner, a score that evaluates the reliability of measurement data is calculated for each measurement point by use of information obtained during a process of estimating the height of the specimen 3 or the estimated height. Measurement data is processed according to a result of evaluating the measurement data for each measurement point by use of the score.

Abstract: A microscope device 10 includes a color camera 3 that obtains observation images of a sample, an image process device that performs a mapped image generation process of generating a mapped image by combining a plurality of observation images obtained by the color camera 3, and a determination device that performs a first determination process of determining whether or not to use the observation images for the mapped image generation process. The image process device generates a mapped image by combining the observation images, including an observation image determined to be used for the mapped image generation process in the first determination process, and refrains from using, for the mapped image generation process, an observation image determined to be not used for the mapped image generation process in the first determination process.

Abstract: A microscope device 10 includes a color camera 4 that obtains an observation image, and a control device 20 functioning as an image process device that performs, in a state in which the color camera 4 is obtaining the observation images under a particular observation condition, a mapped image generation process in which the obtained observation images are combined so as to generate a mapped image, halts the mapped image generation process when the state transitions to a state that is an observation condition other than the particular observation condition from the state, and restarts the mapped image generation process when the state again transitions to a state in which the color camera 4 is obtaining the observation images under the particular observation condition.

Abstract: A scanning confocal microscope apparatus includes: a scanning confocal microscope that includes an objective lens; a computing device that divides a range in a direction of an optical axis of the objective lens of a preliminary scanning area on which preliminary scanning has been performed into a plurality of groups, in accordance with data obtained by performing the preliminary scanning using the scanning confocal microscope; and a controller that controls the scanning confocal microscope so as to perform principal scanning in which at least a portion of the preliminary scanning area is scanned under a measurement condition determined for each of the plurality of groups.

Abstract: A scanning microscope includes a two-dimensional scanning device that includes a first scanner and a second scanner for scanning, in oscillation motion and with light, a sample in directions orthogonal to each other, the first scanner scanning the sample at a speed higher than a speed of the second scanner, and a scan controller that controls the two-dimensional scanning device.

Abstract: A technology is provided that makes it possible for even a beginner to determine whether a measurement result is correct, to thereby prevent the use of incorrect measurement data, and to improve the reliability of an analysis result. In a three-dimensional shape measurement apparatus 100 that measures a three-dimensional shape of a specimen 3 in a non-contacting manner, a score that evaluates the reliability of measurement data is calculated for each measurement point by use of information obtained during a process of estimating the height of the specimen 3 or the estimated height. Measurement data is processed according to a result of evaluating the measurement data for each measurement point by use of the score.

Abstract: A magnifying observation apparatus includes a switching unit for switching between a plurality of microscopies, an image generating unit for generating an image of a sample by capturing an image of the sample with the respective plurality of microscopies switched by the switching unit, and a display unit for displaying the image generated by the image generating unit. The display unit updates a display of the display unit each time a new image is generated by the image generating unit.

Abstract: A microscope system includes a microscope frame on which a stage is placed; and a camera head, in which an objective lens is attachable, for capturing an image of a specimen, the camera head being attached to the microscope frame by being fitted, and being slidable with respect to the microscope frame in a direction that is parallel with a surface of the stage placed on the microscope frame and orthogonal to an optical axis of the attached objective lens.