JP2006011415A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (8)

A sample container capable of exchanging a medium for culturing cells;
A culture means for storing the sample container and controlling a culture environment for culturing the cells;
An imaging means for taking a cell image;
A culture microscope comprising: control means for controlling time-lapse interval photography by the imaging means. 2. The culture microscope according to claim 1, wherein the control means prompts resetting when the interval of the imaging time is set to a time when the imaging of the culture microscope is not possible, or sets the time interval extended to a possible state. Set . In the culture microscope according to claim 1,
Furthermore, a detection means for detecting whether or not the imaging means is in a state capable of imaging,
If the detection means detects that the medium replacement has not been completed at the next imaging time and the camera is not ready for imaging, the control means waits until imaging is possible . In culture microscope according to claim 1 to 3, further comprising display means for displaying a setting or condition of the imaging means. In culture microscope according to claim 1 to 3, further comprising display means for displaying a photographing date and time set in the control means as a time schedule. The culture microscope according to claim 3 further includes warning means for issuing a warning when the apparatus is in a state incapable of imaging at the imaging start timing. The culture microscope according to any one of claims 1 to 6 can be operated from a remote computer. A computer program for causing a computer to control the culture microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the computer program has a time schedule capable of writing a photographing date and time set in the control means .