/Patent Tracker
SonyPatent applicationCameras & imagingInterest 4/10

Sony patents system to auto-set microscope settings for biological samples

Sony describes a system that uses a control unit to automatically determine the best imaging conditions for a second microscope. It does this by comparing how a sample looks under two different imaging systems and using that relationship to predict settings for new biological samples.

Why it mattersThis could help researchers save time by reducing the manual trial-and-error process of adjusting microscope settings for different biological samples.

In the filing’s own words

A biological sample material observation system includes a control unit. The control unit determines, based on a relationship between information related to a luminance distribution of first image data acquired by imaging a sample by a first imaging system and information related to a luminance distribution of second image data acquired by imaging the sample by a second imaging system, and based on information related to a luminance distribution of third image data acquired by imaging a biological sample material different from the sample by the first imaging system, an imaging condition to be used at a time of imaging the biological sample material by the second imaging system.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A biological sample material observation system comprising a control unit that determines, based on a relationship between information related to a luminance distribution of first image data acquired by imaging a sample by a first imaging system and information related to a luminance distribution of second image data acquired by imaging the sample by a second imaging system, and based on information related to a luminance distribution of third image data acquired by imaging a biological sample material different from the sample by the first imaging system, an imaging condition to be used at a time of imaging the biological sample material by the second imaging system.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title
BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MATERIAL OBSERVATION SYSTEM, BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MATERIAL OBSERVATION METHOD, AND DATA SET CREATION METHOD
Publication number
US20260276542A1
Application number
18875737
Filed
Jun 16, 2023
Published
Sep 17, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

G01N 21/6428 Physics & computingG01N 2021/6439 Physics & computing
Read the full filing (official PDF) ↗ Open in the Patent Tracker

More from Sony in Cameras & imaging

Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.