Image forming apparatus, image forming method, image forming system, and recording medium

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an imager that is electrically connected to an image sensor disposed at a position where light that has passed through a sample slice is incident on the image sensor, and an illumination system that emits illumination light successively in different illumination directions relative to a sample slice to illuminate the sample slice with the illumination light and that emits a first light having a peak in a first wavelength range and a second light having a peak in a second wavelength range. The image forming apparatus obtains a plurality of first-color images with the image sensor while the sample slice is being illuminated with the first light serving as the illumination light successively in the different illumination directions. The image forming apparatus obtains at least one second-color image with the image sensor while the sample slice is being illuminated with the second light in at least one of the different illumination directions. The image forming apparatus generates a high-resolution image on the basis of the plurality of first-color images and the at least one second-color image.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus, comprising:
 an illuminator that emits first light having a peak in a first wavelength and coming from a first direction to a sample at a first time, third light having a peak in the first wavelength and coming from a second direction to the sample at a second time, and second light having a peak in a second wavelength and coming from the first direction to the sample at a third time, the first time, the second time and the third time being different; and   an output that outputs an image based on a first image generated in response to the first light, a second image generated in response to the second light, and a third image generated in response to the third light.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the illuminator does not emit fourth light having a peak in the second wavelength range and coming from the second direction to the sample, thereby the image not being based on a fourth image generated in response to the fourth light.   
     
     
         3 . A method, comprising:
 emitting first light having a peak in a first wavelength and coming from a first direction to a sample at a first time, third light having a peak in the first wavelength and coming from a second direction to the sample at a second time, and second light having a peak in a second wavelength and coming from the first direction to the sample at a third time, the first time, the second time and the third time being different; and   outputting an image based on a first image generated in response to the first light, a second image generated in response to the second light, and a third image generated in response to the third light.   
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the emitting does not emit fourth light having a peak in the second wavelength range and coming from the second direction to the sample, thereby the image not being based on a fourth image generated in response to the fourth light.