2009 Volume 2 Issue 4 Pages 234-245
In this paper, our struggle to realize a high-speed digital processed microscopic observational system for tele-micro-operation with a dynamic focusing system and a high-speed digital-processing system using the "depth from focus" criteria is reported. To realize the system, each functional element and its system configuration had been deeply discussed not only in the academic society but also with several companies, and the final product system had been developed after several trials.