A portable telephone apparatus that can recognize which country it is located in and alert the user to the appropriate operations for use in that country. It leads to improved data acquisition from extremely small objects and higher speed operation. Defining a representation type space R and a correctness type space C over the representation type space R, such that a semilattice associated with the correctness type space C is a function semilattice over respective semilattices associated with the correctness type spaces C1 and C2. The carrier and support member are preferably a microscope slide and a cartridge, respectively.