Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359363000 | With image recorder | 47 |
20080204863 | Camera Handpiece - A camera hand piece ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080266652 | MICROSCOPE WITH DUAL IMAGE SENSORS FOR RAPID AUTOFOCUSING - A digital optical microscope includes a primary image sensor that generates a primary image of a sample at a primary frame rate, an auxiliary image sensor that generates an auxiliary image of the sample at an auxiliary frame rate that is faster than the primary frame rate, and a controller that adjusts a focal distance between an objective lens and the sample along an optical axis in response to the auxiliary image, thereby autofocusing the primary image on the sample. The primary image sensor generates the primary image in response to the autofocusing. | 10-30-2008 |
20090040600 | Telescope Adapter for Supporting a Camera - A telescope adapter for supporting a camera includes a light beam splitter for receiving light from the telescope and dividing that light into a monitoring bundle of light rays and a recording bundle of light rays, the two bundles of light rays being at angle to each other. The user is permitted to view the monitoring bundle of light rays, and the adapter can support a camera in a position to receive the recording bundle of light rays, so that the user and the camera can receive light from the telescope simultaneously. A first lens system is located between the telescope and the light beam splitter, the first lens system having a total negative power. A monitoring lens system receives and transmits the monitoring bundle of light rays leaving the light beam splitter, and a recording lens system receives and transmits the recording bundle of light rays leaving the beam slitter, both the monitoring and recording lens systems having total positive power. A reflective prism receives the recording bundle of light rays leaving the recording lens system and reflects those light rays toward the camera along a path substantially parallel to the monitoring bundle of light rays. | 02-12-2009 |
20090059357 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND A MICROSCOPE - An optical arrangement having an optical assembly ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090086312 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE WITH FOCUSING ASSEMBLY - An image capturing device with a focusing assembly comprises a case formed by an upper casing and a lower casing; a cover for sealing the lower casing; an lower side of the cover having an opening for capturing images of outside objects; a base installed at a connection between the upper casing and the lower casing; an image sensor installed at a lower side of the base for capturing images through an opening of the front cover; a focus adjusting unit including an object lens, an adjusting wheel, an inner tube and an outer adjusting tube; the outer adjusting tube being located within the lower casing and has a longitudinal retaining groove at an inner side thereof; the inner tube being received in the outer adjusting tube; the inner tube having a helical groove; an outer side of the adjusting wheel having a post for driving the adjusting wheel. | 04-02-2009 |
20090185267 | MICROSCOPE AND VIRTUAL SLIDE FORMING SYSTEM - Providing a microscope capable of movably adjusting an observation field of a sample without moving the sample. The microscope includes a first objective lens, a second objective lens, a mirror, an angular adjustment mechanism, and a shift mechanism. The first objective lens is disposed to the sample side. The second objective lens forms an intermediate image of the sample together with the first objective lens. The mirror is disposed with a tilt on an optical path between the first objective lens and the second objective lens. The angular adjustment mechanism rotatably adjust the mirror in the tilt direction. The shift mechanism makes a shift adjustment of the second objective lens in an axial direction of a rotation axis of the mirror. With the configuration, the observation field can be moved two-dimensionally by the angular adjustment mechanism. | 07-23-2009 |
20090201579 | Microscope device and resolution method of microscope image - To provide a microscope device capable of resolving a microscopic pattern beyond optical resolution of the microscope device. | 08-13-2009 |
20090231689 | Rapid Microscope Scanner for Volume Image Acquisition - Apparatus for and method of rapid three dimensional scanning and digitizing of an entire microscope sample, or a substantially large portion of a microscope sample, using a tilted sensor synchronized with a positioning stage. The system also provides a method for interpolating tilted image layers into a orthogonal tree dimensional array or into its two dimensional projection as well as a method for composing the volume strips obtained from successive scans of the sample into a single continuous digital image or volume. | 09-17-2009 |
20090244697 | Optical recording and/or reproduction unit - The invention relates to an optical recording and/or reading unit particularly suitable for scanning, preferably, a biological sample ( | 10-01-2009 |
20090268280 | Microscope - A microscope apparatus can generate information of a super-resolved image at high speed. For that purpose, the microscope apparatus of the present invention is equipped with an image-forming optical system for forming an intermediate image of light emitted from a specimen, a relay optical system for forming an image of the intermediate image, an illuminating optical system that jointly owns an optical path of the image-forming optical system and illuminates the specimen through the optical path of the image-forming optical system, and a spatial modulator disposed on a formation plane of the intermediate image. In this microscope apparatus, the specimen is subjected to structured illumination by an image of the spatial modulator. Light from the specimen which is modulated by the structured illumination is automatically remodulated in the spatial modulator. | 10-29-2009 |
20090296203 | MICROSCOPE OBSERVATION SYSTEM - This is a microscope observation system comprising a microscope, a camera unit, a light-amount adjustment unit for controlling adjustment parts included the microscope in order to suppress the amount of reflected light of a specimen image formed on the camera unit, a camera adjustment unit for controlling an adjustment part group of the camera unit in order to adjust image signals photo-electrically converted by the camera unit to a desired state, a light measurement unit for measuring the brightness of the specimen, a display unit for displaying a captured image, a control unit for controlling continuous display speed indicating the continuous display interval of an image continuously displayed on the display unit and at least one of an observation position shifting unit for changing the observation position or observation magnification of the specimen or an observation state detection unit for detecting the observation position or the observation magnification. | 12-03-2009 |
20090303582 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM AND ITS MAGNIFICATION MODIFYING METHOD - A microscope system comprises an objective, an image pickup device, a diameter-variable field stop disposed in a conjugate position with the focal plane of the objective, a magnification modifying device disposed in an optical path between the objective and the image pickup device, for modifying the magnification of the image pickup device and a control unit for controlling in such a way as to maintain a state where a field stop diameter is always larger than a field diameter. | 12-10-2009 |
20090310213 | Microscope - The invention is based on a microscope ( | 12-17-2009 |
20100053735 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focusing apparatus for use with an optical system having a high NA objective lens ( | 03-04-2010 |
20100053736 | Confocal microscope apparatus - The present application generates an image suitable for collectively observing a whole area or all wavelength components in a viewing field. A confocal microscope apparatus includes a detecting unit being disposed on a collecting location of the collecting optical system, separating incident light into a light from a vicinity of a collecting point on the sample and a light from a peripheral of the vicinity, and detecting each of the lights; and an image generating unit generating an image of the sample by a light signal from the vicinity and a light signal from the peripheral of the vicinity, and setting a ratio of the signal of the light from the vicinity of the collecting point to the signal of the light from the peripheral of the vicinity for each of areas on the image. | 03-04-2010 |
20100110538 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - Disclosed is a microscope system ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100142036 | ADAPTER FOR A CAMERA AND TELESCOPE - The invention relates to an adapter ( | 06-10-2010 |
20110085234 | Microscope stand - A microscope stand for holding an optical and/or opto-electronical (e.g. video) observation system is mechanically connected to a microscope base, such as a basis plate, feet or rack or the like. In at least one embodiment, the microscope stand is made in two parts, the first part being provided for holding the observation system, and the second part is substantially positively connected to the first part. This second part includes at least one, preferably shaft-like, cavity, in which at least one electric or electronic component, which is preferably either an electric illumination system for the object to be examined by way of the observation system (in this respect the illumination system forms part of the observation system) and/or of an electronic camera system. | 04-14-2011 |
20110109958 | LASER MICROSCOPE USING PHASE-MODULATION TYPE SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR - A laser microscope comprises a laser light source emitting illumination light; an objective applying the illumination light on a sample; a light path compounding unit compounding a first illumination light path and a second illumination path between the laser light source and the objective; a phase-modulation type spatial light modulator placed on a position on the first illumination path, the position also being optically conjugate with a pupil position of the objective, modulating a phase of the illumination light; and a two-dimensional scanning unit placed on the second illumination light path, scanning the sample in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis of the objective. | 05-12-2011 |
20120038977 | HIGH SPEED ACQUISITION VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY VIEWING OBJECT FEATURES - System and method for selectively viewing features of objects, including features hidden under non-transparent materials. The system includes: illuminating light source producing illuminating light having controlled angular spectrum; homogenizing optics for spatial intensity modulation of illumination light; dephasing optics to reduce or suppress interference pattern in image due to the coherence of illumination light; infinity corrected objective directing the illuminating light on the object and collecting light from the object; illumination optical path delivering the illuminating light from the illuminating light source to infinity-corrected objective; relay optics for introducing necessary tilt angle for rays of the illuminating light entering the infinity corrected objective; adjustable iris vignetting free aperture of optical fiber; apodizing element within relay optics for spatial modulation of illumination intensity; image sensor for creating image of object; and imaging optical path for delivering light from object to image sensor, which includes tube lens, removable block and adjustable iris. | 02-16-2012 |
20120062986 | FOCUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A focusing apparatus for use with an optical system having a high NA objective lens includes an image forming and capturing mechanism for forming an image in an intermediate image zone and for capturing an image by receiving and refocusing light from a selected focal plane within the intermediate image zone, and a focus adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of the selected focal plane within the intermediate image zone. The image forming and capturing mechanism includes at least one high NA lens. In use, spherical aberration introduced by the high NA objective lens is reduced. | 03-15-2012 |
20120182608 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A microscope system which can improve the ease of use and the observation environment when a sample is observed using a microscope formed of a stand and a main body which is removable from the stand. A microscope is formed of a main body and a stand, and the main body is removable from the stand. The main body includes an objective lens, an image optical system, a CCD, a compact monitor and a battery, so that the main body, when removed from the stand, can function independently as a microscope. If the main body is mechanically connected to the stand, the main body and the stand are electrically connected via connectors, and an observation image captured by the CCD is supplied from the main body to the stand via the connectors, and is displayed on a monitor. | 07-19-2012 |
20120194903 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DRIFT CONTROL APPARATUS AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A three-dimensional direction drift control apparatus and a microscope apparatus that correct misalignment of a relative position between an object lens and a sample. A near-infrared light emitted from a light source is irradiated onto a surface of a glass cover holding a sample on a stage. When the near-infrared light is irradiated onto the glass cover, a regular reflection light and scattered light of the near-infrared light are generated, and the regular reflection light and the scattered light enter a half-mirror via lenses from an objective lens to an offset lens group. A clamp processing unit detects misalignment in the lateral direction of the object lens with respect to the sample based on the image of the scattered light, which has been reflected by the half-mirror and entered a two-dimensional photoelectric converter, and controls a drive unit according to this detection result, whereby the stage is moved. | 08-02-2012 |
20120218629 | MICROSCOPE WITH MULTISPECTRAL ILLUMINATION OF AN OBJECT - The disclosure provides a family of microscopes with components or discrete compact devices for illuminating an object with radiation of various spectral ranges suitable for multichannel fluorescence microscopy, so that an object is sequentially illuminated with different excitation spectra of particular fluorescent dyes. According to certain embodiments: several independent light-radiating surfaces are configured to radiate at different spectral ranges along an optical axis perpendicular to a plane defined by the surfaces and are spaced apart from each other, an optical illuminating system consisting of optical components, through which an illuminating ray path is directed at the object, wherein the surfaces are laterally offset from the optical axis of the optical illuminating system, and a deflecting mechanism configured for the sequential application of light coming from the light-radiating surfaces, so that as the direction changes, light enters the optical illuminating system and any lateral offset of the light-radiating surfaces is compensated. | 08-30-2012 |
20130222895 | AUTOMATED SLIDE SCANNING SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE - An automated slide scanning system is described. The system comprises an automated focusing unit that is simple and that provides a fine adjustment of a focusing tube without any backlash. The focusing unit comprises a block that is cut or fabricated in a pattern forming a head to support a focusing tube and at least one elongated and rigid arm projecting perpendicularly from the head. One end of the at least one arm is integrally joined to the head. The focusing unit further comprises an elongated, rigid, lever which is substantially parallel and spaced apart from the at least one arm. The lever is pivotally mounted to a hinge and has a first end that is linked to the head of the focusing unit and a second free end. The focusing unit further includes a drive mechanism with a roller coupled to a motor. The roller is eccentric roller and is in constant contact to the lever's second end. When the roller rotates it engages the lever which subsequently engages the at least one arm and thus produces a substantially vertical movement in both direction to the head of the focusing unit. The scanning system further comprises a scanning stage that supports the focusing unit and which provides a continuous movement in Y-direction (back and forward) of the scanning stage, and a scanning track that moves the slide holder continuously in one direction along the x-axis until the last slide in the slide holder is scanned. The scanning system of the present invention is suitable for automated screening or prescreening of samples. | 08-29-2013 |
20130242382 | MICROSCOPE SYSTEM, DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A microscope system includes a plurality of actuators configured to cause components of a microscope to operate, a plurality of power drivers configured to drive the plurality of actuators, respectively, an actuator controller configured to control the plurality of actuators through the plurality of power drivers, and a control management unit configured to control the actuator controller to designate any one of the plurality of power drivers to output a start signal for allowing the designated power driver to start operation to the designated power driver, and to control the actuator controller to stop outputting of the start signal to the designated power driver and the other power drivers other than the designated power driver until passage of a settling time in which driving of one of the plurality of actuators in response to the operation of the designated power driver is completed and then enabled again. | 09-19-2013 |
20130314775 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - This microscope apparatus is provided with the following elements: an objective lens; a CCD that constructs an image of a sample S; an illumination intensity change unit for adjusting an intensity of excitation light; an sensitivity adjustment unit for adjusting a detection sensitivity by the CCD; a galvanometer mirror for changing a light focusing position of excitation light at a pupil position of the objective lens; a storage unit that stores, for each observation method, a predetermined intensity, a predetermined detection sensitivity, and the light focusing position; and a control unit that switches the observation method, reads out the intensity, the detection sensitivity, and the light focusing position according to the observation method based on a synchronization signal synchronized with a frame signal for constructing an image, and controls the illumination intensity change unit, the sensitivity adjustment unit, and the galvanometer mirror. | 11-28-2013 |
20130321906 | ANNULUS TO CREATE DISTINCT ILLUMINATION AND IMAGING APERTURES FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM - An imaging system for viewing both flat and angled surfaces of a test element, such as the end faces of both PC and APC optical fibers. A light source provides light to the angled surface, while lensing directs a portion of the original light to the angled surface at a second acute angle. A collector, e.g. photodetector, lenses or human eye, receives the portion of the light reflected from the angled surface and generates an image thereof. An annulus is provided in the optical path for managing the light. The annulus includes a transparent outer ring enabling the portion of the light to pass from the light source to the surface at the second acute angle; a central transparent section enabling light reflected from the angled surface to pass to the collector along the longitudinal optical axis; and a first light-blocking ring between the outer ring and the central section for blocking excess light from the light source and reflected from the end surface. | 12-05-2013 |
20130335817 | MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCE MICROSCOPE - Provided is a multiple light source microscope which is capable of performing not only electron image observation but also fluorescence image observation, fluoroscopic image observation and the like for the same biological tissue sample, and is provided with a plurality of observation-use light sources. Disclosed is this multiple light source microscope configured by: an optical microscope unit for observing fluorescence, provided with a light source unit; and a scanning electron microscope unit, wherein the optical microscope has a Cassegrain mirror with an aspherical reflecting surface, and the Cassegrain mirror is arranged in a lens barrel of the scanning microscope unit so as to be coaxial with an optical axis of an electron beam of the scanning electron microscope unit. | 12-19-2013 |
20140211304 | SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A surgical microscope system includes a camera | 07-31-2014 |
20140247482 | SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM - A surgical microscope system includes a camera | 09-04-2014 |
20150043061 | UPRIGHT AND INVERTED MICROSCOPE - A dual-configuration microscope is provided. The microscope may be converted into an upright configuration or an inverted configuration. The microscope includes a base having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion configured to support the microscope. The microscope further includes a body having a first portion, a second portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the first and second portions. The intermediate portion of the body is rotatably coupled to the upper portion of the base at a rotational coupling. The rotational coupling defines a rotating axis that extends in a longitudinal direction with respect to the microscope. The microscope further includes an objective disposed proximal to the first portion and a light source disposed proximal to the second portion. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043062 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN OPTICAL UNIT OF MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes: a stage; one or more light sources that emit light for exciting a sample on the stage; one or more cube turrets that arrange fluorescent cubes selectively on an observation optical path; shutters arranged on an illumination optical path and configured to switch between irradiation of the sample with the light and blocking of the light; an input unit that receives inputs of operation instructions for the shutters; an operation controller that controls operations of the shutters; and a controller that acquires, from a storage unit, operation conditions of the shutters corresponding to the operation instructions, and outputs instruction signals to the operation controller based on the acquired operation conditions in order to change conditions of the plurality of shutters. One of the shutters, and the other of the shutters or the one or more cube turrets are arranged on a same illumination optical path. | 02-12-2015 |
20150103401 | REFERENCE COLOR SLIDE FOR USE IN COLOR CORRECTION OF TRANSMISSION-MICROSCOPE SLIDES - The present invention is a microscope slide apparatus and method of use thereof, wherein the slide has an integrated color calibration array of filter elements, each element having a given dimension, each element also having a known transmission spectrum. The complete filter array is observable in the field of view of a microscope under at least one magnification setting of a microscope. The invention further characterized with a secondary integrated filter array that is completely observable at a second magnification setting. | 04-16-2015 |
20150309296 | PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE, CONTROL APPARATUS FOR PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE - To provide a phase contrast microscope capable of overcoming an optical effect of an observation target on a phase contrast image, a control apparatus for a phase contrast microscope, and a control method for a phase contrast microscope. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309297 | AUTOFOCUS METHOD FOR MICROSCOPE AND MICROSCOPE COMPRISING AUTOFOCUS DEVICE - A microscope including an objective having a focal plane in a sample space, and an autofocus device comprising a light modulator for generating a luminous modulation object that is intensity-modulated periodically along one direction, an autofocus illumination optical unit that images the modulation object such that its image arises in the sample space, an autofocus camera, an autofocus imaging optical unit that images the image of the modulation object in the sample space onto the autofocus camera, a control device, which receives signals of the autofocus camera and determines an intensity distribution of the image of the modulation object and generates a focus control signal therefrom. The control device determines an intensity distribution of the image of a luminous comparison object imaged by the optical unit to correct the intensity distribution of the image of the modulation object with regard to reflectivity variations in the sample space. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309298 | OPTICAL MICROSCOPE, AND AUTOFOCUS DEVICE FOR OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - Provided is an optical microscope capable of maintaining an objective lens in a focus state without adversely affecting a captured image even when a substance with a weak emission is used as an observation target object. The optical microscope includes an observation optical system capable of capturing, with an image pickup device ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150370057 | Method for operating a light microscope and optical assembly - The invention relates to a method for operating a light microscope, which comprises at least the following components: a modulator diaphragm for restricting a light cross-section, a sample plane, which is located in a beam path behind the modulator diaphragm and in which a sample can be positioned, a phase ring, which is arranged in the beam path behind the sample plane and along the cross-section of which incident light can be differently influenced, and a pupil camera for capturing a pupil image. The method involves the following steps: with the aid of a beam splitter, which is located in the beam path in front of the phase ring, light that emanates from the sample is guided in part to the pupil camera and in part to the phase ring; a pupil image, which is not influenced by the phase ring, is recorded and a sample image is simultaneously emitted; with the aid of electronic image processing means in the recorded pupil image, the position and size of an image of the modulator diaphragm, which is influenced by a sample but not influenced by the phase ring, is measured; a relative displacement between the phase ring and the modulator diaphragm is performed on the basis of the measured position and of the measured size of the image of the modulator diaphragm with the aid of electronic control means. The invention further relates to an corresponding optical arrangement. | 12-24-2015 |
20150378143 | WHOLE SLIDE IMAGING - An imaging apparatus includes a microscope comprising an eyepiece and a stage for supporting a sample slide, an electronic mobile imaging and communication device having an image detector, and an adaptor having a coupler portion, a support plane, and a through-hole extending through the support plane and the coupler portion, in which the coupler is positioned on the eyepiece of the microscope, and in which the electronic mobile imaging and communication device is positioned on the support plane. | 12-31-2015 |
20160004057 | PORTABLE MICROSCOPE DEVICE - The present invention discloses a portable microscope device which can be installed on the smartphone capable of capturing image. By combing these devices, users can observe the detection sample and capture the image of the sample instantly without environment limitation. Moreover, during operation, the user can observe the whole image of the sample by substituting the microscope lens of different magnification ratio or by shifting the position of the sample. | 01-07-2016 |
20160018631 | HIGH VERSATILE COMBINABLE MICROSCOPE BASE AND MICROSCOPE HAVING THE SAME - A combinable microscope base for mounting a light source and a microscopic image capturing device having an optical axis. The light source and the microscopic image capturing device are connected to a display processing device through signal transmission. The light source and the microscopic image capturing device have compatible first and second coupling portions. The combinable microscopic base includes a base body and a main support frame, the main support frame is formed with a placement unit and a main assembly port. The main assembly port is configured such that when the microscopic image capturing device or the light source is mounted therein, the optical axis of the microscopic image capturing device or a main light emitting direction of the light source is oriented toward and corresponds to the placement unit. | 01-21-2016 |
20160054554 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes an objective and a photodetector, and projects a pupil of the objective onto a light-receiving surface of the photodetector. The microscope apparatus further includes an optical element that is arranged between the objective and the photodetector. The optical element has a plurality of refractive surfaces which are arranged in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical element and to which light fluxes emitted from the pupil of the objective at different angles are incident. | 02-25-2016 |
20160097924 | DIGITAL MICROSCOPE HAVING A RADIAL-PISTON BRAKE SYSTEM - A digital microscope includes a stationary stand body ( | 04-07-2016 |
20160124204 | SAMPLE RETAINING MEMBER INSERTION-REMOVAL MECHANISM AND IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE - A sample retaining member insertion-removal mechanism is configured so that a receiver is driven to an advance position by a receiver driving unit to project out through an opening of a stage so that a receiving surface makes a downward slope toward a receiving surface positioning portion. Because of this, the sample retaining member insertion-removal mechanism can position the sample retaining member by the receiving surface positioning portion through the use of the downward slope of the receiving surface by simply placing the sample retaining member on the receiving surface. After the positioning by the receiving surface positioning portion, the receiver is driven to a retraction position by the receiver driving unit, whereby the sample retaining member is transferred from the receiver to the stage. | 05-05-2016 |
20160124208 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMBINATION OF LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY AND STRUCTURED ILLUMINATION MICROSCOPY - A fluorescence microscope for obtaining super-resolution images of a sample labeled with at least one fluorescent label by combining localization microscopy and structured illumination microscopy is provided. The fluorescence microscope includes one or more light sources, an illumination system having a structured illumination path for illuminating the sample with structured illumination light and a localization illumination path for illuminating the sample with localization illumination light. | 05-05-2016 |
20160202477 | ABERRATION-CORRECTING METHOD, LASER PROCESSING METHOD USING SAID ABERRATION-CORRECTING METHOD, LASER IRRADIATION METHOD USING SAID ABERRATION-CORRECTING METHOD, ABERRATION-CORRECTING DEVICE AND ABERRATION-CORRECTING PROGRAM | 07-14-2016 |
20180024344 | MICROSCOPE | 01-25-2018 |