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Microscope having an imaging optical unit for recording

US11531194B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

Alois Regensburger · Erlangen, DE
Susanne Kohlhammer · Blaustein, DE
Jonathan Essig · Neresheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2021
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 25, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B21/367
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A microscope includes an illumination unit for illuminating a region of a specimen to generate an illuminated region, an imaging optical unit for magnified imaging of the illuminated region, an image sensor disposed downstream of the imaging optical unit for capturing the magnified image of the illuminated region, a camera for recording an overview region of the specimen without using the imaging optical unit and a control unit for controlling the image sensor and the camera. The overview region includes a part of the illuminated region and a non-illuminated region of the specimen. The control unit actuates the camera to make a recording of the overview region. The control unit actuates the image sensor to cause a recordation of the magnified image of the illuminated region. The control unit generates an overview image based on the recording of the overview region and the recording of the magnified image.

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