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Control device for a microscope

US12253663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Oliver KEUL · Wetzlar, DE
Volker SCHACHT · Marburg, DE
Kai RITSCHEL · Wetzlar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 12, 2021
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2044

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/75
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A control device for a microscope includes an operating device, an actuator and a processor. The operating device is configured to be operated by a user to vary focusing and/or positioning of an optical imaging system of the microscope relative to a sample. The actuator is configured to adjust an aperture of a detection pinhole which is included in the microscope so as to eliminate out-of-focus light from detection light which is directed by the optical imaging system onto a detector of the microscope. The processor is configured to detect a predetermined operating condition in response to a user operation of the operating device and to control the actuator to vary the aperture of the detection pinhole upon detection of the predetermined operating condition.

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