Automatic focusing device of a microscope
US4342905A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1980 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/244
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic focusing device of a microscope having an objective lens and a stage on which a specimen is placed comprises distance varying means for varying the relative distance between the objective lens and the stage, distance detecting means for producing a distance output corresponding to said distance, photoelectric detector means for photoelectrically detecting a high frequency component of the space frequency component of the image of the specimen on the stage by the objective lens, judging means for judging whether or not a predetermined peak smaller than a maximum peak exists in the output of the photoelectric detector means within a predetermined distance range from a first distance output of the distance detecting means when the output of the photoelectric detector means assumes said maximum peak and for producing an in-focus output when said predetermined peak exists, and means for determining said relative distance on the basis of said in-focus output.
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