Microscopy system and microscopy method for plural observers

US7688503B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Stiftung · DE

Inventors

• Karlheinz Hermann · Aalen, DE
• Frank Rudolph · Depew, US
• Martin Schneider · Erlangen, DE
• Joachim Steffen · Lauchheim, DE
• Michael Wirth · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2010
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/367
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A microscopy system allows to superimpose a light optically generated microscopic image of an object with an electronically generated image. The electronically generated image is composed of two input images, one of which is independent of optical settings of an ocular tube, such as a rotational position and a magnification thereof, and the other input image is dependent of the optical setting.