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Peripheral interface and process for data transfer, especially for laser scanning microscopes

US8214561B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Carl Zeiss Micromanaging GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Kuehm · Jena, DE
Nico Presser · Jena, DE
Gunter Moehler · Jena, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 13, 2009
Grant date	Jul 3, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F13/4059
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A peripheral interface and process for data transfer, especially for laser scanning microscopes. The peripheral interface permits a gap-free transfer of data with high transmission speed using a non-real-time-enabled operating system of the control computer. A peripheral connection for a peripheral device and a control unit serving for one-way transmission of a predetermined amount of data from the control computer to the peripheral device and/or vice versa accesses via a system bus of a control computer, a work memory region of the control computer serves as buffers preassigned to it, where the control unit prepares for the control computer a progress report of the transfer for retrieval and the control unit of the control computer is informed of the progress of the processing of the buffer independently of the transfer.

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