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Motor-operated microscope system and software for controlling motor-operated microscopes

US8411357B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 2008
Grant dateApr 2, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/365
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A motor-operated microscope system has a motor-operated microscope section including an illumination optical system, an electric stage, an image forming optical system having an objective lens and an image forming lens, and an image pickup device; a housing; a control device having a screen display and an arithmetic processing section; and software displaying an operating condition setting screen of the motor-operated microscope section on the screen display and controlling an operation of the motor-operated microscope section in accordance with a set condition. The operating condition setting screen has, on one screen, a setting section for an exposure condition with the image pickup means; a setting section for a focusing condition with the objective lenses; an objective interchange setting section; a setting section for wavelength and luminance of illumination light; a setting section for an image pickup range; a display section for a picked-up image; and an operation commanding section for the motor-operated microscope section.

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