Optical observation instrument with at least two optical transmission channels that respectively have one partial ray path

US8922624B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Meditec AG · DE

Inventors

• Marco Pretorius · Oberkochen, DE
• Enrico Geissler · Jena, DE
• Guenter Rudolph · Jena, DE
• Christoph Nieten · Jena, DE
• Bryce Anton Moffat · Jena, DE
• Artur Hoegele · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 30, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B26/0833
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An optical observation instrument has two optical transmission channels for transmitting two partial ray bundles (9A, 9B). The optical observation instrument has a main objective (1) common to the optical transmission channels, an electronic image sensor (7) for sequentially recording the partial ray bundles (9A, 9B), an intermediate imaging optical system (3) between the main objective (1) and the image sensor (7) and common to the optical transmission channels, and a tilting mirror matrix (5) between the main objective (1) and the image sensor (7). The intermediate imaging optical system (3) is arranged so that the respective partial ray bundle (9A, 9B) is deflected toward the image sensor (7) and passes the intermediate imaging optical system (3) both on the way from the main objective (1) to the tilting mirror matrix (5) and on the way from the tilting mirror matrix (5) to the image sensor (7).