IP Library Granted Patent US 7,518,791
Granted Patent B2
US 7,518,791 · App. 11/568,649 · Granted Apr 14, 2009

Microscope

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Patent No.
US 7,518,791
App. No.
11/568,649
Granted
Apr 14, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Microscope comprising microscope optics ( 25 ), a camera device ( 7 ) for recordal of images, captured by the microscope optics ( 25 ), of an object to be observed, and a display apparatus ( 12 ) which can be viewed by an observer for displaying the images taken by the camera device ( 7 ), wherein at least one area of the display apparatus ( 12 ) is constructed as a deflecting device ( 13 ) for deflecting light beams emitted by the object which is to be observed into the microscope optics ( 25 ).

Claims (14)

1. A microscope comprising:

microscope optics for imaging an object;

a camera device arranged to record images captured by the microscope optics; and

a display apparatus connected to the camera device for displaying images recorded by the camera device to an observer, wherein at least one area of the display apparatus includes a deflecting device for deflecting light beams coming from an object into the microscope optics.

2. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the deflecting device is provided on a side of the display apparatus opposite from a side of the display apparatus viewed by an observer.

3. The microscope according to claim 2 , wherein the deflecting device is aligned so that the light beams coming from an object and deflected into the microscope optics extend substantially along a line of sight of an observer before the light beams are deflected by the deflecting device into the microscope optics.

4. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus includes a flat screen.

5. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus can be switched into a transparent mode in which the light beams coming from an object are at least partially transmitted through the display apparatus to an observer.

6. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the deflecting device includes a mirror surface.

7. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the deflecting device includes an electronically switchable mirror.

8. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the deflecting device includes a switchable and/or holographic reflective display.

9. The microscope according to claim 1 , wherein the microscope is a stereomicroscope.

10. The microscope according to claim 9 , wherein the display apparatus ( 12 ) has a stereoscopic viewing function.

11. The microscope according to claim 10 , further comprising spatial sensors for reading spatial markings on an object, whereby external data can be displayed stereoscopically, spatially and with the correct magnification by the display apparatus according to a selected magnification of the microscope optics.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2010
From: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG
To: LEICA INSTRUMENTS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 024128/0669 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2010
From: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG
To: LEICA INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 023741/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2006
From: SANDER, ULRICH
To: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS (SCHWEIZ) AG
Reel/Frame 018478/0836 →