Stereoscopic microscope, and an observation mechanism for use in a stereoscopic microscope
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorTomoaki Yamashita
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Abstract
A stereoscopic microscope includes an objective optical system by which a portion to be observed is observed, a lens body which holds the objective optical system, an optical splitter which is disposed in the lens body to divide a luminous flux passed through the objective optical system into at least two, an image forming device which is disposed on at least one optical path of the luminous fluxes divided by the optical splitter to form an observation image by the luminous fluxes, and a support section which opens at least a part of the optical path of the luminous flux to the image forming device from the optical splitter to the outside of the lens body to hold the image forming device.
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A stereoscopic microscope comprising:
- an optical objective lens for observation, transmitting luminous fluxes from objects;
- an optical splitter to divide the luminous flux transmitted through the optical objective lens into at least two;
- a lens body which holds the optical objective lens and the optical splitter;
- an image forming device which is disposed on at least one optical path of the luminous fluxes divided by the optical splitter to form an observation image by the luminous fluxes;
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- a support member for the image forming device which stride over at least a part of the optical path exposed to the outside of the lens body.
The stereoscopic microscope comprising:
- an optical objective lens for observation, transmitting luminous fluxes from objects;
- a lens body which holds the optical objective lens;
- an image pick-up device which is disposed in the lens body to pick up the image of the luminous flux transmitted through the optical objective lens;
- an electronic image projection device which projects the image photographed by the image pick-up device;
- an image forming device which is disposed on the optical path of the luminous flux from the electronic image projection device to form an observation image by the luminous fluxes;
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- a support member which supports the image forming device in such a manner that at least a part of the optical path of the luminous flux to the image forming device from the electronic image projection device exposed to the outside of the lens body.
A stereoscopic microscope comprising:
- an optical objective system for observation, transmitting luminous fluxes from objects;
- a lens body which holds the optical objective system;
- optical dividing means which is disposed in the lens body to divide the luminous flux transmitted through the optical objective system into at least two;
- image forming means which is disposed on at least one optical path of the luminous fluxes divided by the optical dividing means to form an observation image by the luminous fluxes;
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- support means for the image forming means, which strides over at least a part of the optical path of the luminous flux to the image forming means from the optical dividing means to the outside of the lens body.
A stereoscopic microscope comprising:
- an optical objective lens for observation, transmitting luminous fluxes from objects;
- a lens body which holds the optical objective lens;
- image pick-up means for picking up the image of the luminous flux transmitted through the optical objective system;
- electronic image projection means for projecting the image photographed by the image pick-up means;
- an image forming device which is disposed on at least one optical path of the luminous fluxes from the electronic image projection means to form an observation image by the luminous fluxes;
- and
- support means for the image forming means in such a manner that at least a part of the optical path of the luminous flux to the image forming means from the electronic image projection means is exposed to the outside of the lens body.
An observation mechanism for use in a stereoscopic microscope, comprising:
- a projection device disposed on an optical observation system of the stereoscopic microscope;
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- an image forming device which is disposed opposite to the projection device through the outside space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.