Heads up display for microscope using remotely controlled instrument
AssigneeCooper LaserSonics, Inc.
InventorCharles R. Munnerlyn
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Abstract
Information relevant to a remote instrument is made viewable within a microscope 10 by a heads up display using a beam splitter 15 arranged in a collimated light region between binoculars 12 and objective 11 of microscope 10. An electronic digital display 16 relevant to a control setting for the remote instrument is arranged off the optical axis of microscope 10 and viewed by a convex mirror 20. A folding mirror 21 directs diverging light from convex mirror 20 toward beam splitter 15, and a collimating lens 22 collimates the diverging light enroute from folding mirror 21 to beam splitter 15. Collimated light from the lens is incident on beam splitter 15 to position an image of the digital display in a marginal region of the apparent field of one of the binoculars 12.
Claims14
A heads up display of information relevant to a remote instrument used in association with a microscope having a microscope objective, binoculars, and an essentially collimated light region between said microscope objective and said binoculars, said heads up display comprising:
- a. a beam splitter arranged between said microscope objective and said binoculars;
- b. an electronic digital display of numbers relevant to a control setting for said remote instrument;
- c. said digital display being arranged off the optical axis of said microscope;
- d. a convex mirror arranged for viewing said digital display;
- e. a collimating lens arranged for collimating diverging light from said convex mirror enroute to said beam splitter;
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- f. collimated light from said lens being incident on said beam splitter to position an image of said digital display in a marginal region of the apparent field of one of said binoculars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.