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US 4,912,388 AGranted
Drive control device operating a drive mechanism
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinya Tanaka, Yukitsugu Nakamura
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Abstract
A drive control device has a driving switch for remotely-operating a plurality of drive mechanisms, and a transmission device for transmitting to the operator the kind of a drive mechanism which is about to be driven, before the driving by the driving switch.
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A stereoscopic microscope, comprising:
- a plurality of driving means for driving means for performing a plurality of functions of said microscope, respectively;
- a plurality of first switches respectively provided for each driving means for remotely controlling said plurality of driving means;
- a second switch for detecting a specific selected driving means corresponding to a selected first switch before actual operation of said selected first switch;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting information of said specific selected driving means to an operator.
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A stereoscopic microscope, comprising:
- a plurality of driving means for respectively driving means for performing a plurality of functions of said microscope;
- mode selecting means for arbitrarily selecting a driving means from said plurality of driving means;
- a multifunction switch combined with said mode selecting means for remotely operating said selected driving means;
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- transmitting means for transmitting information of said selected driving means to an operator.
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A stereoscopic microscope, comprising:
- a plurality of driving means for driving means for performing a plurality of functions of said microscope, respectively;
- a first switch for remotely driving said plurality of driving means;
- a second switch for detecting a specific driving means which will be driven by said first switch before actual operation of said first switch;
- and
- transmitting means for transmitting information of said specific driving means selected by said second switch to an operator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.