# US 5,350,918 A · Transmission electron microscope > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,350,918 A - Document ID: US5350918A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 07/936,008 - Filed: 1992-08-27 - Granted: 1994-09-27 - Earliest claimed: 1991-08-30 - Assignees: Hitachi, Ltd.; Hitachi Science Systems, Ltd. - Inventors: Sadao Terakado; Hiroyuki Kobayashi; Morioki Kubozoe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5350918A ## CPC - H01J 37/224: {Luminescent screens or photographic plates for imaging; Apparatus specially adapted therefor, e. g. cameras, TV-cameras, photographic equipment or exposure control; Optical subsystems specially adapted therefor, e. g. microscopes for observing image on luminescent screen} - H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H) ## Abstract In a transmission electron microscope, an electron beam from an electron gun is irradiated on a specimen by an illuminating lens system and a transmission image of the specimen is formed on a photographic film by an image forming lens system. The transmission image is picked up by a TV camera and displayed on a television display screen and a view field range of recording image with the photographic film is manifested on the display screen. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transmission electron microscope comprising an electron gun, an illuminating lens system for irradiating an electron beam from said electron gun onto a specimen, an image formation lens system for forming an enlarged transmission image of said specimen on a record surface of image photographing record means, an image observing display apparatus having a display screen for displaying the enlarged transmission image of said specimen, a photographing view field range detecting apparatus for determining a specimen image range to be recorded by said image photographing record means, and a manifesting apparatus for showing on said display screen said specimen image range to be recorded. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A transmission electron microscope according to claim 1, wherein said manifesting apparatus shows said specimen image range in the form of a figure which is superimposed on an observation image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A transmission electron microscope according to claim 1, wherein said manifesting apparatus shows the size of said specimen image range in terms of a numeral. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A transmission electron microscope according to claim 1, wherein said manifesting apparatus shows said specimen image range by displaying only an observation image inside said specimen image range on said screen. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A transmission electron microscope according to claim 1, wherein said manifesting apparatus shows said specimen range by displaying an observation image inside said specimen image range and that outside said range at discriminative brightness levels. ### Claim 6 A transmission electron microscope comprising an electron gun, an illuminating lens system for irradiating an electron beam from said electron gun onto a specimen, an image formation lens system for forming an enlarged transmission image of said specimen on a record surface of image photographing record means, an image observing display means having a display screen for displaying the enlarged transmission image of said specimen, a magnification setting apparatus for inputting a magnification for image photographing and a magnification for an observation image on said display screen, a photographing view field range detecting apparatus for determining a specimen image range to be recorded by said image photographing record means in accordance with said magnification for image photographing and said magnification for the observation image, and a manifesting apparatus for showing on said display screen said specimen image range to be recorded. ### Claim 7 A transmission electron microscope comprising an electron gun, an illuminating lens system for irradiating an electron beam from said electron gun onto a specimen, an image formation lens system for forming an enlarged transmission image of said specimen on a record surface of image photographing record means, an image observing display apparatus having a display screen for displaying the enlarged transmission image of said specimen, a magnification setting apparatus for inputting magnifications for an observation image on said display screen and for image photographing, a photographing view field range detecting apparatus for determining a specimen image range to be recorded by said image photographing record means, a manifesting apparatus for showing on said display screen said specimen image range to be recorded, and means for providing, when said specimen image range to be recorded exceeds said image display range on the display screen depending on the relation between said magnification for image photographing and said magnification for an observation image, a display on said display screen of a signal indicating the exceeding state. ### Claim 8 A transmission electron microscope comprising an electron gun, an illuminating lens system for irradiating an electron beam from said electron gun onto a specimen, an image formation lens system for forming an enlarged transmission image of said specimen on a record surface of image photographing record means, an image observing display means having a display screen for displaying the enlarged transmission image of said specimen, means for determining a specimen image range to be recorded by said image photographing record means in an image display range on the display screen of said image observing display means, and means for displaying said specimen image range to be recorded on said display screen of said image observing display means in accordance with an input instruction.