Comparison optical system
AssigneeLeica Microsystems CMS GmbH
InventorManfred Gilbert
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Abstract
A comparison optical system (1) comprising several image-acquiring optical subsystems is disclosed. A bridge (3) mechanically and optically connects the optical subsystems to one another. Each of the image-acquiring optical subsystems possesses an XYZ stage (8a, 8b), movable in motorized fashion, on which a sample to be examined is placed. Also provided is a control unit which moves the XYZ stages (8a, 8b), movable in motorized fashion, synchronously in all three spatial directions. The synchronous motion of the XYZ stages (8a, 8b) can be switched on and off by the user.
Claims20
A comparison optical system comprising:
- several motorized XYZ stages;
- several image-acquiring optical subsystems, each image-acquiring subsystem coupled with its respective motorized XYZ, stage, each motorized XYZ stage coupled with its respective image-acquiring optical subsystem;
- a bridge coupling the several image-acquiring optical subsystems mechanically and optically to one another;
- and
- a control unit for synchronously moving the several motorized XYZ stages in three spatial directions.
A comparison optical system comprising:
- two motorized XYZ stages;
- two macroscopes comprising a first macroscope and a second macroscope, each of the two macroscopes coupled with its respective motorized XYZ stage, each of the two motorized XYZ stages coupled with its respective macroscope, the two motorized XYZ stages comprising a first XYZ stage and a second XYZ stage;
- a bridge coupling the two macroscopes mechanically and optically to one another;
- and
- a control unit for synchronously moving the two motorized XYZ stages in motorized fashion in three spatial directions.
A comparison optical system comprising:
- two motorized XYZ stages;
- two microscopes comprising a first microscope and a second microscope, each of the two microscopes coupled with its respective motorized XYZ stage, each of the two motorized XYZ stages coupled with its respective microscope, the two motorized XYZ stages comprising a first XYZ stage and a second XYZ stage;
- a bridge coupling the two microscopes mechanically and optically to one another;
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- a control unit for synchronously moving the two motorized XYZ stages in motorized fashion in three spatial directions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.