Microscope system and method for operating a microscope system
AssigneeLeica Microsystems CMS GmbH
InventorsJuergen Paul, Robert Schuermann, Urs Gomez
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Abstract
A microscope system includes a microscope, a digital camera and a computer system. The microscope has an automatically adjustable subassembly having an adjustable element. The digital camera acquires image data of an image of a specimen. The computer system has a display and a storage unit configured to store the image data and to store, associated with the image data, data defining a setting of the automatically adjustable subassembly corresponding to the image data.
Claims34
A microscope system comprising:
- a microscope including an automatically adjustable subassembly having an adjustable element;
- a digital camera configured to acquire image data of an image of a specimen;
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- a computer system including:
- a display and a storage unit configured to store the acquired image data and to store, associated with the acquired image data, setting data defining a setting of at least one of an objective nosepiece, a microscope stage, a condenser, a filter changer, an adjustable diaphragm, a brightness controller and a lighting device of the automatically adjustable subassembly corresponding to the acquired image data, and
- a control unit configured to control functions of the microscope and to automatically adjust the adjustable subassembly so as to establish the setting defined by the setting data and corresponding to the acquired image data.
A method for operating a microscope system including a microscope having at least one automatically adjustable subassembly with at least one adjustable element, a digital camera connected to the microscope, and a computer system having at least one display and at least one storage unit, the method comprising:
- acquiring, by the digital camera, image data of an image of a specimen;
- storing the acquired image data in the storage unit;
- associating, with the acquired image data stored in the storage unit, setting data defining a setting of at least one of an objective nosepiece, a microscope stage, a condenser, a filter changer, an adjustable diaphragm, a brightness controller and a lighting device of the at least one subassembly of the microscope corresponding to the acquired image data;
- storing the setting data in the storage unit;
- depicting the acquired image on a user interface of the display;
- selecting the acquired image depicted on the user interface and the associated data defining the setting of the at least one automatically adjustable subassembly of the microscope;
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- automatically adjusting the at least one automatically adjustable subassembly using the at least one adjustable element so as to establish the setting defined by the setting data and corresponding to the acquired image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.