Patent ID: 9582088
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A microscope comprising: a sample stage; a revolver including a plurality of objective lenses having different magnifications; a revolver driver for positioning any one of the plurality of objective lenses selectively at a working position opposing the sample stage; a state driver for moving the sample stare in the X-direction, the Y-direction, and the Z-direction, the stage driver moving the sample stage and the revolver relatively in the Z-direction; an image pickup means; an optical projector for projecting an image of a sample located on the sample stage onto the image pickup means through the objective lens positioned at the working position; a display; a touch screen disposed on a display surface of the display; and a controller responsive to finger contact on the touch screen for controlling the stage driver, the revolver driver, and a display magnification of the display, wherein when a finger contacts the touch screen, the controller stores an image signal from the image pickup means into a built-in memory, and allows a memory image based on the stored image signal to be displayed on the display surface of the display, and when the finger moves without being released from the touch screen, the controller moves the memory image on the display surface of the display in accordance with movement of the finger, and allows the stage driver to act to move the sample stage in the X- and/or Y-direction, and wherein during a period from contact of the finger with the touch screen until release of the finger from the touch screen, the controller detects the movement of the finger at predetermined time intervals to update the memory image based on positions of the finger, and when the movement of the finger stops, and the finger releases from the touch screen, to terminate movement of the sample stage, then the controller renders the image displayed on the display surface of the display a real-time image projected onto the image pickup means.