Patent ID: 6076929
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A microscope comprising:an optical path;an eyepiece tube aligned on said optical path;an ocular centered on said optical path and mounted within said eyepiece tube for motion along said optical path;adjustment drive means for automatically moving said ocular along said optical path;a measuring system for determining optical properties of a user's eye and providing an output signal representative of said optical properties, said adjustment drive means being connected to said measuring system for receiving said output signal and automatically moving said ocular in response to said output signal to compensate for vision defects of said eye and wherein said ocular is continually adjusted by said automatic drive means in response to changes in said output signal, and wherein said microscope is a stereomicroscope comprising a pair of optical paths each having a respective eyepiece tube, a respective ocular, a respective measuring system, and a respective adjustment drive means for automatic compensating adjustment of said respective ocular, said microscope further comprising a zoom portion and an objective lens.