Patent ID: 7106502
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A method for examining specimens comprising the steps of: a) providing a video microscope having a holder for specimens and a camera located so as to be focused on said holder and providing an output representative of the electronic image of said specimen; b) providing a light source operatively connected to said video microscope for illuminating said specimens being held in said holder; c) providing a robotic system responsive to electrical signals and operatively connected to and for positioning said video microscope; d) providing a computer having a display terminal and operatively connected to said output of said camera and providing said electrical signals to said robotic system said computer having operating programs comprising routines for providing machine vision techniques for scanning, identifying, detecting and tracking and displaying on said display terminal selected characteristics and features of said specimen, wherein said robotic system is a Cartesian robotic system and wherein said video microscope has a camera and wherein said routines for providing machine vision techniques comprise a routine for automatically focusing on a specimen comprising the steps of: