Patent ID: 9103769
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. A method of generating an image or diffraction patterns from a crystal sample with a microscope having a beam generator for directing an incident beam towards a crystal sample, a stage for holding and moving the crystal sample, a detector for detecting beams that are scattered from the sample in response to the incident beam, and an image generator for generating an image or diffraction patterns of the crystal sample from the scattered beams, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of crystal parameters that describe a plurality of properties of the crystal sample; and in a display associated with the microscope, presenting an interactive control sphere based at least in part on the received crystal parameters and having a same rotational constraints as the stage and that is rotatable by a user to different sphere orientations, wherein the control sphere includes a plurality of stage coordinates that correspond to a plurality of positions of the stage and a plurality of crystallographic coordinates that correspond to a plurality of crystallographic pole positions of the crystal sample, wherein movement of the sphere causes movement of the stage, wherein the stage coordinates move in conjunction with the crystallographic coordinates so as to show a relationship between stage positions and the crystallographic pole positions.