Patent ID: 6781630
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An adapter system, comprising:(a) a first adapter including: a main body, a first end of which is inserted into an ocular inserting portion of a microscope and held engagingly in a predetermined position and to a second end of which an image pick-up apparatus is allowed to be attached, having a first optical path therein; and a first lens system which is disposed in the first optical path inside the main body and which allows an image through the ocular inserting portion to be formed at a specified position of the image pick-up apparatus attached to the main body while the main body is inserted into the ocular inserting portion of the microscope and held engagingly in said predetermined position; and (b) a second adapter, a first end of which is engaged with a C-mount section of the microscope and into a second end of which the first end of said first adapter is inserted and held engagingly in said predetermined position, having therein a second optical path with a second optical path length which allows an image to be formed through the C-mount section of the microscope at the specified position of the image pick-up apparatus attached to said first adapter while the first end of said first adapter is inserted into the second end and held engagingly in said predetermined position; and (c) a dimension measuring glass mounting section to and from which a dimension measuring glass is allowed to be attached and detached and provided at a focal position in the first optical path inside the main body of said first adapter.