Patent ID: 6327078
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An image processing system for use with a microscope employing a portable digital camera, the system including:a frame on which the portable digital camera is seated; anda fixing device for connecting the frame to the microscope, said fixing device comprising:an adapter, provided with a first protuberance protruding from an external surface of a middle portion of said adapter, said adapter having a magnifying lens fixed inside an upper portion of said adapter, said magnifying lens being aligned with a lens of the portable digital camera, and with a female thread formed on a lower portion of the adapter, said adapter further having a handle provided with a plurality of grooves each of which defines a contact surface;a connecting body, connected to the female thread of said adapter, having a disk provided with a plurality of guide openings which are radially arranged, having a plurality of guiding rails formed on respective lateral walls of the plurality of guide openings, and having a hollow contact area with a male thread;a lower movable ring coming into contact with an upper surface of the disk of said connecting body and having a first adjusting thread formed on a lower surface thereof; anda plurality of sliders, which radially slide along the plurality of guiding rails of said connecting body in response to a rotation of said lower movable ring, each having a second adjusting thread formed on an upper surface thereof, to engage with the first adjusting thread of said lower movable ring, and a plurality of guiding grooves formed on respective lateral surfaces thereof, to engage with the plurality of guiding rails of said connecting body.