Patent ID: 6452625
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
Compact video microscope having a light source (5), an objective (4) and a zoom system (23) which is connected downstream of the objective (4) and focuses the object light coming from the objective (4) directly onto a CCD image sensor (24), and having a computer (25) which is controlled by the image sensor (24) and outputs the image of the object onto a screen (8), the screen (3) being the sole output medium for visual observation of the object, wherein(a) the microscope is constructed in a unipartite housing (1a) which holds the computer (25), (b) the screen is constructed as a transparent flat screen (8) and integrated on the observer side into the upper part of the housing (1a), (c) the CCD image sensor (24) is excludable from being struck by object light and, in the decoupled state of the image sensor (24), the object light falls onto at least one reflecting mirror (28) and/or prism which is disposable into the beam path and projects the object light onto the side of the screen (8) averted from the observer, and (d) with the aid of the screen (8) graphics, alphanumeric characters and/or stored object images which were recorded by the image sensor (24) before the projection of the current object image are superimposable on the projected, current object image.