Patent ID: 9063342
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope comprising: in succession in an imaging beam path, an objective, and at least one of a zoom system and a diaphragm, which form part of an overall optical system of the microscope and wherein the overall optical system includes at least one optical imaging system that has at least one subassembly whose optical effect on the imaging beam path can be varied by control; a control unit that generates control signals for the at least one subassembly, in a first operating mode for closed-loop or open-loop control of only functional parameters of the optical imaging system which the at least one subassembly is assigned to, and in a second operating mode, for closed-loop or open-loop control of functional parameters of the overall optical system of the microscope, at least one memory unit in which the control signals for each of the at least one subassemblies are stored so as to be assigned to optical functional parameters, and electronically controllable drive units that are coupled to the at least one subassembly, wherein input ports of the control unit are connected to the at least one memory unit and a command input device, and output ports of the control unit are connected to the electronically controllable drive units, and wherein the command input device is designed for presetting of several optical functional parameters related to observation or imaging of an object, including at least one of magnification, depth of field, resolution and aperture, and zoom systems, at least one of which is part of the at least one subassembly, each of the zoom systems having at least one movable lens component, the zoom systems being arranged in series on a common optical path the zoom systems comprising a zoom objective, a zoom tube lens system, a zoom magnification changing system arranged between the zoom objective and the zoom tube lens system, and a digital zoom system, each of the zoom objective, the zoom tube lens system and the zoom magnification changing system having at least one lens component moveable along an optical axis for varying individual magnification, each moveable lens component of the zoom systems being coupled to one of the electronically controllable drive units, desired positions for each moveable lens component being stored in a memory unit as virtual and individual control cams assigned to particular optical parameters, and the individual control cams being linked and varied in the second operating mode with respect to the first operating mode.