Patent ID: 7110173

Claim:
A microscopy system for displaying an image of an object to be examined, the system comprising: a microscopy optics for imaging the object, the microscopy optics comprising at least one objective lens having an optical axis, an object plane and a focus region in which the object to be imaged is to be disposed, wherein the optical axis intersects with the object plane within the focus region; and a stand comprising a plurality of stand members, a first hinge group having at least one first hinge and a second hinge group having at least one second hinge, each hinge of the first and second hinge groups connecting a pair of stand members such that the stand members connected by the respective hinge may be displaced relative to each other, the plurality of stand members comprising a base stand member and an objective lens supporting stand member supporting the at least one objective lens; the at least one first hinge of the first hinge group allowing, in at least a first mode of operation of the microscopy system, a user to freely displace relative to each other the two stand members hinged together by the first hinge by applying a force to the stand; the at least one second-hinge of the second hinge group comprising a first actuator for displacing relative to each other the two stand members hinged together by the second hinge; the system further comprising: a position detecting system having at least one sensor, wherein the position detecting system is configured to generate a position signal representing a change of a position of the at least one objective lens based on a sensor signal of the at least one sensor; and a controller, configured to actuate, in the first mode of operation of the microscopy system, the first actuator of the at least one second hinge to displace the pair of stand members connected by the at least one second hinge based upon the position signal generated by the position detecting system.