Patent ID: 8027753

Claim:
A microscope control unit comprising: manually operable, cylindrical operating elements for x/y-adjustment of a mechanical stage of a microscope; a bow-shaped support frame comprising: a support base; a pillar standing vertically erect on the support base; and a support arm, which projects from the upper end of the pillar and is aligned parallel to the support base; and an electronic control unit that is integrated into the pillar for controlling motors that are coupled to the operating elements for the x/y-adjustment and serve for x/y-adjustment, wherein: the operating elements for the x/y-adjustment are attached to the underside of the support arm, the operating elements for the x/y-adjustment are mounted on a slide, which is arranged in a laterally displaceable manner on the underside of the support arm such that a distance between the operating elements and the pillar is adjustable, the operating elements for the x/y-adjustment comprise axis cylinders which are of different diameters, rotate around a shared longitudinal axis, are arranged perpendicular to the support arm, and are coaxially aligned with one another, the microscope control unit further comprises longitudinally displaceable cylindrical barrels of different diameters that are mounted on the respective axis cylinders, and the support base comprises two spread apart legs that emanate from the pillar.