Patent ID: 8922624

Claim:
An optical observation instrument with at least a first optical transmission channel for transmitting a first partial ray bundle ( 9 A) and at least a second optical transmission channel for transmitting a second partial ray bundle ( 9 B), wherein, arranged along an optical axis (OA 1 , OA 2 ), the optical observation instrument comprises: a main objective ( 1 ) common to the optical transmission channels, at least one electronic image sensor ( 7 ) for recording, sequentially in time, the partial ray bundles ( 9 A, 9 B) transmitted by the optical transmission channels, an intermediate imaging optical system ( 3 ) arranged between the main objective ( 1 ) and the image sensor ( 7 ) and is common to the optical transmission channels, and a tilting mirror matrix ( 5 ) arranged between the main objective ( 1 ) and the image sensor ( 7 ) in or in the vicinity of an image plane of the intermediate imaging optical system ( 3 ), the tilting mirror matrix ( 5 ) having plural tiltable tilting mirror elements ( 51 ), that can be controlled in respect of their tilt position, each tilting mirror element ( 51 ) having at least a first tilt position and a second tilt position, the tilting mirror matrix ( 5 ) at least indirectly deflecting the first partial ray bundle ( 9 A) toward the image sensor ( 7 ) when the tilting mirror elements ( 51 ) are in the first tilt position and at least indirectly deflecting the second partial ray bundle ( 9 B) toward the image sensor ( 7 ) when the tilting mirror elements ( 51 ) are in the second tilt position, wherein the intermediate imaging optical system ( 3 ) is arranged relative to the main objective ( 1 ), the tilting mirror matrix ( 5 ) and the image sensor ( 7 ) so that the respective partial ray bundle ( 9 A, 9 B) deflected toward the image sensor ( 7 ) passes the intermediate imaging optical system ( 3 ) both on the way from the main objective ( 1 ) to the tilting mirror matrix ( 5 ) and on the way from the tilting mirror matrix ( 5 ) to the image sensor ( 7 ).