Patent ID: 7570421

Claim:
An automated microscope comprising: a stand: a plurality of objectives disposed in a turret; a front control panel disposed on the stand and including a plurality of buttons, each button being associated with a respective objective of the plurality of objectives and usable for moving the respective objective to a working position in a motorized manner; a first switch-over button and a second switch-over button, the first and second switch-over buttons being associated with the microscope, the first switch-over button, in a standard mode, being configured to sequentially rotate the turret clockwise, the second switch-over button, in the standard mode, being configured to sequentially rotate the turret counterclockwise, the first switch-over button being programmably associatable with a first selectable magnification of a first objective of the plurality of objectives for a toggle mode, and the second switch-over button being programmably associatable with a second selectable magnification of a second objective of the plurality of objectives for the toggle mode; and a toggle button configured to activate and deactivate the toggle mode, wherein, in the toggle mode, the first switch-over button is configured to select the first selectable magnification corresponding to the first objective and the second switch-over button is configured to select the second selectable magnification corresponding to the second objective.