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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7969651 | Educational stereo microscopic image display apparatus An educational stereo microscopic image display apparatus includes a bag-shaped main box, a planar screen panel which is provided at a front portion of the main box and has a size of 20 inches to 40 inches, and a microscopic image optical system which is provided at... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7864413 | Examination apparatus with multiple image acquisition devices An examination apparatus that observes a specimen in a stationary state while suppressing the blurring caused by a control delay. The apparatus includes a first optical system and a second optical system for imaging light produced in a specimen, a first image-acquis... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7864414 | Microscope and virtual slide forming system Providing a microscope capable of movably adjusting an observation field of a sample without moving the sample. The microscope includes a first objective lens, a second objective lens, a mirror, an angular adjustment mechanism, and a shift mechanism. The first objec... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7633676 | Stereomicroscope with coupling unit to swivel objective upon sensing movement of eyepiece In a microscope comprising an objective and an eyepiece, which displays images of an object sensed by the objective, as well as comprising a camera which records the images of the object sensed by the objective, an eyepiece is provided which senses an image generate... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7480093 | Optical system with display A surgical microscope system (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) having a display (7a-7e). Data essential for the surgical procedure, for example video images, are displayed in the observer's immediate field of view, thus making it unnecessary to t... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7362500 | Double-clad fiber scanning microscope A scanning microscope having a laser outputting an excitation laser beam and a fiber member having a first core and a second core. The second core is generally disposed within the first core and is operable to receive the excitation laser beam from the laser and tra... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7227688 | Apparatus for applying optical gradient forces An apparatus and method for manipulating small dielectric particles. The apparatus and method involves use of a diffractive optical element which receives a laser beam and forms a plurality of light beams. These light beams are operated on by a telescope lens system... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7180660 | Stereo-examination systems and stereo-image generation apparatus as well as a method for operating the same A stereo-examination system for imaging an object 8 is proposed, comprising an objective arrangement 3 having an optical axis 5 and an object plane 7 for positioning the object 8 to be imaged, wherein the objective arrangement 3... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7149332 | Method and apparatus for internet, intranet, and local viewing of virtual microscope slides A method of and apparatus for viewing microscopic images include transmitting tiled microscopic images from a server to a client. The client assembles the tiled images into a seamless virtual slide or specimen image and provides tools for manipulating image magnific... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139121 | Projection microscope This projection microscope (10) includes an elongate support member (12) carrying a stage assembly (22) between its ends, the stage assembly (22) having opposed sides and an associated specimen holder (28). A light emitting source ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136223 | Erogonomically arranged object adjustment controls A microscope having a moveable object holder forming a part of a stage assembly. The stage assembly includes at least one x-y control, for moving the stage assembly or a portion thereof, e.g. the object holder, in a horizontal x direction, which x direction is paral... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7110105 | Method and apparatus for inspecting pattern defects A method and apparatus for inspecting pattern defects emitting a laser beam, adjusting a light-amount of the laser beam, converting the light-amount adjusted laser beam into a slit-like laser light flux, lowering coherency of the slit-like laser light flux, and irra... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106502 | Operation of a Cartesian robotic system in a compact microscope imaging system with intelligent controls A Microscope Imaging System (CMIS) with intelligent controls is disclosed that provides techniques for scanning, identifying, detecting and tracking microscopic changes in selected characteristics or features of various surfaces including, but not limited to, cells,... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099018 | Measurement of optical properties of radiation sensitive materials A system and method for measuring optical properties of films deposited or formed on semiconductor wafers. Measurements of an optical property are made in a plurality of non-overlapping locations within a test region of a film at a low radiation dose, and the measur... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093811 | Clamping base The present invention is a clamping base, including a body capable of engaging with and holding a camera, and a second wall portion capable of being detached from and engaged with the body. The clamping base further includes a moving portion. The moving portion incl... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7050225 | Superimposing microscope having image pickup A first image-forming optical system that receives a beam of light from an objective forms a first image forming point. The first image-forming optical system forms the beam of light into a first optical image at the first image-forming point and relays the first op... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042639 | Identification of cells with a compact microscope imaging system with intelligent controls A Microscope Imaging System (CMIS) with intelligent controls is disclosed that provides techniques for scanning, identifying, detecting and tracking microscopic changes in selected characteristics or features of various surfaces including, but not limited to, cells,... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025501 | Tracking temperature change in birefringent materials A method for tracking change in Temperature of Uniaxial or Biaxial Anisotropic Samples utilizing polarized electromagnetic radiation. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011970 | Automatic bio-manipulation factory system for manipulating a single cell This new automatic bio-manipulation factory system for manipulating a single cell comprises: a bio-MEMS that transports, separates, and extracts a single cell for manipulation from a plurality of cells, controls the rotation-orientation of the extracted cell automat... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6995903 | Microscope, a method for manufacturing a microscope and a method for operating a microscope A microscope including a source of light, adjustable in frequency and intensity, a method of operating such a microscope, and a method for manufacturing such a microscope are described. Typically, there is provided a microscope comprising an illumination source for ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995847 | Methods and systems for substrate surface evaluation A method for determining a surface quality of a substrate sample using a differential interference contrast microscope is described. The microscope includes an eyepiece, an eyepiece focus adjustment, a microscope focus adjustment, a light source, at least one of an ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6979578 | Process endpoint detection method using broadband reflectometry A method of determining a parameter of interest during processing of a patterned substrate includes obtaining a measured net reflectance spectrum resulting from illuminating at least a portion of the patterned substrate with a light beam having a broadband spectrum,... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6937638 | Manufacturable sampled grating mirrors The present invention relates to the tailoring the reflectivity spectrum of a SGDBR by applying digital sampling theory to choose the way each reflector is sampled. The resulting mirror covers a larger wavelength span and has peaks with a larger, more uniform, coupl... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6903869 | Illumination system for microscopy and observation or measuring method using the same An illumination system for microscopy includes a light source, a first spectral element dispersing light from the light source, a reflecting member selectively reflecting light dispersed by the first spectral element, a second spectral element combining light reflec... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6875983 | Electron microscope and means to set observation conditions An object of the present invention is to provide an electron microscope that is capable of improving work efficiency when restarting sample observation. A control unit for controlling observation-condition setting devices, which include an electron-gun control unit,... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6798570 | Apparatus and methods for creating real-time 3-D images and constructing 3-D models of an object imaged in an optical system A light microscope illuminator with a light source off the conjugate objective aperture allowing light beam shaping and modifying devices to be located at the conjugate objective aperture. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6791756 | System and method for efficient illumination in color projection displays A multilevel optical phase element is illuminated with a light source having a plurality of wavelengths of interest. The multilevel phase element disperses light from the light source by diffraction and focuses the dispersed light onto an imaging plane. A light modu... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6741391 | Three-dimensional object observing microscope There is provided a three-dimensional object observing microscope which can easily observe a three-dimensional object in a three-dimensional manner. A three-dimensional object observing microscope comprising a table on which a three-dimensional object is placed, an ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6738190 | Method for examining a specimen A method for examining a specimen (11) by means of a confocal scanning microscope having at least one light source (1), preferably a laser, to generate an illuminating light beam (4) for the specimen (11), and a beam deflection device ( | 05/18/2004 |
| 6678090 | Microscope A microscope is disclosed for observing a magnified area. Fade-in means (32a) arranged in the path (1) of the rays of the microscope (82) reflect a thin focused beam of light (101) into the path (1) of rays. The beam of light (101) is deflected or modulat... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6628457 | Antivibration microscope Angular speed sensors and acceleration sensors are built into the casing of a video-type stereoscopic microscope. The angle of rotation of the stereoscopic microscope detected by the angular speed sensors and the amount of shift of the stereoscopic micros... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6597507 | V-groove grating mirror and external resonator type wavelength variable light source using the mirror An external resonator type wavelength variable light source comprises a semiconductor laser 5 formed on one end face with a antireflection coating 5a, a lens 6 for converting emitted light from the end face of the semiconductor laser 5 formed with the ant... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6580554 | Method for beam control in a scanning microscope, arrangement for beam control in a scanning microscope, and scanning microscope A method and an arrangement for beam control in a scanning microscope are disclosed. The scanning microscope comprises means for acquiring and displaying (3) a preview image (7) and a microscope optical system (51). Means for marking (5) at least one regi... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6567213 | Apparatus for analyzing multi-layer thin film stacks on semiconductors An optical measurement system is disclosed for evaluating samples with multi-layer thin film stacks. The optical measurement system includes a reference ellipsometer and one or more non-contact optical measurement devices. The reference ellipsometer is us... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6552861 | Optical guide fixture The present invention provides an optical guide fixture for coupling visual information on a surface to a viewer. The optical guide fixture of the invention can be coupled to an optical receiver, such as a digital camera, operably connected to a head-moun... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6549333 | Endoscope ocular with microscope gripping mechanism and endoscope holder and endoscope fixing method An endoscope ocular portion fitted with a microscope gripping mechanism 9 is adopted where a microscope gripping mechanism 10 has; a microscope gripping portion 12 for gripping a microscope ocular portion 11a of a medical microscope 11, an endoscope secur... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6522465 | Transmitting spectral filtering of high power extreme ultra-violet radiation In one embodiment of the invention, a transmitting spectral filter includes a thin film layer and a grating structure. The thin film layer is made of transmitting material to transmit a first incident radiation within a first band around a first wavelengt... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6473228 | Microscope A specimen of transparent living material is covered over with a cover glass while being observed. An optical image of this specimen captured by an objective lens includes spherical aberration due to the cover glass. The spherical aberration included in t... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6437912 | Microscope, transillumination condenser therefor, and optical element slider A microscope having a mirror for deflecting light from an illumination light source in a direction of an objective lens and illuminating a specimen via a condenser lens disposed above the mirror includes a stage support which is mounted on the upper surfa... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6400502 | Microscope A microscope having little damage such as deformation, discoloration or the like given to a sample is disclosed. This microscope comprises an illuminance reducing unit for reducing illuminance of an illumination light on the sample. Assuming that a time w... | 06/04/2002 |
