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7572035 Illumination obscurement device  
An illumination obscurement device for controlling the obscurement of illumination from a light source which is optimized for use with a rectangular, arrayed, selective reflection device. In a...
7564623 Microscope illumination device and adapter therefor  
An illumination system for a microscope, including a light source for generating light to illuminate a sample for microscopic observation, at least one collimating lens for collimating light...
7542203 Microscope illumination device and adapter  
The present invention is a dark field illumination system including a light source which is fixed on an entrance slit of a condenser and an objective aligned with the condenser such that the...
7486441 Objective and microscope  
An objective for total internal reflection microscopy includes a diaphragm disposed near to or in the plane of the objective pupil. The diaphragm includes a middle area impermeable to illumination...
7486440 Polarized total internal reflection illumination optical system by rotary annulus light  
An illumination system uses rotatable, polarized illumination optics to detect the direction of highly efficient excitation of fluorescent dyes coupled to a sample, or the absorption transition...
7471435 Apodization technique for enhanced resolution of images  
The present invention provides an apodization mask that narrows the central lobe of an optical image of a point in a focusing system and suppresses the amplitudes of the sidelobes of the image that...
7443578 Microscopic illumination apparatus  
An illumination optical system includes a light source section for emitting a beam of substantially parallel rays, a field lens for collecting the beam of substantially parallel rays, a condenser...
7391582 Objective lens holder, objective lens driving device including same and optical disk read/write device  
An objective lens holder of the present invention includes: (i) a cavity, having an entrance and an exit, which guides, to an objective lens, an incident light beam entering the entrance, the exit...
7357529 Variable incidence oblique illuminator device  
The objective lens assembly of an optical inspection device is surrounded coaxially of its optical axis by an illuminator housing having therein a central opening surrounded by a circular array of...
7242521 Dual-axis confocal microscope having improved performance for thick samples  
An optical head for confocal microscopy that is especially advantageous for measurements on thick samples is provided. An interface between the optical head and the sample is index matched, to...
7224524 Total reflection fluorescent microscope  
A fluorescent microscope comprises a light source, an optical illumination system which forms an optical path to irradiate a specimen with a light beam from the light source, an objective lens...
7196787 Apparatus for total internal reflection microscopy  
An apparatus for total internal reflection microscopy of a sample, comprising a microscope objective lens; an excitation beam path for passing light through the objective lens to said sample; and a...
7119953 Phase contrast microscope for short wavelength radiation and imaging method  
A phase contrast x-ray microscope has a phase plate that is placed in proximity of and attached rigidly to the objective to form a composite optic. This enables easier initial and long-term...
7106503 High-resolution optical microscope  
A direct-view optical microscope system is provided which uses high-energy light from a phenomenon known as non-resonant Raman scattering to illuminate a living biological specimen. One embodiment...
7092151 Microscope having a pipette device  
A well plate holding a specimen to be observed is placed on a fixed stage, and the specimen is observed through an objective lens disposed below the well plate. A well set on the optical axis is...
6992819 High-resolution optical microscope for quick detection of pathogens  
A direct-view optical microscope system is provided which uses high-energy light from a phenomenon known as non-resonant Raman-scattering to illuminate a biological specimen. One embodiment of the...
6989925 Dark field illumination device  
A dark field illumination device comprises an illumination light source, which emits illumination light rays, a light shielding plate, which is located between the sample and the illumination light...
6943943 Illuminating apparatus for a microscope  
An illuminating apparatus for a microscope comprises a condenser lens for condensing beams of illumination light from a light source and a pin-hole stop. The pin-hole stop has a pin-hole, provided...
6891670 Double confocal scanning microscope  
The present invention concerns a double confocal scanning microscope having an illuminating beam path ( 1 ) of a light source ( 2 ) and a detection beam path ( 3 ) of a detector ( 4 ), and in order...
6882470 Microscope having a contrast-increasing image a acquisition apparatus  
The invention concerns a microscope having an image sensor ( 5 ) for recording the microscope images. The specimen ( 3 ) to be examined can be scanned by means of a stop ( 2 ) in the beam path of...
6813071 Inverted microscope  
There is disclosed an inverted microscope comprising an objective lens disposed under a sample, a tube lens which is disposed in a light path of an observation light emitted from the objective lens...
6804050 Multiple phase contrast annulus slider  
The present invention broadly comprises a device, such as a slider, for performing phase contrast microscopy, the device containing a plurality of at least three phase contrast annuli. The slider...
6788805 Electronic component-recognizing device  
There is provided an electronic component-recognizing device for taking an image of an electronic component brought to a component-sensing station, for recognition thereof. The component-sensing...
6785302 Optical system in the ray path of a confocal fluorescence microscope  
The invention relates to an optical system in the ray path of a confocal fluorescence microscope, comprising at least one laser light source ( 1, 2 ), a device positioned in the...
6751018 Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope having a conventional white-light source  
A microscope for use in total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy (TIRFM) is provided. The microscope includes a first white-light source for directing light along a first optical path; an...
6714348 Cordless microscope  
A microscope ( 10 ) having an improved light source assembly ( 40 ) that provides sufficient illumination for sophisticated microscopic applications while requiring so little power that it may be...
6704140 Inverted darkfield contrast microscope and method  
A novel microscope and method of obtaining images includes a combination of the conventional darkfield illumination technique with electronic image inversion (converting a positive to a negative...
6654399 Semiconductor light projection apparatus and distance measurement apparatus  
In performing an light emitting operation using a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting devices, these semiconductor light-emitting devices are lighted up such that the driving current is...
6654165 Optical arrangement  
An optical arrangement in the beam path of a light source suitable for fluorescence excitation, preferably in the beam path of a confocal laser scanning microscope, with at least one spectrally...
6636353 Optical element change-over control apparatus and microscope using the same  
An optical element change-over control apparatus is provided that has an optical element change-over member capable of holding a plurality of optical elements and rotating alternatively to locate a...
6633432 Optical device and a microscope  
An optical device and microscope of simple construction are provided that are capable of readily attaining super resolution with good focusing performance. This comprises a light source means ( 2,...
6538809 Variable epi-illumination interference attachment  
An epi-illumination interference attachment according to Mirau that can be mounted onto the objective ( 1 ) of a microscope as a two-ray interference attachment module ( 12 ). The attachment has a...
6507434 Illumination apparatus for microscope  
An illumination apparatus, having a light source that supplies illumination light, a collector lens that converts a divergent light flux emitted from the light source into a plurality of...
6488398 Variable F/number substage illuminator for multiple magnification and zoom telecentric system  
The substage illuminator is in the form of a housing having therein an opening disposed to register with the underside of a workpiece that is being inspected by optical gaging apparatus which is...
6454437 Ring lighting  
An illuminator has a printed circuit board supporting a ring of light emitting diodes (LEDs). An annular Fresnel lens and the board are both mounted in a housing having a central though-hole for a...
6456431 Stereomicroscope and dark field illumination apparatus  
A stereomicroscope has a dark field illumination apparatus capable of irradiating a subject with the light from a light source at a high efficiency by providing an optical system through which...
6392793 High NA imaging system  
A system for imaging is disclosed herein. The system has a numerical aperture (NA) preferably greater than 0.9, but greater than 0.65, and uses unique illumination entrances to collect reflected,...
6369939 Illumination device for a microscope including two light sources  
An illumination system ( 1 ) for a microscope, in which a first light source ( 2 ), a collector lens ( 3 ), an aperture diaphragm ( 4 ), and a condenser lens (( 5 ) are arranged in the illumination...
6317261 Phase contrast observation device  
A phase contrast observation device for observing a phase object (O), and phase apertures for same. The device comprises, in order along an optical axis (AX), a light source (LS) capable of...
6259557 Device and method for dark field illumination  
Disclosed is a dark field illumination apparatus which is capable of performing a dark field illumination which exhibits a sufficient brightness and a sufficiently suppressed unevenness in...
6243197 Lighting device for a microscope  
A description is given of an illuminating device for a microscope (1), having a light source (2), an illuminating optical system (3) and an LCD (5) arranged in the illuminating beam path (4). The...
6219180 Optical unit switching apparatus  
An optical unit switching apparatus having a type-display section for displaying types of all optical units mounted on a movable member for switching and moving the optical units; and indicators...
6208460 Optical head  
A removable head for an ophthalmic slit lamp assembly that replaces the conventional slit lamp microscope with a laser and binocular microscope combination. The optic axis of the laser is aligned...
6181471 Illuminating system for image processing measuring apparatus  
An illuminating system for an image processing measuring apparatus according to the present invention is composed on an inclined-incident illuminating device B mounted removably to a body tube and...
6179439 High-incidence programmable surface illuminator for video inspection systems  
A lens housing has an axial bore containing a lens system for projecting through the bore the image of an illuminated object which is located beyond one end of the lens housing. The lens housing is...
6081373 Light transmitting device  
A light transmitting device for use in a viewing apparatus or optical device, particularly a night vision device. The device is composed of a material which is capable of transmitting light from a...
6023368 Illumination system for use with an optical instrument having an auxiliary magnifying lens  
An optical microscope has an illuminator from which light emanates to illuminate an object under examination, and an auxiliary magnifying lens unit which magnifies an image of the object formed by...
6018394 Apparatus and method for imaging fired ammunition  
An apparatus and method for imaging fired bullets and/or cartridges for forensic examination, which facilitate mounting of the ammunition to be imaged. The apparatus comprises a mounting support...
5982533 Microscope with endplate for viewing surface end of fiber optic cable  
The portable microscope includes an end plate for improved inspection of the end surface of a fiber optic cable at a connection point in a fiber optic system. The end plate is mounted on the head...
5982534 Specimen illumination apparatus with optical cavity for dark field illumination  
An illumination apparatus with a specimen slide holder, an illumination source, an optical cavity producing multiple reflection of illumination light to a specimen comprising a first and a second...
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