Adjustable Digital Microscope Display with Elevated Assembly
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional microscopes are bulky and cumbersome, lacking portability and ease of use, and existing digital microscopy solutions do not fully meet the needs of researchers for efficient and versatile imaging tools, particularly in fluorescence applications.
Innovation Solution
An adjustable digital microscope with an elevated assembly structure that includes a touch-screen LCD display, allowing for adjustable viewing angles, light shielding, and integrated focusing controls, enabling easy sample exchange, precise focal control, and efficient fluorescence imaging.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If conventional microscopes are used, then imaging capability is provided, but the device becomes bulky and cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The microscope is divided into separate functional modules: a camera unit with imaging sensor, a display unit with touch screen, and a mounting structure. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and enables a more compact overall design while maintaining full imaging capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The microscope integrates multiple functions into a single device: imaging, display, touch control, fluorescence detection, and adjustable mounting. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate conventional microscope components, reducing bulk while maintaining comprehensive imaging capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If conventional microscopes are used, then imaging is provided, but ease of use is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The touch screen interface allows users to directly control microscope functions without complex mechanical adjustments. The display shows real-time imaging results, and users can adjust parameters through intuitive touch controls, making the system self-servicing and easier to operate.
Solution Approach 2:
Traditional mechanical controls are replaced with electronic touch screen interfaces. Instead of manual knobs and switches, users interact with a touchscreen to adjust imaging parameters, focus, and other settings, simplifying operation while reducing device complexity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed display position is used, then structure is simple, but adaptability to different user positions is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display unit is designed with adjustable positioning capabilities, allowing it to be tilted and rotated to different angles. This dynamic adjustment accommodates various user positions and viewing preferences while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure through modular design.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If no light shielding is provided, then structure is simple, but ambient light interference affects imaging quality
Solution Approach 1:
The light shielding function is extracted as a separate component that can be added without fundamentally changing the microscope structure. This allows ambient light interference to be addressed while maintaining overall structural simplicity through modular addition rather than integrated redesign.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The adjustable digital microscope enhances usability and efficiency by providing a compact, multi-functional platform for fluorescence imaging, allowing for easy sample handling, precise focal control, and improved workflow processing, while accommodating various user positions and reducing ambient light interference.
Implementation Method 1
A biological compound can be labeled with a fluorescent marker (i.e. an extrinsic fluorophore) that can be a small molecule, protein, or quantum dot which, when excited by light at a specific wavelength, fluoresces.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates in general to microscopy systems. In particular, the present invention relates to microscopes rendering digital images of samples, with the capability to digitally control the focus of the microscope system, and the software used to control the operation of the digital microscope system. Further, the present invention relates to a microscope structure that allows for compact and multi-functional use of a microscope, providing for light shielding and control with samples that require specific light wavelength characteristics, such as fluorescence, for detection and imaging. The microscope is adjustable, with a structure that can move along range(s) of motion and degree(s) of freedom to allow for ease of access to samples, shielding of samples, and manipulation of a display apparatus.