Inverted Microscope Lateral Optical Path Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional inverted microscopes suffer from poor visibility, controllability, and operability due to the positioning of optical axes and the placement of control elements, making it difficult for users to manage the objective lens and sample positioning effectively.
Innovation Solution
The microscope design includes a deflecting element that creates a second optical path perpendicular to the primary optical path, allowing the illumination optical system to guide light in a lateral direction and positioning the stop element laterally, improving user access and control over the objective lens and sample.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If the illumination optical path is positioned in the depth direction from the top view, then the optical system can be compact, but the position of control elements becomes distant from the user, making operability poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent repositions the illumination optical path from a depth-direction arrangement to a lateral-direction arrangement when viewed from the top. This dimensional change allows control elements to be accessible to the user while maintaining optical system functionality, resolving the contradiction between compactness and operability.
2Device complexity
If the objective optical axis is disposed in the back of the main body portion, then the optical system structure is simplified, but visibility of the objective lens and controllability become poor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the positional arrangement of the objective optical axis from a depth-direction position to a lateral-direction position when viewed from the top. This allows the objective lens to be more visible and accessible for control while maintaining structural simplicity.
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
This configuration enhances visibility, controllability, and operability by allowing easier manipulation of the objective lens and sample positioning, improving the overall user experience and efficiency in microscopic observations.
Implementation Method 1
a deflecting element for deflecting the light condensed by the objective lens, and the image forming optical system includes an optical axis of the objective lens, and includes at least a first optical path that is formed in parallel with the optical axis of the objective lens, and a second optical path that is formed by deflecting light, which propagates the first optical path, by the deflecting element
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a microscope of which visibility, controllability and operability can be improved. In the microscope, an optical path and optical path of an image forming system are set so as to be perpendicular to each other when viewed from the top. In other words, in this microscope, there exists an ocular optical system that guides light, which propagates the optical path to optical path of the image forming system, to a user. The optical path is formed in a direction perpendicular to a direction of the light from a sample emitted from the ocular optical system to the user. The present invention can be applied to an inverted microscope.