KR102043827B1 - Microscope automatic control system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an eyepiece, an objective lens, a stage, and a light source member for irradiating light onto a sample placed on the stage for expanding and observing a sample for a microscope automatic control system that provides a user-defined microscope apparatus based on input information. Including, the microscope; A chair part capable of being seated by a user to use the microscope part and including a seat part located in line with the microscope part and a back part connected to the seat part; A desk unit including a plate member, wherein the microscope unit is installed on an upper surface of the plate member; An information input unit for receiving and storing user's information; And a control unit for controlling movement of each of the microscope unit, the chair unit, and the desk unit based on the information of the user inputted to the information input unit.

Description

Microscope automatic control system

The present invention relates to a microscope automatic control system, and more particularly to a microscope automatic control system for providing a user-specific microscope device by the input information.

An optical microscope is a device designed to shine a light on a specimen, and the light passing through the specimen forms an enlarged image by an objective lens, and observe the magnified image through the eyepiece. In general, the term "microscope" may be understood as referring to an optical microscope.

An optical microscope is an optical machine that combines two sets of lenses, called an objective lens and an eyepiece, to magnify and observe a small object. The optical microscope further magnifies and observes an image of an object magnified by an objective lens with an eyepiece. Visible light with a wavelength of about 400 to 700 nm is used for an electron microscope using an electron beam. The magnification is about 1 to 100 times the objective lens, about 5 to 20 times the eyepiece, and the total magnification is about 2,000 times the product of the magnification of the objective lens and the eyepiece.

Compared to the electron microscope, it is inferior in magnification and resolution, but it can be observed alive without drying the organism. Resolution is at least 0.2 μm. In addition to general biological microscopes, optical microscopes include phase contrast microscopes, polarization microscopes, interference microscopes, fluorescence microscopes, ultraviolet microscopes, infrared microscopes, stereo microscopes, dark field microscopes, inverted microscopes, and metal microscopes. ought.

The optical microscope can also be used for medical sample analysis, and is currently used to observe and analyze tissues taken from patients for pathological examination readings in hospitals. Most microscopes in institutions such as hospitals are commonly used by many researchers (hereinafter, users). In this case, since the body structure is different and the preferred conditions are different for each person, there is an inconvenience of using the microscope after manually modifying the settings according to the user's posture when using the microscope at all times.

Korea Patent Registration KR 10-1931967 B1

The present invention has been made to solve various problems including the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a microscope automatic control system for providing a user-specific microscope apparatus by the input information. However, these problems are exemplary, and the scope of the present invention is not limited thereby.

According to an aspect of the invention, the microscope including a light source member for irradiating light toward the specimen placed on the eyepiece lens, the objective lens, the object stage and the object stage to enlarge and observe the sample; A chair part capable of being seated by a user to use the microscope part and including a seat part located in line with the microscope part and a back part connected to the seat part; A desk unit including a plate member, wherein the microscope unit is installed on an upper surface of the plate member; An information input unit for receiving and storing user's information; And a control unit for controlling movement of each of the microscope unit, the chair unit, and the desk unit through the information of the user inputted to the information input unit.

According to the present embodiment, the desk part may include an inlet part drawn to the microscope part side on a straight line in which the chair part and the microscope part are located.

According to the present embodiment, the control unit may include a first control unit for controlling the microscope unit, a second control unit for controlling the chair unit, and a third control unit for controlling the desk unit.

According to this embodiment, the first control unit may include a focus adjusting unit for adjusting the focus of the eyepiece.

According to the present embodiment, the first control unit may include a lens interval adjusting unit that adjusts the distance between the eyepieces.

According to the present embodiment, the first control unit may include a light source control unit for adjusting the intensity of the light source.

According to the present embodiment, the first control unit may include a wealth stage adjustment unit that adjusts the height of the wealth stage to adjust the distance between the wealth stage and the objective lens.

According to the present embodiment, the second control unit may include a first height adjustment unit for adjusting the height of the microscope unit.

According to this embodiment, the second control unit may include a second height adjustment unit for adjusting the height of the plate-shaped member.

According to this embodiment, the third control unit may include an angle adjusting unit for adjusting the angle between the seat portion and the backrest portion.

According to the present embodiment, the third control unit may include a distance adjusting unit for adjusting the distance between the chair unit and the microscope unit.

According to this embodiment, the information input unit includes a first storage unit for storing the first information input by the first user and a second storage unit for storing the second information input by the second user, the control unit is 1 setting the automatic microscope control system to a first user based on the first information input from a user, or setting the automatic microscope control system to a second user based on the second information input from a second user. I can set it accordingly.

Other aspects, features, and advantages other than those described above will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

These general and specific aspects may be practiced using systems, methods, computer programs, or any combination of systems, methods, computer programs.

According to an embodiment of the present invention made as described above, it is possible to implement a microscope automatic control system for providing a user-specific microscope device by the input information. Of course, the scope of the present invention is not limited by these effects.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a microscope automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a microscope unit of the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram schematically showing a desk portion of the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram schematically showing a chair of the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a plan view schematically showing a microscope automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a side view schematically showing a microscope automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As the invention allows for various changes and numerous embodiments, particular embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. Effects and features of the present invention, and methods of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail together with the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below but may be implemented in various forms.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the same or corresponding components will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted. .

In the following embodiments, the terms first, second, etc. are used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components rather than a restrictive meaning. Also, the singular forms “a”, “an” and “the” include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

On the other hand, the terms including or have, etc. means that there is a feature or component described in the specification, and does not exclude in advance the possibility that one or more other features or components will be added. In addition, when a part of a film, an area, a component, or the like is said to be "on" or "on" another part, as well as being "on" or "on" another part, other films in the middle, It also includes the case where an area | region, a component, etc. are interposed.

In the drawings, components may be exaggerated or reduced in size for convenience of description. For example, the size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrarily shown for convenience of description, and thus the present invention is not necessarily limited to the illustrated.

The x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis are not limited to three axes on the Cartesian coordinate system, and may be interpreted in a broad sense including the same. For example, the x-axis, y-axis, and z-axis may be orthogonal to each other, but may refer to different directions that are not orthogonal to each other.

In the case where an embodiment may be implemented differently, a specific process order may be performed differently from the described order. For example, two processes described in succession may be performed substantially simultaneously or in the reverse order of the described order.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a microscope automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a microscope unit 10 and a plate member 22 for magnifying and observing a sample, and the microscope unit 10 includes a plate member 22. Desk unit 20 is installed on the upper surface of the chair, the chair unit 30 seated by the user to use the microscope 10, the control unit 40 for overall control of the automatic microscope control system through the user's information and And an information input unit 50 for inputting and storing information for transmission to the control unit 40.

The microscope unit 10 includes an eyepiece 10a, an objective lens 10b, a stage 10c, and a light source member 10d for irradiating light toward a sample placed on the stage 10c to enlarge and observe the sample. can do. In the following description, the microscope unit 10 is an optical device consisting of a system of lenses, and means a device designed to observe them by enlarging images of living creatures that are very small or invisible to the naked eye. The microscope unit 10 of the present embodiment may be understood to mean an optical microscope, but may be an electron microscope in some cases.

The eyepiece 10a is a series of lens systems that act like a magnifying glass, and the human eye can see that the image made by the objective lens 10b is enlarged through the eyepiece 10a. The objective lens 10b may be a lens system that captures light from an object to be observed and converges the light, thereby enlarging and condensing the image. The stage 10c is a metal plate having an opening in the middle thereof, and the pallet and a part for fixing the base may be placed thereon. The light source member 10d serves to brighten by reflecting light to an object for observing light, for example, may be provided as an LED lamp or a reflector. In the following embodiment, the case where the LED lamp is provided as the light source member 10d will be described as an example.

The desk unit 20 may include a plate member 22, and the microscope unit 10 may be installed on the upper surface of the plate member 22. Since the user must observe the microscope for a long time to analyze the sample through the microscope unit 10, the desk unit 20 and the chair unit 30 to be described later should be provided for a stable posture. It may be defined as a microscope system including the configuration of the microscope unit 10, the desk unit 20 and the chair unit 30.

The chair 30 may refer to a chair configuration in which an observer (hereinafter, referred to as a user) using the microscope unit 10 can sit and observe the microscope unit 10. The chair part 30 may be positioned in line with the microscope part 10, and may include a seat part 32 and a backrest part 34 connected to the seat part 32 in which the user is directly seated.

On the other hand, the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an information input unit 50 for inputting and storing the user's information. The information input unit 50 may set 'control information' suitable for the user while using the microscope system. In this case, 'control information' may be understood as general location information such as distance, width, and height that the user prefers.

The microscope system described above can also be used for medical sample analysis, and is currently used to observe and analyze tissues taken from patients for pathological readings in hospitals and the like. In most cases, the microscope system of an institution such as a hospital is commonly used by a number of researchers (hereinafter, users). In this case, since the body structure is different and the preferred conditions are different for each person, there is an inconvenience of using the microscope after manually modifying the settings according to the user's posture when using the microscope at all times.

Therefore, in the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user inputs preferred control information according to the user, and when the user uses the microscope system, the user manually sets the settings by activating his / her own control information. Discomfort that needs to be corrected can be greatly reduced.

This control element is adjusted by the control unit 40. The control unit 40 may control the movement of the microscope unit 10, the chair unit 30, and the desk unit 20 through the user's information input to the information input unit 50. The control unit 40 may include a first control unit 41, a second control unit 42, and a third control unit 43 as shown in FIG. 1. The first control unit 41 may control the microscope unit 10, the second control unit 42 may control the desk unit 20, and the third control unit 43 may control the chair unit 30. can do.

The information input unit 50 may include a first storage unit 51 that stores the first information of the first user, and a second storage unit 52 that stores the second information of the second user. The first user may input the desired control information into the first storage unit 51, and the second user may similarly input the desired control information into the second storage unit 52.

The first information and the second information may include information necessary to control the microscope unit 10, the desk unit 20, and the chair unit 30. As will be described later in detail, as the first information for controlling the microscope unit 10, for example, information such as the focus of the eyepiece 10a, the distance between the eyepiece 10a, the intensity of the light source, the height of the stage 10c, and the like. Can be entered. As the first information for controlling the desk unit 20, for example, information such as the height of the microscope unit 10, the height of the plate member 22, and the like may be input. In addition, as the first information for controlling the chair 30, information such as an angle of the chair 30 and a distance between the chair 30 and the desk 20 may be input. The second information of the second user is the same.

2 is a block diagram schematically showing the microscope unit 10 of the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, as described above, the first control unit 41 may control the overall control of the microscope unit 10. The first controller 41 may include a focus controller 41a, a lens gap controller 41b, a light source controller 41c, and a material stage controller 41d.

The focus adjusting unit 41a may adjust the focus of the eyepiece 10a, and the lens gap adjusting unit 41b may adjust the distance between the eyepieces 10a. The distance between the eyes is different for each user, and the focus should be set differently according to the sample to be observed. The information input unit may receive this information and transmit the information to the first control unit 41. Although not shown, the focus adjusting unit 41a may control the focus of the eyepiece 10a by automatically controlling the first adjusting screw of the microscope unit 10. For example, the first adjustment screw may be a fine screw.

In addition, the light source controller 41c may adjust the intensity of the light source, and the stage controller 41d may adjust the height of the stage 10c to adjust the distance between the stage 10c and the objective lens 10b. . When the user inputs the intensity of the preferred light source to the information input unit 50 according to the sample or the observation condition for each user, the intensity of the light source can be adjusted by controlling the light source member 10d through the first control unit 41. Although not shown, the wealth stage adjustment unit 41d may adjust the distance between the stage 10c and the objective lens 10b by automatically controlling the second adjustment screw. For example, the second adjustment screw may be a coarse screw.

3 is a block diagram schematically showing the desk portion 20 of the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the second control unit 42 may control the desk unit 20 as a whole. The second control unit 42 may include a first height adjusting unit 42a that adjusts the height of the microscope unit 10. When the first height adjustment unit 42a needs to adjust the height of the microscope unit 10 around the user's sitting key not on the chair unit 30, the first height adjustment unit 42a adjusts the height of the microscope unit 10 up and down. Convenience can be increased.

In addition, the second control unit 42 may include a second height adjusting unit 42b that adjusts the height of the plate member 22. The second height adjusting part 42b may increase the convenience of the user by adjusting the plate member 22 itself up and down.

4 is a block diagram schematically showing the chair 30 of the automatic microscope control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the third controller 43 may include an angle adjuster 43a that adjusts an angle between the seat 32 and the backrest 34. The angle adjusting part 43a may be freely adjusted from 90 ° to 180 ° with respect to the angle between the seat part 32 and the backrest part 34 of the chair part 30. According to the user, there is an angle between the seat part 32 and the backrest part 34 that feels the most comfortable, and when such information is input to the information input part 50, the user inputs the angle information when the user uses the microscope system. By outputting the optimum angle of the seat portion 32 and the backrest 34 can be automatically set.

In addition, the third control unit 43 may include a distance adjusting unit 43b that adjusts the distance between the chair unit 30 and the microscope unit 10. The distance adjuster 43b may adjust the distance between the chair 30 and the microscope 10 according to the length of the arm of the user. That is, the length of the arm varies according to the user, and accordingly, the distance between the chair part 30 and the microscope part 10 that the user feels most comfortable is different. After inputting such information into the information input unit 50, when the user uses the microscope system, the distance information inputted in advance is output to automatically determine an optimal distance between the chair unit 30 and the microscope unit 10. Can be set.

5 is a plan view schematically showing a microscope automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a side view schematically showing a microscope automatic control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the microscope unit 10 may be installed on the desk unit 20 including the plate member. The chair unit 30 may be located at one side of the desk unit 20. The chair part 30 and the microscope part 10 may be disposed on a straight line SL. In the present exemplary embodiment, the desk part 20 may include an inlet part 20a drawn into the microscope part 10 side on a straight line SL in which the chair part 30 and the microscope part 10 are located. Although the inlet 20a may be designed in various shapes to suit the user's convenience, in order for a person to generally feel a sense of stability and use the microscope unit 10 without discomfort in moving wires in the inlet 20a, FIG. 5. It is preferable to form in a semi-circular form as shown.

5 and 6 together, the chair part 30 may include a seat part 32 and a backrest part 34. The seat part 32 and the backrest part 34 may be automatically adjusted to an optimal angle A for the user through control information regarding the angle input to the information input part 50.

As described above, the height DH of the plate-shaped member 22 of the desk unit 20 may be automatically adjusted through the control information about the height input to the information input unit 50, and the seat portion of the chair unit 30 ( 32) height (C_H) can be adjusted automatically. In order to adjust the height D-H of the plate member 22 and the height C_H of the sheet portion 32, the plate member 22 and the sheet portion 32 may move in the up and down directions.

In addition, the distance C_D between the desk unit 20 and the chair unit 30 may be automatically adjusted through control information regarding the distance input to the information input unit 50. In this case, the distance between the desk unit 20 and the chair unit 30 is the seat portion 32 at the innermost part of the inlet 20a of the desk unit 20 in consideration of the posture of the user sitting on the chair unit 30. It may be measured as the distance to the portion where the and backrest 34 meet. In order to adjust the distance C_D between the desk unit 20 and the chair unit 30, the chair unit 30 may move forward and backward.

In addition, by adjusting the height of the microscope unit 10 it is possible to control the height of the user's eye (E) and the microscope unit 10 to the user customized. In some cases, the position of the microscope unit 10 may be moved in the left and right directions in FIG. 5.

Microscopy systems can also be used for medical sample analysis and are currently used to observe and analyze tissues taken from patients for pathological readings in hospitals and the like. Most microscopes in institutions such as hospitals are commonly used by many researchers (hereinafter, users). In this case, since the body structure is different and the preferred conditions are different for each person, there is an inconvenience of using the microscope after manually modifying the settings according to the user's posture when using the microscope at all times.

Accordingly, according to the automatic microscope control system according to the present embodiment, the user manually inputs the preferred control information, and when the user uses the microscope system, the user manually modifies the settings by activating his / her own control information. This can drastically reduce inconvenience.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

10: microscope
20: desk part
20a: inlet
22: plate-shaped member
30: chair
32: seat
34: backrest
40: control unit
41c: light control unit
41b: Lens spacing part
41d: Stage Control
41: first control unit
41a: Focus control
42a: first height adjustment part
42b: second height adjustment part
42: second control unit
43a: angle adjuster
43b: distance adjuster
43: third control unit
50: information input unit
51: first storage unit
52: second storage unit

Claims (12)

A microscope unit including an eyepiece, an objective lens, a stage, and a light source member for irradiating light toward the sample placed on the stage to enlarge and observe the sample;
A chair part capable of being seated by a user to use the microscope part, including a seat part located in line with the microscope part and a back part connected to the seat part;
A desk unit including a plate member, wherein the microscope unit is installed on an upper surface of the plate member;
An information input unit including a first storage unit for storing first information input by a first user and a second storage unit for storing second information input by a second user; And
A control unit including a first control unit controlling the movement of the microscope unit, the second control unit controlling the movement of the chair unit, and a third control unit controlling the movement of the desk unit based on the information of the user inputted to the information input unit. ;
And
The control unit sets the first control unit, the second control unit and the third control unit according to the first user based on the first information input from the first user, or the second information received from the second user. And the first control unit, the second control unit and the third control unit are set in accordance with a second user based on the control. The method of claim 1,
And the desk portion includes an inlet portion drawn into the microscope portion side on a straight line in which the chair portion and the microscope portion are located. delete The method of claim 1,
The first control unit includes a focus control unit for adjusting the focus of the eyepiece, automatic microscope control system. The method of claim 1,
The first control unit includes a lens interval control unit for adjusting the distance between the eyepiece, automatic microscope control system. The method of claim 1,
The first control unit includes a light source control unit for adjusting the intensity of the light source, automatic microscope control system. The method of claim 1,
The first control unit includes a stage adjustment unit for adjusting the height of the stage stage to adjust the distance between the stage and the objective lens, automatic microscope control system. The method of claim 1,
The second control unit includes a first automatic microscope control system for adjusting the height of the microscope. The method of claim 1,
And the second control part includes a second height adjustment part for adjusting the height of the plate member. The method of claim 1,
The third control unit includes a microscope automatic control system including an angle adjusting unit for adjusting the angle between the seat portion and the backrest portion. The method of claim 1,
The third control unit includes a microscope automatic control system including a distance adjusting unit for adjusting the distance between the chair and the microscope. delete

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