WO2017043678A1

WO2017043678A1 - Smartphone holder for microscope connection

Info

Publication number: WO2017043678A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/009536
Authority: WO
Inventors: 양미소; 이정인; 심재문
Original assignee: 주식회사 루닛
Priority date: 2015-09-10
Filing date: 2015-09-10
Publication date: 2017-03-16
Also published as: KR101591902B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a smartphone holder for microscope connection, which provides easy coupling regardless of the type of smartphone, and provides robust and precise coupling between a smartphone and a microscope so as to be able to deliver an image obtained from the microscope to the smartphone with the best quality, the smartphone holder comprising: a body on which the smartphone is mounted, having a penetration hole; and a connector which is coupled to the body and the microscope.

Description

Smartphone holder for microscope connection

The present invention relates to a smartphone cradle, and more particularly to a smartphone cradle that makes it possible to accurately and easily photograph the microscope image with a smartphone lens.

Pathology is the field of medicine in which tissue samples are examined by naked eye or under a microscope and analyzed to determine abnormalities. For example, in order to diagnose cancer, a tissue sample of a suspected tissue is examined by a pathologist and a doctor through a microscope and diagnosed by determining the presence of cancer cells.

Such a conventional pathological diagnosis is used for medical scanners and microscope cameras, these are very expensive equipment because it is required to scan a tissue sample at a very high resolution and processed the scanned image is difficult to be used in the actual field.

In addition, these devices perform very high-resolution work, producing hundreds of megabytes to gigabytes of images for a tissue sample, which takes a very long time.

On the other hand, with the recent development of IT technology, small devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs are also equipped with high-performance computing units (CPU, GPU) and large memory, and cameras and network interfaces also contain very high-performance resources. have.

Therefore, a method for diagnosing pathology using a small mobile device such as a smart phone has been proposed.

If you take a picture of a microscope with a smartphone and then process or transmit it as a digital image, you do not need to have a separate image storage device or transmission device on the microscope itself, which makes the structure of the microscope simple and costly. This will be cheaper. It is also possible to use existing microscopes without the ability to store and process images.

However, in this case, since the image of the observation object coming out of the microscope eyepiece is received from the smartphone lens and stored as a photo, the quality of the image varies greatly depending on how much the smartphone lens receives the image of the microscope without loss. Accordingly, it is important to optimally align the microscope and the smartphone, but by manual operation, the accuracy of the smartphone and the microscope is lowered, and thus the quality of the acquired image is lowered. In addition, since the relative positions of the lens of the smartphone camera and the microscope eyepiece are changed every time, the uniformity of the image quality is deteriorated.

In order to solve this problem, development of a cradle for fixing a smartphone camera to a microscope eyepiece portion is desired.

The cradle must be able to firmly and accurately combine the smartphone and the microscope so that the image of the microscope can be clearly and accurately delivered to the smartphone.

On the other hand, because there are so many types of smartphones, cradles based on one smartphone are not applicable to other smartphones, so their use is limited. Therefore, there is a need for a microscope connection holder that can be universally applied regardless of smartphone specifications.

It is also desirable that the coupling and separation with the microscope be quick and simple. This is especially necessary in situations where the user needs to alternately view images through both a smartphone and a microscope.

In addition, if you want to simply adjust the size of the image incident on the smartphone, you can use the zoom function of the smartphone itself, but in this case the image quality may be degraded. If you change the physical distance between the smartphone and the microscope, you can take a picture that has been changed to the desired size without losing image quality, and it would be useful to provide this function in the cradle itself.

While the above performance is required for a smartphone holder for connecting to a microscope, the conventional technology has a complicated structure in which a combination of a smartphone and a microscope has a complicated structure or is not easy to be detached, and when it is detached, the focus is changed and it is necessary to readjust it each time. There is a problem that there is no cradle to effectively perform the desired function as described above.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art described above, to securely and accurately combine the smartphone and the microscope, so as to deliver the image obtained from the microscope to the smartphone with the best quality, smartphone holder for connecting the microscope To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a smartphone holder for connecting a microscope that provides easy coupling regardless of the type of smartphone.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, which is easily detachable to a microscope.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a smartphone holder for connecting a microscope capable of adjusting image size.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a smartphone cradle for connecting the microscope made of the following configuration.

As a smartphone holder for connecting a microscope,

The smartphone is mounted, the body including a through-hole; And

And a linker coupled to the body and the microscope.

The body is preferably formed with an X-axis adjusting portion that can move the smartphone to be mounted in the X-axis direction with respect to the body.

In addition, the body is preferably coupled to the Y-axis adjusting unit for moving the smartphone to be mounted in the Y-axis direction with respect to the body to accommodate the various width sizes of the smartphone to be mounted.

According to the exemplary embodiment, the X-axis adjusting unit and the Y-axis adjusting unit may be configured as separate components, respectively, and coupled to the body. Alternatively, the X-axis adjusting unit and the Y-axis adjusting unit may be connected to the body by forming a single adjusting unit. .

The adjuster is coupled to be movable relative to the body, but the manner is not particularly limited. As an example, it can be simply combined in a rail sliding manner.

The lower part of the adjuster is supported by the smartphone to be mounted, a protruding edge is formed to prevent the smartphone from falling off the cradle. Protruding edges are formed on at least one of the side surfaces of the control unit, thereby preventing the smartphone from shaking in the X-axis direction, that is, the left and right width directions.

By moving the X-axis adjusting portion and the Y-axis adjusting portion to fit the size of the smartphone to be mounted, any commercially available smartphone having any length and width can be firmly coupled onto the holder.

Preferably, the linkage is formed as a ring that is coupled to the eyepiece of the microscope.

Preferably, displacement means are formed that allow the distance between the body and the connection body to vary. The displacement means is preferably located between the body and the connecting body.

In a preferred embodiment, the displacement means is ring-shaped, and means for adjusting the distance between the holder body and the microscope eyepiece. It may be implemented as an actuator or a step motor. However, a structure consisting of a simple screw such as a microscopic screw or a coarse screw of a microscope is preferable.

It is particularly preferred that a magnet is attached to the corresponding portion of the body and the connector so that the connector is simply detachably coupled or separated from the body. The material of the magnet is not particularly limited, but may be any suitable number of neodymium magnets having excellent magnetic force.

Meanwhile, a charging hole may be formed in a part of the cradle supporting the lower end of the smart phone. By inserting the charging cable through the filling hole, and coupled to the stationary smartphone, the smartphone power can be stably supplied even while taking a microscope image.

On the other hand, there are various shapes and specifications of commercial eyepieces. Therefore, an auxiliary ring may be provided to secure the coupling of the connector of the present invention and the eyepiece of the microscope. The auxiliary ring has a partially broken ring shape to accommodate various eyepiece apertures. This auxiliary ring is in close contact with the stepped portion of the eyepiece barrel, thereby strengthening the coupling between the cradle and the microscope.

According to the smart phone holder for connecting the microscope of the present invention described above, the following effects are provided.

First, it provides a solid combination of microscope and smartphone.

Secondly, any type of smartphone can be mounted.

Third, attachment and detachment to a microscope becomes simple.

Fourth, by adjusting the distance between the microscope eyepiece and the smartphone camera lens, it is possible to simply reduce or enlarge the image.

1 is a front view of the holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a rear view of the holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exploded perspective view of the holder according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a front view of a connector according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a front perspective view of an adjuster according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a rear perspective view of the adjuster according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a connecting body according to the present invention.

8 is a view showing a state in which the cradle coupled to the smartphone is connected to the microscope in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, the same components are given the same reference numerals as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related well-known structures or functions may be omitted when it is determined that the present invention may obscure the gist of the present invention.

Moreover, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only to distinguish the components from other components, and the terms are not limited in nature, order, order, or number of the components. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but between components It is to be understood that the elements may be "interposed" or each component may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected" through other components.

1 is a front view of the holder 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is a rear view.

In the present embodiment, the main part of the holder 1 is made of plastic in consideration of weight and durability, but is not particularly limited. The cradle 1 includes a body 100 and a connecting body 200.

Body 100 is generally made of a rectangular, so that the stable contact is made by widening the area in contact with the back of the smartphone.

The through hole 110 is formed above the body 100. The through hole 110 serves to pass light incident from the eyepiece of the microscope to the lens of the smartphone camera. The through-hole 110 is formed with a diameter of 20 mm, which is a size that can minimize the inflow of light from the outside, considering the size of the smartphone camera lens is used a lot.

Body 100 is slightly wider from the middle portion. This difference in width serves as a barrier to the upward movement of the Y-axis adjusting unit 310 to be described later to determine the upper limit of the movement range.

In FIG. 2, a cylindrical portion 120 capable of connecting the connecting body 200 is formed at the upper rear side of the body 100. The Z-axis adjusting screw 430 is formed on the cylindrical portion 120.

3 is an exploded perspective view showing that the connecting body 200 of the holder 1 according to the present embodiment is connected to the cylindrical portion 120.

In FIG. 3, the connecting body 200 has a ring shape (hereinafter referred to as a connecting ring). Reference numeral 400 is an intermediate ring which is an embodiment of the displacement means. The connecting body 200 is fitted to the inner diameter of the cylindrical portion 120 of the body 100 with the intermediate ring 400 interposed therebetween. The inner diameter of the intermediate ring 400 is configured to fit the outer diameter of the cylindrical portion 120 of the body (100). The protrusion 410 is formed above the intermediate ring 400. The protrusion 410 is formed with a screw hole 420, to which the Z-axis adjusting screw 430 of the body 100 is fitted. In addition, a knob 440 for turning the screw is coupled to the intermediate ring 400 when the Z-axis adjusting screw 430 is fitted.

4 is a front view of the connecting ring 200. Four magnets 210 are attached to the connection ring 200. The magnet 210 is embedded in four surfaces of the connection ring 200. The material of the magnet 210 is not particularly limited, but a neodymium magnet was used in this embodiment.

Meanwhile, in the cylindrical portion 120 of the body 100 into which the connection ring 200 is inserted, a magnet is built in a position corresponding to the magnet 210 of the connection ring 200. This magnet may be attached to the outside of the cylindrical portion 120. As such, by the corresponding magnets of the cylindrical part 120 and the connection ring 200, the connection ring 200 can be easily separated from and coupled to the body 100. Accordingly, while observing the image through the smartphone, it is possible to simply detach the cradle 1 when it is necessary to see through the microscope for a while.

Meanwhile, when the smartphone is mounted, a metal plate may be embedded or attached to the front of the body 100 to prevent the smartphone from being turned off by the influence of the magnet.

The rear surface 130 of the body 100 is formed in a grid having an uneven portion. This can reduce weight and lower material costs.

1 and 2 again, the adjuster 300 is coupled to the body 100. The adjuster 300 is an assembly in which the X-axis adjuster 310 and the Y-axis adjuster 320 are combined. Although the X-axis adjuster 310 and the Y-axis adjuster 320 may be coupled to the body 100 as separate components, respectively, in the present embodiment, the two are combined to form one adjuster 300. The back is coupled to the body 100.

Hereinafter, the structure of the adjuster 300 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

X-axis adjuster 310 includes a body 312 and the width adjuster (314).

The protruding edge 316 is formed from the left side of the main body 312 to the lower part of the main body 312. This part supports the lower and left side of the smartphone to be mounted. Filling holes are formed in the lower protruding edge 316. This allows the mounted smartphone to supply power while taking images, which can prevent the smartphone from turning off during work.

X-axis adjuster 310 is coupled to the Y-axis adjuster 320 in a sliding rail method, the specific structure is as follows.

The front surface 313a of the transverse direction, that is, the X-axis direction is formed on the right surface of the main body 312. Moreover, the right rear part of the main body 312 is formed so that it may have the step part 317a along the width direction.

The width adjuster 314 has a bar shape and includes protrusions extending in a 'c' shape at each of the upper and lower ends thereof. This protrusion is placed on the main body 312 rear stepped portion 317a. The width adjusting unit 314 can move in the X-axis direction in this state. Accordingly, the width adjuster 314 allows to mount the smartphone to fit the width.

On the other hand, a hole is formed on the width adjuster 314 through which the width adjusting screw 315 is coupled. After moving the width adjuster 314 to the left and right according to the width of the smartphone by turning the width adjustment screw 315, the width adjuster 314 is impossible to move while pressing the front groove (313a). Therefore, the smartphone can be firmly fixed in the state without moving in the X-axis direction.

On the other hand, the front stepped portion 312a is formed in the upper and lower ends of the main body 312 of the X-axis adjuster 310 along the width direction. In addition, a rear groove 313b is formed at the center of the rear left side of the X-axis adjusting unit 310. The front stepped portion 312a and the rear groove 313b are used for coupling with the Y-axis adjuster 320 to be described later.

The Y-axis adjuster 320 accommodates the X-axis adjuster 310 in a sliding rail manner to configure the entire adjuster, and at the same time, the body 100 of the cradle 1 can move up and down in a sliding rail manner. Is accepted.

The front rail groove part 324 is formed in the X-axis direction below the main body 322 of the Y-axis adjuster 320. In addition, the entire rear surface of the main body 322 of the Y-axis adjuster 320, the rear rail groove portion 326 is formed in the vertical direction, that is, the Y-axis direction. In addition, the Y-axis adjusting screw 327 is coupled to the upper right side of the Y-axis adjusting member 320. In addition, the lower left side of the Y-axis adjuster 320, the X-axis adjusting screw 328 is coupled.

Hereinafter, the combination of the X-axis adjuster 310 and the Y-axis adjuster 320 will be described.

The stepped portion 312a of the X-axis adjuster 310 is coupled to be slidable in the X-axis direction on the front rail groove portion 324 of the Y-axis adjuster 320, whereby the X-axis adjuster 310 is Move in the X-axis direction. By pressing the X-axis adjusting screw 328 against the rear groove 313b, the X-axis adjusting member 310 is fixed to the Y-axis adjusting member 320. Accordingly, the X-axis position of the smartphone lens can be matched with the microscope eyepiece 90. By moving the X-axis adjusting screw 328 to the left or right boundary of the front rail groove 324, the moving range of the X-axis adjusting member 310 on the Y-axis adjusting member 320 is determined. At the same time, the phenomenon that the X-axis adjuster 310 is pulled out of the Y-axis adjuster 320 can be prevented.

As such, the control unit 300 formed by combining the X-axis control unit 310 and the Y-axis control unit 320 is coupled to the body 100. That is, the coupling is made by inserting the body 100 from the lower end into the rear rail groove 326 of the Y-axis adjuster 320. When mounting the smartphone, the Y-axis adjuster 320 is moved up and down by the desired position, that is, in the Y-axis direction, and then the Y-axis adjusting screw 327 is rotated to press the side of the body 100 to press up and down the smartphone. Fix directional movement. Accordingly, the lens of the smartphone camera is aligned with the microscope eyepiece 90 in the vertical direction.

On the other hand, in another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in Figure 7, the connecting body 200 is formed with a screw hole on the outer periphery, through which the connection screw 2000 is inserted. According to such a configuration, by tightening the connecting screw 2000 in a state where the connecting body 200 is connected to the eyepiece 90 of the microscope, the connecting body 200 can be firmly coupled to the outer circumference of the eyepiece 90. . Therefore, the combination of the microscope and the cradle 1 becomes more robust.

Hereinafter, the operation of the holder 1 according to the present embodiment having the configuration as described above.

The combination of the cradle 1 and the smart phone 80 is made by pushing the smart phone 80 to the body 100 of the cradle (1). In this state, the lower portion of the smart phone 80 is supported on the lower protruding edge 316 of the X-axis adjuster (310).

In order to fit the width of the smartphone 80 to the holder 1, after loosening the width adjustment screw 315 of the X-axis adjuster 310, the width adjuster 314, the width adjuster 314 is a smartphone ( 80) Move it to fit the width. Then, by tightening the width adjustment screw 315 again to fix the width direction position of the smartphone (80).

In order to fit the width direction of the lens of the smartphone 80 camera, that is, the X-axis direction to the microscope eyepiece 90, the entire X-axis adjuster 310 is moved in the X-axis direction with respect to the Y-axis adjuster 320. . That is, the X-axis adjusting unit 310 is moved in the X-axis direction with respect to the Y-axis adjusting unit 320 in the state in which the X-axis adjusting screw 328 is loosened, thereby achieving the X-axis alignment with the microscope eyepiece. In this state, the smartphone 80 is fixed by tightening the X-axis adjusting screw 328.

In addition, in order to align the longitudinal direction of the lens of the smartphone 80 camera lens, that is, the Y-axis direction with the microscope eyepiece, the Y-axis adjuster 320 is moved up and down while the Y-axis adjusting screw 327 is loosened. Achieve Y-axis alignment with the lens. In this state, the smartphone 80 is fixed by tightening the Y-axis adjusting screw 327 again. According to the above-described process, the process of coupling the smartphone 80 to the holder 1 is completed.

In addition, the coupling ring 200 of the cradle is inserted into the outer diameter of the microscope eyepiece 90 to be combined with the microscope.

Through such a process, the state in which the smartphone is coupled to the cradle again is shown in FIG. 8.

Through the smartphone coupled to the microscope in this way, the image received through the microscope eyepiece 90 can be taken with a smartphone.

On the other hand, the resolution may be lowered when using the image enlargement reduction function of the smart phone itself in order to enlarge the captured image. However, the physical distance can be shortened or extended by rotating the Z-axis adjusting screw 430 of the intermediate ring 400 to move the connecting ring 200 in the Z-axis direction, that is, the front-rear direction. Therefore, only the holder 1 can enlarge or reduce an image without damaging the image quality. Accordingly, the distance between the smartphone 80 camera lens coupled to the holder 1 and the microscope eyepiece can be maintained at a position where an optimal image can be obtained.

On the other hand, the step is formed in the outer diameter of the microscope eyepiece may not be firmly coupled to the connection ring 200. In this case, an auxiliary ring can be used. The auxiliary ring adheres to the stepped portion of the eyepiece outer diameter, thereby strengthening the coupling between the cradle and the microscope.

If it is necessary to adjust the focus, size, etc. of the observed image while looking directly at the microscope with the naked eye, remove the body 100 from the connection ring 200, and look through the microscope eyepiece through the connection ring 200 inner diameter. Then, in order to take an image again with a smartphone, simply connect the connection ring 200 and the body 100.

On the other hand, when the charger is connected to the smart phone 80 through the charging hole during the shooting can be prevented from being turned off during the shooting can be stable shooting.

Preferred embodiments have been presented in order to help the understanding of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should be construed as being defined by the claims rather than the specific embodiments.

Claims

As a smartphone holder for connecting a microscope,

The smartphone is mounted, the body including a through-hole; And

Smartphone holder for connecting the microscope, characterized in that it comprises a connecting body coupled to the body and the microscope.
The method of claim 1,

Smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, characterized in that the Y-axis adjuster for aligning the smartphone in the longitudinal direction by moving in the Y-axis direction relative to the body.
The method of claim 2,

A smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, characterized in that the X-axis adjuster is further provided for aligning the smartphone in the width direction by moving in the X-axis direction with respect to the body.
The method of claim 3,

The cradle for connecting the microscope, characterized in that the bottom and side of the X-axis adjuster is formed with a protruding edge for supporting the lower portion of the smartphone being mounted.
The method of claim 3,

The X-axis adjuster is connected to the Y-axis adjuster, the cradle for connecting the microscope smartphone, characterized in that coupled to the X-axis direction.
The method of claim 3,

The X-axis adjuster, the microscope holder for connecting the microscope, characterized in that the width adjuster for adjusting the width of the smartphone to be mounted.
The method of claim 1,

Smartphone holder for connecting the microscope, characterized in that the connector is a ring.
The method of claim 1,

Displacement means is located between the body and the connecting body, the smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, characterized in that to adjust the distance between the body and the connecting body.
The method of claim 8,

Smartphone holder for connecting the microscope, characterized in that the displacement means is a ring.
The method of claim 7, wherein

Z-axis adjusting screw is coupled to the upper end of the body, the connection ring is formed with a hole into which the Z-axis adjusting screw is inserted, the body and the connection by the retraction of the Z-axis adjusting screw through the hole Smartphone cradle for connecting the microscope, characterized in that the distance between the sieve is adjusted.
The method of claim 1,

Smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, characterized in that the magnet is attached to the corresponding portion of each of the body and the connecting body.
The method of claim 1,

On the body, the smartphone cradle for connecting the microscope, characterized in that the metal plate is attached to prevent interference with the smartphone.
The method of claim 1,

Smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, characterized in that the body surface is made of a lattice form having irregularities.
The method of claim 1,

Smartphone holder for connecting a microscope, characterized in that a hole for filling in the protruding border of the lower portion.
The method of claim 1,

Smartphone holder for connecting the microscope further comprises an auxiliary ring for coupling with the microscope eyepiece.
The method of claim 1,

Microscope connection smartphone cradle, characterized in that the connection screw is formed on the outer periphery of the microscope eyepiece lens to press the outer periphery to secure the coupling.