Electronic microscope
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Abstract
The invention relates to a microscope having an optics system which represents an object on an image sensor and a screen that shows the image data provided by the image sensor and which is the only output medium for visually observing the object, wherein the representation capability of the optics system and the resolution (A) of the image sensor complies with the following correlation: F×N/M=0.5 A, wherein F indicates a factor, N indicates the numerical aperture of the optics systems, M is the magnification factor and A indicates the resolution of the image sensor in pixels per millimeter.
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31 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A microscope, comprising:
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an image sensor;
an optical system adapted to image an object onto the image sensor;
a display adapted to display image information provided by the image sensor, wherein the display is a sole output medium of the microscope for visual inspection of the object; and
wherein the optical system and image sensor are configured such that a ratio of numerical aperture to magnification factor of the optical system, scaled by a selected scaling factor, is less than or equal to about one-half of a resolution of the image sensor in pixels per unit length. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of displaying a magnified image of an object, the method comprising:
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optically coupling an image sensor to the object via an optical system;
electrically coupling an output of the image sensor to a visual display;
configuring the optical system to the image sensor such that a ratio of numerical aperture to magnification factor of the optical system, scaled by a selected scaling factor, is less than or equal to about one-half of a resolution of the image sensor. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A microscope, comprising:
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an electronic image sensor;
an optical system adapted to image an object onto the image sensor;
a display adapted to display image information provided by the image sensor; and
wherein the optical system and image sensor are configured such that a ratio of numerical aperture to magnification factor of the optical system, scaled by a scaling factor that is based on a wavelength of radiation detected by the image sensor, is less than or equal to about one-half of a resolution of the image sensor in pixels per unit length.
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