KR20000063466A - Observation image the photographing method and its device using the microscope ocular lens - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention combines a photographing means such as a CCD camera or a digital camera and the microscope eyepiece barrel to the imaging device, and then inserting the eyepiece barrel into the eyepiece portion of the microscope to easily and easily photograph the microscope observation image and its method Relates to a device.

Conventional microscopes equipped with photographing means are equipped with a dedicated photographing means by installing an adapter in a position separate from the eyepiece, so that a separate optical path must be set as an adapter, and the inside of the adapter is considered in consideration of the focal length. The use of a plurality of lenses in the configuration is very complicated, the precision is required, because a dedicated photographing means is provided as a set of products to produce a large increase in manufacturing cost, as well as poor versatility and difficult to adjust the focal length.

Therefore, the present invention, by screwing the barrel of the combination of the eyepiece coupled to the front end of the imaging device that can be easily attached and detached, such as a CCD camera or a digital camera, the objective lens and the focal length of the imaging means to infinity When the observation image is taken, the barrel is coupled to the eyepiece portion of the microscope so that the observation image of the microscope can be easily and at low cost.

In addition, since the photographing apparatus is a simple configuration that can easily attach and detach the recording means can greatly reduce the manufacturing cost, and by rotating the screw-coupled barrel can adjust the focal length of the shooting means and the barrel indefinitely, so as to separate This eliminates the need for focusing lenses.

In addition, since the focal length needs to be set only once, the inconvenience of having to adjust the focal length every time the microscope observation image is taken is eliminated, and the kind or size of the photographing means can be used mostly. This allows you to take a filtered observation.

Description

Observation image the photographing method and its device using the microscope ocular lens}

The present invention relates to a microscope observation image capturing method and apparatus that can be easily and inexpensively captured a microscope observation image by inserting into an ocular lens portion of the microscope.

In general, microscopes used in various fields, including biology (microbiology), and various fields of science, industry, semiconductor, medicine, and school observation, are used to visually observe or expand the micro- or micro-world. It is a mechanism to record.

In such experiments, it is possible to magnify the continuous changes and movements of the observed image (subject image) when using an optical microscope, but there are some inconveniences to record.

In order to solve this problem, a microscope has been conceived so that a dedicated adapter can be combined by installing a separate adapter at one end of the microscope as shown in FIG. 1, and using an adapter installed at a position separate from the eyepiece, It can be seen that the photographing means is connected.

In this case, the optical path to the adapter must be set and designed separately, and a plurality of lenses are used inside the adapter in consideration of the focal length. Therefore, the configuration is very complicated and precision is required. As it is provided as a set and commercialized, the manufacturing cost is greatly increased, and since it is easy to use a dedicated photographing means, there is a problem such that the versatility decreases and the focusing distance adjustment is difficult.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method for easily photographing a microscope observation image by inserting a photographing means such as a CCD camera or a digital camera into the eyepiece portion of the microscope by inserting a barrel coupled to the microscope eyepiece.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for easily capturing a microscope observation image by inserting a barrel in which a photographing means such as a CCD camera or a digital camera and a microscope eyepiece are coupled to the eyepiece portion of the microscope.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide various filters such as a cross filter, a polarization filter, a macro filter, and a color light filter in one end or in the middle of an optical path to obtain a filtered observation image.

In addition, the present invention is to remove the inner cylinder of the microscope having the eyepiece when capturing (captured) to a still image (still image) or moving image of the microscope observation image and then the imaging device and the eyepiece for the microscope is combined with the inner tube An object of the present invention is to provide a photographing apparatus capable of simply and conveniently photographing a microscope observation image (subject image) by inserting the removed outer tube of the microscope.

In order to achieve the above object, the outer tube coupled to the photographing means, the connector connecting the outer tube and the barrel, the barrel coupled to the outer tube of the microscope when the image (observed image) observed under a microscope, the eyepiece of the barrel and the image It consists of a focus adjusting means for infinitely adjusting the focal length of the objective lens of the means to capture (capture) and capture the microscope observation image as a still image (still image) or a moving image as a photographing means.

In addition, by making a simple configuration that can be easily attached and detached by the recording means to easily capture the observation image of the microscope simply by coupling the imaging device to the outer cylinder of the microscope.

In addition, it is possible to adjust the focal length between the objective lens and the barrel eyepiece of the shooting means indefinitely by rotating the barrel coupled to the connector to eliminate the need for a separate focusing lens as in the prior art, and set the focal length at once In order to prevent the inconvenience of having to adjust the focal length every time a microscope observation image is taken.

In addition, the inner diameter of the insertion hole is coupled to the shooting means is formed in a size corresponding to the type or size of the shooting means to be used in most of the kind and size of the shooting means.

1 is an external perspective view of a conventional invention.

2 is an exploded perspective view of the photographing apparatus of the present invention.

3 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of the photographing apparatus of the present invention.

4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the insertion unit of the photographing apparatus of the present invention.

5 is a perspective view of the use state of one embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a partial cross-sectional view of the present invention FIG.

Figure 7 is a side view of the use state of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

(10)-Shooting device (12)-Shooting means

(14)-Panel (16)-Pain

(18)-ocular lens (20)-objective

(22)-Connector (24)-Microscope

(26)-Microscope External (28) (30)-Inserted

(32)-Thread (34) (56)-Joint

(36) --Insert (38)-Extrude

(40)-tightening ring (42)-inclined face of tightening ring

(44)-Body of shooting means (46) (48) (52)-Screw part

(50)-Jangte Frame (54)-Public

(f)-filter

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Looking at the configuration of the photographing apparatus 10 for coupling the eyepiece portion of the microscope 24 and various photographing means 12 such as a CCD camera or a digital camera in the present invention, the whole part is combined and the photographing means 12 The detachable outer cylinder 14, the connector 22 for smoothly coupling (connecting) the outer cylinder 14 and the barrel 16, and the microscope 24 when capturing an image (subject image) observed under a microscope. A barrel 16 coupled to the outer cylinder 26 in place of the inner cylinder of the ocular tube (eyepiece barrel), and the eyepiece 18 of the barrel 16 and the objective lens of the photographing means 12 by moving the barrel 16. 20) is largely composed of a focus adjustment means for adjusting the distance between the distance by adjusting the distance between the infinity, Figure 2 is a perspective view of the disassembled state of the photographing apparatus 10 of the present invention and Figure 3 is the shooting It is sectional drawing of the apparatus 10 combined.

The outer cylinder 14 has a tubular shape in which a hollow part is formed, and insertion holes 28 and 30 having large and small inner diameters are formed at the front and rear ends, respectively. On the inner circumferential surface of the tip insertion hole 30, which is somewhat larger in diameter, a threaded portion 32 to which the connector 22 is fastened is formed round, and a rear end portion of the outer cylinder 14 is inserted by the stepped portion 34 to have a slightly smaller diameter inserting portion. (36) is formed, the outer edge of the inserting portion 36 is formed in the outer edge of the curved protruding frame 38 is round, the fastening ring (40) between the protruding frame 38 and the stepped portion (34) ) Is loosely fitted.

The inner diameter of the tightening ring 40 is configured to be somewhat smaller than the outer diameter of the protruding frame 38, the inclined surface gradually enlarged toward the inner peripheral surface of the tightening ring 40 toward the protruding frame 38 as shown in FIG. 42 is formed to be able to press the protruding frame 38 to press.

Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 6, when the barrel 44 of the photographing means 12 is inserted into the tip insertion hole 28 and the tightening ring 40 is pushed in the direction of the photographing means 12, the inclined surface 42 is pressed. Since the protruding frame 38 is pressed and the inserter 36 is narrowed to support the outer surface of the barrel 44 of the photographing means 12, the photographing means 12 is firmly fixed to the inserter 36 and the flow thereof. This is avoided.

In addition, the connector 22 fastened to the outer cylinder 14 is also a tubular shape or a somewhat thicker structure than the outer cylinder 14, the outer surface of the threaded portion 46 is fastened to the threaded portion 32 of the outer cylinder 14 And the inner peripheral surface is formed with another threaded portion 48 to fasten the barrel 16 of the same structure as the inner cylinder 58 of the microscope 24, the end of the connector 22 is a hook frame 50 is Is formed to prevent excessive entry into the outer cylinder 14, the threaded portion 52 to which the connector 22 is coupled is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the barrel 16.

In addition, in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, for example, between the objective lens 20 and the eyepiece 18 or between the inner or outer cylinder 14 and the barrel 16 of the barrel 16. Various filters f, such as a cross filter, a polarization filter, a macro filter, a color light filter, and the like, can be installed in the filter to capture the filtered observation image.

If the filter (f) is used in the middle of the optical path as described above, it is possible to give a filter effect to the automatic camera that can not use the filter.

On the other hand, in the present invention by moving the barrel 16, the focusing means for adjusting the focal length of the photographing means 12 and the barrel 16 to infinity is a screw portion formed around the connector 22 and the barrel 16 ( 48) 52 will be in charge.

That is, the barrel 16 screwed to the connector 22 has a structure capable of adjusting its position by forward or reverse rotation, so that the eyepiece 18 of the barrel 16 and the objective lens of the photographing means 12 ( 20) It is possible to adjust the focal length to infinity by properly adjusting the separation distance of the liver. Therefore, not only a separate focusing lens is needed as in the prior art, but also no need to adjust the clarity or sharpness of the virtual image. This eliminates the inconvenience of adjusting the focal length each time a microscope (24) observation image is taken.

In the present invention, the barrel 16 coupled to the outer cylinder 26 of the microscope 24 has the same configuration as the inner cylinder 58 of the microscope 24 separated for imaging.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 6, the eyepiece 18 is fixed to the rear end of the barrel 16, and a chromatic aberration removing aperture 54 and a plurality of stepped portions 56 are formed in the inner middle portion. 24) it is possible to shoot continuous images, moving images, and still images of the level observed.

In FIG. 7, the inner cylinder 58 having the eyepiece is separated from the microscope 24 in order to couple the imaging device 10 to the outer cylinder 26 of the microscope 24.

Reference numeral 60 denotes an objective lens unit, 62 denotes a support rod, 64 denotes a pedestal, 66 denotes a clamp, 68 denotes a connecting member, 70 denotes a magnification adjuster, and 72 denotes a slide finger. Denoted at 74 is a shutter of the photographing means, 76 is an auxiliary shutter of the photographing means, 78 is incident light, and 80 is an optical path.

In the photographing apparatus 10 configured as described above, the photographing means 12 is coupled as shown in FIG. 6, and the photographing preparation is performed in a state in which the focal lengths of the lenses 18 and 20 are adjusted to infinity by rotation of the barrel 16. Complete

In such a state, when the subject is photographed while observing the subject, or when it is necessary to leave as image data (image data) or to be viewed by several people, conventionally, a dedicated photographing means is coupled to a separate adapter additionally installed in the microscope. In the present invention, the tip portion of the barrel 16 to which the photographing means 12, such as a CCD camera or a digital camera, is coupled, is the outer cylinder 26 of the microscope 24 from which the inner cylinder 58 is removed as shown in FIG. By combining with the microscope (24) can be easily taken the image, using a monitor or a beam project can be viewed by multiple people at the same time.

The eyepiece lens 18 is fixed to the rear end of the barrel 16, and a chromatic aberration removing aperture 54 and a plurality of step portions 56 are formed in the inner middle portion thereof, so that the eyepiece lens 18 is straight with the inner cylinder 58 of the microscope 24. Because of the same configuration and conditions, the continuous image, video, still image of the level observed with the microscope (24) can be taken as it is or multiple people can see at the same time.

In this case, the photographing shutter may use the shutter 74 installed on the main body of the photographing means 12 or the sub shutter 76.

When the imaging of the observation image is finished in the present invention and the imaging device 10 is to be separated from the microscope 24, the barrel 16 inserted into the outer cylinder 26 is easily separated, and the inner cylinder 58 is separated for the shooting. ) Is restored to the original function of the microscope by binding to the outer cylinder 26 of the microscope in its original position.

In addition, in the case where the photographing means 12 and the photographing apparatus 14 are to be separated, the fastening ring 40 is moved in the direction of the outer cylinder 14 or the stepped portion 34 in FIG. 6 so that the insertion part 36 and the protruding frame ( 38) the clamping force of the insertion unit 36 is easily released when positioned between the shooting means 12 and the photographing device 10 of the present invention can be removed without force, so that the shooting means 12 is the original shooting It will return to function.

In addition, the present invention is observed by enlarging the observing image (subject) through a microscope and then photographed with a CCD camera or a digital camera combined with a photographing device for editing with a computer, recording on a VCR or a monitor or beam projector Image processing such as such that many people can simultaneously view the microscope observation image (subject image).

In addition, when the filter f is used in the middle of the optical path, the filtered observation image is photographed. When the monitor or the beam project is used as described above, the filtered observation image can be viewed by several people.

As described above, the present invention has an effect that can easily and easily photograph the observation image of the microscope by combining the imaging device of a simple configuration that can easily attach and detach the recording means to the outer cylinder of the microscope, the configuration is simple and greatly increase the manufacturing cost There is a saving effect.

In addition, since the focal length of the photographing means 12 and the barrel 16 can be adjusted to infinity by moving the position of the barrel 16 screwed to the connector 22 in the present invention, it is necessary to adjust the clarity or sharpness of the virtual image. Not only is there a need for a separate focusing lens as in the prior art, and since the focal length needs to be set only once, the inconvenience of having to adjust the focal length every time the microscope 24 is taken is observed.

In addition, by adding a filter (f) to the photographing device has an effect that can obtain a filtered observation image, using a monitor or beam project has the effect that multiple people can see the magnified and filtered observation image. .

In addition, since the filter f is installed in the middle of the optical path of the photographing apparatus, the automatic camera that cannot use the filter can provide a filter effect.

In addition, if the inner diameter of the insertion hole 28 to which the photographing means 12 is coupled according to the type or size of the photographing means is formed in a size corresponding thereto, most of them can be used without regard to the kind or size of the photographing means 12. It is a very useful invention with such effects.

Claims (6)

In the method for capturing a microscope observation image, the microscope eyepiece, characterized in that to combine the photographing means and the microscope eyepiece barrel to the imaging device and then to insert the eyepiece barrel into the eyepiece portion of the microscope to take a microscope observation image Observational image shooting method using the. A photographing apparatus incorporating a microscope observation image photographing means, comprising: an outer cylinder to which the photographing means is detached and attached, a connector for coupling the outer tube and a barrel, and an eyepiece portion of the microscope when capturing an image (subject image) observed under a microscope; Observation image photographing apparatus using a microscope eyepiece consisting of a combined lens, the focusing means for adjusting the focal length of the eyepiece of the barrel and the objective lens of the photographing means to infinity. The method of claim 2, wherein the threaded portion (32) to which the connector 22 is fastened to the inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole 30 of the outer cylinder 14, the insertion hole 28 for coupling the photographing means 12 is formed, the outer cylinder 14 Protruding frame 38 is formed on the insertion part 36 of the), loosely insert the tightening ring 40, the inclined surface 42 is formed between the protruding frame 38 and the stepped portion 34 in the protruding frame direction. The inner cylinder 58 of the microscope 24 is formed with a screw 46 on the outer surface of the connector 22 fastened to the outer cylinder 14 and the eyepiece 18 on the screw portion 48 of the connector 22. And fastening the barrel 16 having the same structure as the above, and forming a hook frame 50 at the tip of the connector 22. The observation image photographing apparatus using the microscope eyepiece. According to claim 2 or 3, the barrel 16 is screwed to the connector 22 so that the engaging position can be adjusted to the eyepiece 18 of the barrel 16 and the objective lens of the photographing means 12 ( 20) Observational imaging device using a microscope eyepiece, characterized in that to adjust the focal length between the infinitely. The observation image photographing apparatus using the microscope eyepiece according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the photographing means is a CCD camera or a digital camera. 4. The observation using a microscope eyepiece according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a filter (f) is provided in the middle of an optical path of the photographing apparatus 10 so as to capture a filtered observation image. Imaging device.