US 12,259,537 B2
Method for operating a microscopy system, and microscopy system
Christian Voigt, Abtsgmünd (DE); and Markus Philipp, Aalen (DE)
Assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena (DE)
Filed by Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena (DE)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/117,377.
Application 18/117,377 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/074011, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 211 133.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204933 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/02 (2006.01); G02B 21/24 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 21/0012 (2013.01) [G02B 21/0044 (2013.01); G02B 21/006 (2013.01); G02B 21/008 (2013.01); G02B 21/025 (2013.01); G02B 21/24 (2013.01); G02B 21/36 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
10. A microscopy system, comprising:
a microscope;
a stand for holding the microscope; and
a controller configured to control the microscopy system,
wherein the microscopy system is operable such that the microscope moves around a pivot point defined as an intersection between an optical axis of the microscope and a reference surface,
wherein a pose of the reference surface is determined in a focal position-independent reference coordinate independently of a focal position of the microscope,
wherein information about the pose of the reference surface is stored in a retrievable form in a memory,
wherein the information about the pose of the reference surface is retrieved to determine the pivot point after a change in a pose of the optical axis of the microscope, and
wherein the pivot point is determined as the intersection between the optical axis in a current pose and the reference surface defined by the stored information.