| US 7,542,596 B2 | ||
| Method and apparatus for internet, intranet, and local viewing of virtual microscope slides | ||
| James W. Bacus, Oakbrook, Ill. (US); and James V. Bacus, Downers Grove, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Olympus America Inc., Center Valley, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 22, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/386,322. | ||
| Application 11/386322 is a continuation of application No. 10/752072, filed on Jan. 05, 2004, granted, now 7,149,332. | ||
| Application 10/752072 is a continuation of application No. 10/017653, filed on Dec. 14, 2001, granted, now 6,674,881. | ||
| Application 10/017653 is a continuation of application No. 09/592561, filed on Jun. 12, 2000, granted, now 6,396,941. | ||
| Application 09/592561 is a continuation in part of application No. 09/032514, filed on Feb. 27, 1998, granted, now 6,272,235. | ||
| Application 09/032514 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/805856, filed on Mar. 03, 1997, granted, now 6,101,265. | ||
| Application 08/805856 is a continuation in part of application No. 08/701974, filed on Aug. 23, 1996, granted, now 6,031,930. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/177550, filed on Jan. 21, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0188137 A1, Aug. 24, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—128 [382/133; 600/168; 348/79; 359/368] | 15 Claims |
| 1. A method of viewing magnified digitized images of microscope slide specimens stored in an organized collection of virtual
microscope slides and transmitted over a common communication channel to a remote viewer, the method comprising:
providing a server at a transmitting station and storing a collection of organized virtual microscope slides having data for
magnified, digitized images of their respective specimens;
accessing the transmitting station from a remote location and requesting transmission of image data for a portion of the virtual
microscope slide;
transmitting image data for the portion of the specified virtual microscope slide over the common communication channel to
the remote location;
displaying from the transmitted data a digitized image at low magnification of at least a substantial portion of the specified
specimen;
selecting a location on the digitized image of the specimen for viewing at a higher magnification;
using the transmitted image for displaying a digitized image at the higher magnification image for the selected location at
the remote location;
selecting another location on a displayed image for viewing;
transmitting a request from the remote location to the server to transmit additional image data for the another location to
the remote location; and
transmitting the additional image data and using the additional image data for displaying the selected another location as
a magnified image of the actual specimen.
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