US 11,806,092 B2
Microscopy system and method for operating the microscopy system
Stefan Saur, Aalen (DE); Christian Voigt, Abtsgmuend (DE); Marco Wilzbach, Stuttgart (DE); and Christoph Hauger, Aalen (DE)
Assigned to Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena (DE)
Filed by Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena (DE)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/856,977.
Application 17/856,977 is a continuation of application No. 16/393,959, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,406,455.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 206 406.7 (DE), filed on Apr. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346887 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); G02B 21/0012 (2013.01); G06T 7/13 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02); G06T 2207/30204 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A microscopy system comprising:
a microscope;
a stand configured to mount the microscope and including a drive device configured to move the microscope;
a position detection device including a target with a marker element and an image capture device configured to optically capture the target, an identity being assigned to the marker element, the identity being identifiable on an image basis, the position detection device being configured to detect a spatial position of the target by evaluating a two-dimensional image captured by the image capture device; and
a control device configured to:
control an operation of the microscopy system according to the spatial position of the target detected by the position detection device and according to the identity, and
activate a predetermined operation mode depending on the identity, wherein a size of a working space of the microscopy system is adjustable based on the identified identity of at least one marker element, wherein the working space designates a spatial region in which the microscope of the microscopy system can be moved, and wherein the working space is formed with a predefined size about a current spatial position of the microscope upon activation of the predetermined operating mode.