Global Patent Index - EP 1159640 A1

EP 1159640 A1 20011205 - MINIATURIZED OPTO-ELECTRONIC MAGNIFYING SYSTEM

Title (en)

MINIATURIZED OPTO-ELECTRONIC MAGNIFYING SYSTEM

Title (de)

MINIATURISIERTES OPTO-ELEKTRONISCHES VERGRÖSSERUNGSSYSTEM

Title (fr)

SYSTEME D'AGRANDISSEUR OPTRONIQUE MINIATURISE

Publication

EP 1159640 A1 20011205 (EN)

Application

EP 99966190 A 19991213

Priority

  • US 9929559 W 19991213
  • US 11217298 P 19981214

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0036440A1] An opto-electronic image magnifying system. The magnifiying system includes: a light source (38, 39) which illuminates an object to be viewed; a miniaturized opto-electronic magnifier module (MOM), made of a lens (31) and a photodetector array (32), which receives the light from the illuminated object; an electronic circuit (34) which receives the signal from the MOM; a video-monitor (35) which receives the magnified signal from the electronic circuit and displays the image. The opto-electronic image magnifying system allows for small objects or features of small objects to be observed in which historically compound microscopes or specialized optical viewing systems were required to observe the small objects.

IPC 1-7

G02B 3/00

IPC 8 full level

G01N 21/27 (2006.01); G01N 21/35 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/24 (2006.01); G02B 21/36 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G02B 21/0008 (2013.01); G02B 21/24 (2013.01); G02B 21/36 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0036440 A1 20000622; AU 2179500 A 20000703; EP 1159640 A1 20011205; EP 1159640 A4 20030122; JP 2002532726 A 20021002; JP 2011043508 A 20110303; JP 5337774 B2 20131106

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9929559 W 19991213; AU 2179500 A 19991213; EP 99966190 A 19991213; JP 2000588624 A 19991213; JP 2010203309 A 20100910