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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A microscope body has at least one observation unit and is capable of being operated by respective controller corresponding to this observation unit. An operation unit determines the operation instruction for the respective controller. An operation switch detecting unit detects an operation of the operation unit and informs the detected operation to the exterior of the microscope body. An outer control device has a storage unit, in which first operational instructing information for the respective controller is registered, and identifies the operational instructing information corresponding to a detected result from the operation switch detecting unit with reference to the storage unit. An observation unit control section converts the operational instructing information which is identified by the outer control device, into operation instructing commands for the observation unit and gives the operation instructing commands to the respective controller.