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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
May. 16, 2008
Applicants:
William Roland Hawes, Hertfordshire, GB;
Nigel Ingram Bromley, Milton Keynes, GB;
Inventors:
William Roland Hawes, Hertfordshire, GB;
Nigel Ingram Bromley, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
FFEI Limited, Hertfordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling the position of a microscope lens comprising receiving a reference signal corresponding to a reference position of the microscope lens; receiving a measurement signal corresponding to an actual position of the microscope lens; receiving a deviation signal characteristic of a predetermined positional deviation from the reference position; and using the measurement signal, the deviation signal and the reference signal to generate a positional control signal for use in setting the position of the microscope lens.