Abstract: A control device for a microscope includes an actuator configured to shift a microscopic field of view relative to a sample, and an operating device configured to be operated by a user to control the actuator in accordance with a response characteristic determining a shift sensitivity. The field of view is shifted relative to the sample in response to a user operation of the operating device. The control device further includes a processor configured to determine a total visual magnification, and to control the response characteristic of the operating device based on the total visual magnification. The field of view is visualized by the microscope to the user based on the total visual magnification.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining a value for at least three setting parameters by means of an input unit in the form of a graphical user interface with an input cursor positionable in an input area is provided. At least two of the at least three setting parameters can be set independently of one another. The method includes determining a position of the input cursor within the input area; determining a coordinate of the position of the input cursor for each particular setting parameter of the at least three setting parameters as a function of a distance in each case of the position of the input cursor from at least one coordinate origin allocated to the particular setting parameter; and determining a value for each particular setting parameter of the at least three setting parameters as a function of the coordinate determined for each particular setting parameter.

Abstract: A microscope includes a control system connected to an illumination system and an imaging system. The control system is configured to: detect an image affecting change in microscope settings and/or in a location of the sample, the image affecting change resulting in an alteration of the sample image; cause the imaging system to deliver a live image stream of live images of the sample in a first imaging mode, or to deliver a still image stream of still image(s) of the sample in a second imaging mode, and to switch from the first imaging mode into the second imaging mode when no image affecting change is detected, using one of the last live images of the first imaging mode for at least a part of the still image stream in the second imaging mode; and reduce an illumination intensity of the illumination system during the second imaging mode.

Abstract: A control device for a microscope includes an operating device, an actuator and a processor. The operating device is configured to be operated by a user to vary focusing and/or positioning of an optical imaging system of the microscope relative to a sample. The actuator is configured to adjust an aperture of a detection pinhole which is included in the microscope so as to eliminate out-of-focus light from detection light which is directed by the optical imaging system onto a detector of the microscope. The processor is configured to detect a predetermined operating condition in response to a user operation of the operating device and to control the actuator to vary the aperture of the detection pinhole upon detection of the predetermined operating condition.

Abstract: A microscope includes a control system connected to an illumination system and an imaging system. The control system is configured to: detect an image affecting change in microscope settings and/or in a location of the sample, the image affecting change resulting in an alteration of the sample image; cause the imaging system to deliver a live image stream of live images of the sample in a first imaging mode, or to deliver a still image stream of still image(s) of the sample in a second imaging mode, and to switch from the first imaging mode into the second imaging mode when no image affecting change is detected, using one of the last live images of the first imaging mode for at least a part of the still image stream in the second imaging mode; and reduce an illumination intensity of the illumination system during the second imaging mode.