Patents by Inventor Burkhard Roscher
Burkhard Roscher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11454790Abstract: A microscope system having a plurality of microscope modules connected to one another for data transfer purposes. The microscope system includes a central clock generator, the clock signal of which is provided to all microscope modules. The microscope modules are configured to use the clock signal or a clock derived therefrom as an internal clock. Moreover, a corresponding method for operating such a microscope system is described.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Mirko Liedtke, Andreas Kühm, Burkhard Roscher, Nico Presser, Christian Kämmer
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Patent number: 11314070Abstract: A method for timing procedures in a microscope system, which has a plurality of microscope modules configured to carry out various processes, provision is made for a clock signal to be provided to all microscope modules by a central clock generator and for the clock signal to be modulated by a clock modulation circuit in order to produce a defined clock-pulse number. The microscope modules define a start time for carrying out a process by way of the clock-pulse number, carrying out the process as soon as the clock-pulse number is reached. Moreover, a corresponding microscope system is described.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Mirko Liedtke, Andreas Kühm, Nico Presser, Burkhard Roscher, Christian Kämmer
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Patent number: 10726529Abstract: A method for the determination and compensation of geometric imaging errors which occur during the imaging of an object by sequential single or multispot scanning by means of a microscopic imaging system, which includes: establishing a reference object with a defined plane structure; and generating an electronic image data set of this structure free of geometric imaging errors. Then, generating at least one electronic actual image data set with the imaging system; comparing the actual image data set with the reference image data set with respect to the locations of those pixels which have the same object point as origin in each case; and determining location deviations in the actual image data set compared to the reference image data set.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Tiemo Anhut, Tobias Kaufhold, Daniel Schwedt, Burkhard Roscher, Frank Klemm, Daniel Haase
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Publication number: 20200201010Abstract: A microscope system having a plurality of microscope modules connected to one another for data transfer purposes. The microscope system includes a central clock generator, the clock signal of which is provided to all microscope modules. The microscope modules are configured to use the clock signal or a clock derived therefrom as an internal clock. Moreover, a corresponding method for operating such a microscope system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Mirko LIEDTKE, Andreas KÜHM, Burkhard ROSCHER, Nico PRESSER
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Publication number: 20200073102Abstract: A method for timing procedures in a microscope system, which has a plurality of microscope modules configured to carry out various processes, provision is made for a clock signal to be provided to all microscope modules by a central clock generator and for the clock signal to be modulated by a clock modulation circuit in order to produce a defined clock-pulse number. The microscope modules define a start time for carrying out a process by way of the clock-pulse number, carrying out the process as soon as the clock-pulse number is reached. Moreover, a corresponding microscope system is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: March 5, 2020Applicant: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Mirko LIEDTKE, Andreas KÜHM, Nico PRESSER, Burkhard ROSCHER
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Patent number: 10310243Abstract: The invention relates to a device for multispot scanning microscopy, having a multicolor light source for providing at least one illumination light beam, having a splitting device for splitting the illumination light beam into a plurality of illumination sub-beams, having first optical means for providing an illumination optical path for guiding and focusing the individual illumination sub-beams respectively into a light spot on or in a specimen to be examined, having a scan unit for guiding the light spots over the probe, having a detection unit for detecting detection light emitted by the specimen in detection sub-beams after irradiation with the individual illumination sub-beams, having second optical means for providing a detection optical path for guiding the detection sub-beams to the detector unit, having a control and evaluation unit for controlling the scan unit and for evaluating the detection light detected by the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Tiemo Anhut, Daniel Schwedt, Tobias Kaufhold, Burkhard Roscher, Stefan Wilhelm
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Patent number: 10302490Abstract: A method and apparatus for actuating an acousto-optical component for manipulating light passing therethrough, in particular for manipulating the illumination and/or detection light in the beam path of a microscope, preferably a laser scanning microscope, where the illumination and/or detection wavelength is adjusted by means of at least one frequency generator connected to the acousto-optical component and controlling the manipulation, the frequency generator generates a signal which generates a spectral spread for the intensity distribution of the wavelength of the illumination and/or detection light for ensuring a temperature-independent manipulation. Actuation is effected by two or more actuation signals in such a way that two or more overlapping and/or superposing main lobes of the transfer function of the acousto-optical component or main maxima are generated.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Burkhard Roscher, Stefan Wilhelm, Gunter Moehler
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Publication number: 20180231416Abstract: A method and apparatus for actuating an acousto-optical component for manipulating light passing therethrough, in particular for manipulating the illumination and/or detection light in the beam path of a microscope, preferably a laser scanning microscope, where the illumination and/or detection wavelength is adjusted by means of at least one frequency generator connected to the acousto-optical component and controlling the manipulation, the frequency generator generates a signal which generates a spectral spread for the intensity distribution of the wavelength of the illumination and/or detection light for ensuring a temperature-independent manipulation. Actuation is effected by two or more actuation signals in such a way that two or more overlapping and/or superposing main lobes of the transfer function of the acousto-optical component or main maxima are generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Burkhard ROSCHER, Stefan WILHELM, Gunter MOEHLER
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Publication number: 20180174279Abstract: A method for the determination and compensation of geometric imaging errors which occur during the imaging of an object by sequential single or multispot scanning by means of a microscopic imaging system, which includes: establishing a reference object with a defined plane structure; generating an electronic image data set of this structure free of geometric imaging errors; generating at least one electronic actual image data set with the imaging system; comparing the actual image data set with the reference image data set with respect to the locations of those pixels which have the same object point as origin in each case; determining location deviations in the actual image data set compared to the reference image data set; saving determined location deviations as correction data; and compensating for the geometric imaging errors by correction of the location deviations in the actual image data set with reference to the correction data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Inventors: Tiemo ANHUT, Tobias KAUFHOLD, Daniel SCHWEDT, Burkhard ROSCHER, Frank KLEMM, Daniel HAASE
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Publication number: 20170227748Abstract: The invention relates to a device for multispot scanning microscopy, having a multicolour light source for providing at least one illumination light beam, having a splitting device for splitting the illumination light beam into a plurality of illumination sub-beams, having first optical means for providing an illumination optical path for guiding and focussing the individual illumination sub-beams respectively into a light spot on or in a specimen to be examined, having a scan unit for guiding the light spots over the probe, having a detection unit for detecting detection light emitted by the specimen in detection sub-beams after irradiation with the individual illumination sub-beams, having second optical means for providing a detection optical path for guiding the detection sub-beams to the detector unit, having a control and evaluation unit for controlling the scan unit and for evaluating the detection light detected by the detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventors: Tiemo Anhut, Daniel Schwedt, Tobias Kaufhold, Burkhard Roscher, Stefan Wilhelm