US 6,982,741 B2
Method and apparatus for coding live images in microscopy
Frank Fiedler, Wetzlar (Germany)
Assigned to Leica Microsystems Wetzlar GmbH, Wetzlar (Germany)
Filed on May 23, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/863,701.
Claims priority of application No. 100 26 392 (DE), filed on May 27, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2001/0048467 A1, Dec. 06, 2001
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 348—79 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for coding live images in microscopy, comprising in order the following steps:
a) recording a first complete image (251) that depicts a portion of a microscopic preparation (14a);
b) generating a first coded complete image (200) in a coding element (21);
c) storing the first coded complete image in a buffer memory (27);
d) outputting the first coded complete image (251);
e) recording a second complete image (252) that is offset with respect to the preceding complete image in a plane defined by an X-Y stage (12);
f) transferring the coordinates of the portion of the second complete image (252), and further control data, to a control data decoder (30);
g) generating at least one coded partial image utilizing the data from the control data decoder (30);
h) generating an assembled and coded complete image (210) in an image assembler (32), using the at least one coded partial image (220) and the preceding coded complete image located in the buffer memory (27);
i) outputting a second assembled and coded complete image (210), the assembled and coded complete image (210) also being additionally stored in the buffer memory (27); and
j) recording further images, steps f) through i) being repeated for each further image.