Device for automatically positioning and centering a microscope optical head

摘要

A device for automatically positioning and centering the optical head of a microscope, for example for surgical use, said optical head being connected to a drive unit; said device analyzes the image framed by the microscope objective by means of an automatic system for analyzing the image light distribution, for example a videocamera connected to a processing circuit and possibly to a microprocessor, then processes it until a reference point of said light distribution is identified by dividing said image into N subzones, then on the basis of information regarding the position of said reference point it controls said drive unit of the microscope optical head to if possible return said reference point to within a predetermined tolerance zone.