Micromanipulation using stereoscopic microscope

Author

Sano, Tetsuya ; Yamamoto, Hideki

Author_Institution

Fac. of Educ., Okayama Univ., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1066

Abstract

In this paper, the authors developed a visual feedback system that controls a micromanipulator so that a needle head may reach a target. The system consists of a stereoscopic microscope, a micromanipulator, two CCD cameras and a personal computer. The positions of the target and the needle head under a stereoscopic microscope are measured three dimensionally by using two CCD cameras which are set to eyepieces of the microscope. In order that the micromanipulation can be carried out at a realistic rate, it is necessary that the image processing employed be fast. The image processing time for detecting the target and the needle head is greatly reduced by using image data compression

Keywords

CCD image sensors; data compression; image coding; microcomputer applications; micromanipulators; microscopes; stereo image processing; CCD cameras; image data compression; image processing; micromanipulation; micromanipulator; needle head position; personal computer; processing time; stereoscopic microscope; target position; visual feedback system; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Control systems; Feedback; Head; Image processing; Microcomputers; Micromanipulators; Microscopy; Needles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics, 1999. ISIE '99. Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bled

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5662-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.1999.796780

Filename

796780