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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7990612 | Bottle telescope A hand-held telescope or binocular built into a bottle or consumable drink container includes a high quality objective lens; an adjustable focus eye lens; and, optionally, a connector ring to form a binocular; a jacket, sleeve or cuzzi containing information regardi... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7961386 | Low orbit missile-shaped satellite for electro-optical earth surveillance and other missions A low orbit optical imaging satellite has a long thin satellite body housing an optical telescope arrangement. A major part of the telescope arrangement has its optical axis roughly parallel to the direction of elongation and includes a mirror arrangement deployed t... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7957059 | Device and method for demonstrating optical effects An optical system includes two lens systems, one that provides viewing of an object with relatively no spherical aberration, and another that provides viewing of the object with significant spherical aberration. Preferably, both lens systems provide viewing of the o... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944610 | Methods and apparatus providing improved visual capabilities of optical instruments An apparatus for forming an image has one or more lenses in an optical path, at least one angular-sensitive light transmission filter in the optical path, in which transmission varies with change in angular orientation of the filter with reference to the direction o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933067 | Flat field Schmidt telescope with extended field of view Various embodiments provide a flat field Schmidt-type telescope including a spherical primary mirror, an aspheric correcting plate spaced apart from the primary mirror, a detector disposed between the primary mirror and the corrector plate, and a field lens disposed... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7864416 | Portable astronomical telescope A portable astronomical telescope includes the cylinder body, on which three telescopic legs are hinged through a joint to form a tripod stand. The bottom of aforementioned cylinder body is fixed by means of connection element and mounted with part box. On the botto... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855832 | Optical instrument comprising an entrance cavity in which a mirror is placed The invention relates to an optical instrument (1) comprising at least one mirror called the primary mirror (3), placed in a cavity (2) and comprising an active face capable of being subjected to instantaneous variations of the incident radiativ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852555 | Spectroscopy of exoplanets from a ground-based telescope In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical device comprises a telescope and a pipescope arranged as a spatial filter to light propagated through the telescope, to confine a field of view to θDL. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839567 | Deployable reflector in the form of a reuleaux triangle for a space observation instrument A deployable reflector (RP), for a space observation instrument is disclosed. The deployable reflector has a chosen number of deployable reflecting elements (E1a-E3b) suitable, once deployed in a first position, for together defining a re... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7817336 | Telescopic tube A telescopic tube includes an upper section tube and a lower section tube that are provided coaxially with each other. A plurality of connecting rods is provided between the upper and lower section tubes in parallel to the axis of the tube. Via the connecting rods, ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7796329 | Sighting device A sighting device couples a sight mark into a viewing beam path and is especially for a handheld weapon (2), a bow or a pump gun. The sighting device includes an optical component (6) having a first optical coupling element (8) for coupling the ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791797 | Peripheral filtering lens A filter or lens for a star tracking telescope includes a clear center portion and an attenuating peripheral portion where the peripheral portion attenuation of off-axis images is nonidentical through any radial line extending from a center of the filter or lens to ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7782530 | Deployable telescope having a thin-film mirror and metering structure A deployable thin-film mirror telescope comprises a base structure and a metering structure. The base structure houses a thin-film mirror, which can be rolled for stowage and unrolled for deployment. The metering structure is coupled to the base structure and can be... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777943 | Astrometry and photometry with coronagraphs In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an optical device comprises a telescope, a coronagraph device coupled to the telescope and having a focal plane occulting mask to provide a coronagraphic image, and a reticulate grid element arranged in a lig... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7719761 | Peripheral filtering star tracker telescope A filter or lens for a star-tracking telescope includes a clear center portion and an attenuating peripheral portion. The peripheral portion attenuates off-axis images through any radial line extending from a center of the filter or lens to a circumference edge of t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7706062 | Direct-view, compact short wave infra red (SWIR) viewer A night vision device includes an objective lens assembly, an image detector assembly, an eyepiece lens assembly and a housing. The objective lens assembly receives low intensity light. The image detector assembly converts the low intensity light into a visible outp... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7672049 | Telescope and panfocal telescope comprising planoconvex of planoconcave lens and deflecting means connected thereto The invention relates to a telescope which is used to inject and/or to extract, by reflection, emitting and/or capturing bundles of beams. According to the invention, at least one deflecting means is joined to the planar surface by means of at least one lens of the ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7605977 | Optical telescope An apparatus for enhanced viewing of objects in two separate simultaneous frequency bands of light that is constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention includes a primary mirror and a moveable secondary mirror that is disposed above the pri... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7599116 | Display device for telescope system A display device (4) for a telescope system is disposed between a first image plane (10) and a second image plane (20) of the telescope system. The display device includes a signal emitter (41), a converging lens group (42) positio... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7554728 | Modified gregorian astronomical telescope An optical system resembling a modified Gregorian astronomical telescope is disclosed in the specification and drawings. Lenses are used in the inter-focal region to modify the optical characteristics of the system. The use of such inter-focal lenses, can, for examp... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7545562 | Common-aperture optical system incorporating a light sensor and a light source A common-aperture optical system includes a reflective telescope having a common boresight, an entrance pupil, an exit pupil, and a beam path extending from the entrance pupil to and beyond the exit pupil. A beam splitter intersects the beam path so that the beam pa... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7518792 | Method of determining orientation of a telescope An automatic telescope (10) capable of determining an orientation without requiring input from a user or any external source. The telescope (10) preferably includes a database (22) to store astronomical information, a processor (24) to co... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7433120 | Multi-telescope imaging system utilizing a single common image sensor A multi-telescope imaging system includes a first telescope and a second telescope, each telescope having an input line of sight, a ray path that is incident upon a focal surface imaging location at a non-normal angle of incidence, and a shutter lying on the ray pat... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428098 | Structureless space telescope A structureless space telescope is disclosed. The structureless primary mirror includes a plurality of mirror elements for focusing and reflecting electromagnetic radiation, and the telescope further includes at least one secondary mirror and possibly a tertiary mir... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7417793 | Structure for supporting an optical telescope An apparatus for the focusing of incident light includes a base assembly that is adapted to support a primary mirror. The primary mirror includes an outside circumference and an inside aperture. An upright member is attached to the base assembly at a first end there... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408706 | Neutral white-light filter device A substantially neutral filter across the white-light spectrum is obtained by minimizing the wavelength-dependent effects of filtering components and of reflective coatings on surfaces. The incoming light is captured by a first prism and directed toward the interfac... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403331 | Correct image zoomable reflecting telescope with near stationary eyepiece A correct image reflecting telescope with zoom capability comprised of a flat mirror, a parabolic primary mirror, and an image correcting system. The flat mirror reflects the incoming light from the telescope aperture into the parabolic primary mirror. The reflected... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7390101 | Off-axis two-mirror re-imaging infrared telescope An infrared telescope utilizes two mirrors in an off-axis, eccentric-pupil, re-imaging configuration. To improve the image quality of traditional two mirror telescopes, the reflective surfaces of both the primary and secondary mirrors are ellipsoidal. The ellipsoida... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385759 | Optical system with variable pointing and method implementing such a system An optical system including a telescope and a principal pointing device for selecting a direction of observation is disclosed. The system furthermore includes at least one secondary pointing device arranged ahead of a part of the entrance of the telescope and orient... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375881 | Carriage for optical elements in an optical sighting device A compact spotting scope includes a housing with an outer surface having a grasping region sized and shaped to fit in the palm of a user's hand so that the spotting scope can be held at eye level with one hand in an ergonomic arm and wrist position for steady suppor... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374294 | Method and apparatus for improving image quality in a reflecting telescope A method and apparatus for improving image quality in a reflector-type telescope are provided, through utilization of one or more nozzles disposed about the periphery of a reflecting mirror of the telescope, for directing a flow of air from a backside of the mirror ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372647 | Lens mount assembly for optical components A lens mount assembly for securing a lens in a predetermined position within an optical device is disclosed. The lens mount assembly is configured so as to retain the lens in a press fit arrangement, thereby eliminating the need for adhesives or other mechanical mea... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369302 | Day/night weapon sight assembly for use on weapon without change in eye relief A day/night weapon sight assembly that consists of daytime sight and a nighttime sight allows the use of both sights without change in eye relief even when the nighttime sight is attached to the rear end of the daytime sight. This is achieved by supporting the dayti... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369327 | Variable optical-property element and optical apparatus including the same A variable optical-property element includes a liquid crystal the pitch of twist is less than 60 times the wavelength of light used, so that a spatially uneven electric or magnetic field or temperature is applied to the liquid crystal to thereby form an index distri... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369315 | Beam splitter and optical imaging systems incorporating same An optical imaging system incorporates a beam splitter, which is moveable to a beam-splitting position where the beam splitter intercepts the light on an input optical path and a non-beam-splitting position where the beam splitter is located outside of the input opt... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365924 | Sight tube pivot assembly An improved aiming tube pivot assembly for use in a sighting and/or aiming apparatus which comprises an aiming tube axially mounted within an outer tube (or housing). A support ring supports the aiming tube within the outer tube in a gimbal-like arrangement by means... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365905 | Collimated optical system An optical system provides a lens cell having a generally cylindrical lens cell body and an optical lens system therein. The lens cell body has a lens cell central longitudinal axis and a lens cell optical axis, eccentrically offset from the lens cell central longit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359114 | Clip-on night vision device A night viewer (10) is adaptable to generate an enhanced image suitable for viewing through an optical scope (16). An input end (18) of the viewer (10) receives the image to be enhanced through an objective lens (20). An image enha... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355790 | Optical sight having a reticle illuminated through a non-lambertian light diffuser An optical sight includes an optical train having an optical path therethrough. The optical train typically includes an objective, a prism that receives the optical path from the objective, and an eyepiece that receives the optical path from the prism. A reticle is ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342647 | Compact laser altimeter system A laser-based altimeter for use on-board an aircraft comprises: a first housing including a hollow cavity and an exit aperture, and a second housing including a hollow cavity and an entrance aperture. A laser source and a plurality of first optical elements are fixe... | 03/11/2008 |
