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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7443580 | Apparatus for pupil distance adjustment for eyepieces An apparatus for pupil distance adjustment for a binocular tube (22) has two eyepiece carriers (1, 2), at least one of which is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis (3, 4), a threaded spindle (7) being provided which is actuatable for ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7372637 | Focusing unit and optical device A focusing mechanism allowing a user to adjust the focus from infinity to a close distance rapidly and precisely, and an optical device utilizing such a focusing mechanism. The focusing unit includes an optical member movable along an optical axis of an optical syst... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7312923 | View field frame position adjustable optical device An optical apparatus that can take an image at any inclination. Further, the optical apparatus is provided with a function that a user can know the inclination. A visual field frame having the same shape as an imaging unit is provided in a lens-barrel such that the ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7242522 | Binocular magnifying glasses An adjustment method includes rotating a pair of magnifying glasses in directions opposite to each other using γ-rotation, and correcting inclination of an image, caused by the γ-rotation, by rotating the pair of magnifying glasses in directions opposite to each o... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7133200 | Method and device for focusing and diopter compensation of a telescope A monocular or binocular optical system that is capable of automatically adjusting a diopter setting upon or during a change in magnification in a way that acts to preserve focus and a corresponding method for adjusting a diopter setting to preserve focus upon or du... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6829085 | Viewing apparatus having a photographing system A viewing apparatus includes a viewing optical system having a positive objective optical system and a positive eyepiece optical system, an image of an object formed through the positive objective optical system being viewed through the positive eyepiece optical sys... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6704141 | Ocular mounting assembly An ocular mounting assembly for adjustably mounting a pair of ocular devices, such as telemicroscopic loupes, to an eyeglass frame or head mount with linear and rotational adjustments, but with view angle being permanently preset in accordance with workin... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6429969 | Binoculars having lens barrels movable between open and closed states by pivotal movement Binoculars including a pair of lens barrels, each lens barrel having an optical system, a relative movement between the lens barrels causing the lens barrels to relatively displace, traveling between a closed state and an operational state in which eye sp... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6266185 | Binocular telescope A pair of binoculars includes a compact focusing mechanism providing an open reach-through space between the body tubes of the binoculars with an enhanced area for the user to grasp and hold each body tube. The focusing mechanism further provides for adju... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6151165 | Stereoscopic visual unit The present invention is usable as a stereoscopic visual unit capable of obtaining fine stereoscopic effects and also usable as binoculars, by provided with a first housing 11 that has a pair of convex lenses 12 and 13 and disposed at a specified space an... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6142636 | Binocular lens tube protector A telescopic lens tube protector to be fitted on telescopically connected lens tubes of a monocular or binocular telescope for protecting same from shocks of collisional impacts or the like. The lens tube protector is arranged to enshroud the entire outer... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6064520 | Ocular mounting assembly An ocular mounting assembly for adjustably mounting a pair of ocular devices, such as telemicroscopic loupes, to an eyeglass frame or head mount with linear and rotational adjustments, but with view angle being permanently preset in accordance with workin... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5949575 | Binocular telescope A binocular telescope provided with a pair of left and right lens-barrels respectively containing optical systems, a first guide shaft for supporting these lens-barrels in such a manner that the lens-barrels can slide in a direction perpendicular to the o... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5938155 | Mount system for supporting binoculars on a tripod This invention provides a mount system for supporting binoculars on a camera-type tripod, particularly, a mount system wherein a single monocular barrel of such binoculars may be securely supported and mounted on such tripod for using such binoculars. A r... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5936765 | Can telescope A can telescope includes a can being of a container having a front end and a back end, a removable lens cap at the back end and a removable can lid also at the back end, the can being that of a pop or soda can. The can telescope also includes a base tubul... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5583692 | Binocular Telescopic optical systems of a binocular have respective objectives movable along respective optical axes for focusing on an object, and respective power-varying lens assemblies movable along respective optical axes for varying magnifications. One of the... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5535053 | Night vision goggle assembly with independant monocular devices A modular night vision device wherein either one or two night vision monocular assemblies can be joined to a common mount to selectively create either a monocular night vision apparatus or a binocular night vision apparatus. Electrical contacts are presen... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5532872 | Viewing tube for microscope A viewing tube for a microscope has an optical deflecting element such as a mirror for deflecting light from an objective, a supporting member for supporting the optical deflecting element and an eyepiece portion into which the light deflected by the opti... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5331459 | Night vision system and mounting assembly A night vision system usable as either a helmet mounted or face mask mounted monocular, or as a pocketscope, comprising an optical portion having an objective lens, an eyepiece, and an image intensification apparatus for intensifying a received image inte... | 07/19/1994 |
| 4886347 | Range-finding binocular A range-finding binocular is disclosed which has substantially the external appearance and size of a conventional binocular. In each barrel, a system is provided for obtaining a projected image of a range-mark of circular symmetry which is focused in the ... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4848887 | Fixed focus binoculars Binoculars include a pair of housings pivotally hinged therebetween with each housing having an objective lens and an eyepiece lens for cooperating to magnify an image seen therethrough. Each objective lens and respective eyepiece lens are fixed in positi... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4601552 | Binocular construction having adjustable filters A binocular construction having a pair of parallel barrels within each of which is a rotary frame supporting a number of different filters. The frames are coupled together for conjoint rotation so as to enable selected ones of the filters to intercept lig... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4325602 | Binocular telescope Two telescopic bodies are held together by a collapsible bridge which is hinged centrally and along the side connections between the bridge and the telescopic bodies. The three hinge axes are parallel to the optical axes of the bodies. Three or more inter... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4272153 | Binocular with novel arrangement of hinge means between the telescopes thereof A binocular wherein each telescope embodies a porro arrangement of mirrors within a shell and includes eyepiece and objective barrels. The objective regions of the telescope shells are hingedly connected together so that the interpupillary distance betwee... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4264122 | Binocular observation instrument The invention contemplates a binocular observation instrument wherein two viewing tubes are pivotally connected for articulation about a first axis to adjust for interpupilary distance and wherein provision is made for further articulation about a second ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4264121 | Binocular telescope The invention contemplates a binocular-telescope construction wherein no precision optical alignment or realignment procedures are needed within the telescope tubes, once the telescope tubes are assembled to their connecting bridge structure. The nature o... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4056303 | Optical instrument in which eyepiece tube and objective tube are surrounded in cast resin to make a rigid core enclosed in foamed synthetic resin An optical instrument, for example a field-glass, in which the image-erecting system, the eyepiece tube and the objective tube are embedded in synthetic resin to form the housing of the instrument. The image-erecting system and the eyepiece and objective ... | 11/01/1977 |
