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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7508584 | Telescope with invariable display of digital data A telescope includes an objective lens to receive an optical signal from an object and an electronic signal generator that generates an electronic signal representing for example distance and direction of the object. Both signals travel through a magnification syste... | 03/24/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7319783 | Methods for minimizing aberrating effects in imaging systems A method for reducing optical distortion within an optical system employing adaptive optics, includes modifying phase of a wavefront of the optical system with a wavefront coding element. Image data of the optical system is post-processed to remove phase effects ind... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7294820 | Night vision system including field replaceable image intensifier tube A night vision goggle system is provided having an image intensifier tube that may be installed or replaced without requiring realignment of the optics. The image intensifier tube is coupled to a first locating feature that is in a predetermined relationship to the ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280735 | Combined optical fiber wheel, beamsplitter, switch, and logic gate A machine that can pass, reflect, filter, or block light along multiple paths. The specific portions of light that can be passed, reflected, blocked, or filtered, are controlled by an optical routing subassembly. This optical routing subassembly can be manipulated t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7257920 | Aiming device The present invention comprises a reflective surface used in conjunction with an aiming device that provides the user targeting information on a surface directly on the aiming device. The reflective surface is moveably mounted directly behind the aiming device, wher... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253949 | Stereo microscope A stereo microscope includes two oculars mounted at one end of a housing and an objective lens mounted at an opposite end of the housing. Between the opposite ends of the housing is a rotatably mounted lens magnification changer with three series of bores extending ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7230755 | Building with roof mounted periscope A periscope is mounted through the roof and into a room within a building, such as a house or the like, whereby people in the building can view scenes outside without leaving the building. The periscope extends from a room in the building, such as a living room of a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7222430 | Object locator sight An object locator sight aiding a first person to communicate the location of a distant object to a second person provides a laterally elongate base, carrying upstanding forward and spacedly adjacent rearward panels. The forward panel is perpendicular to the base and... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221505 | Panoramic field of view acquiring and displaying system A panoramic field of view acquiring system comprises three telescopes, which acquire three separate images, each typically covering a little over one third of the total required scene and a multiplexer, which is used to transmit the three images, one at a time, to a... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7158296 | Vision system with eye dominance forced to fusion channel A fusion vision system has a first eyepiece through which a fused viewable image is larger than an image viewed through a second eyepiece to help the operator more easily view the fused image in their brain. The fusion vision system may employ image intensification ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7119969 | Pixel matched camera optics An optical system and method comprising acquiring radiation in a plurality of spectral bands, each acquired by a discrete collector, receiving the acquired radiation in one or more of the spectral bands with one or more afocal zoom optics, each receiving radiation f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119954 | Optical instrument for observation from a satellite, with two telescopes The invention concerns an optical instrument, designed to be used on a satellite, for simultaneously or quasi-simultaneously observing in two opposite angularly separated directions. It comprises at least two telescopes (TA, TB) having angularly spaced apart observa... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113331 | Binocular telescope with photographing function A binocular telescope with a photographing function comprises a pair of telescopic optical systems, a photographing optical system, and a pair of reticle elements, on which reticles are formed. The reticle elements are provided in the telescopic optical systems for ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097313 | Flip-flop diagonal with variable angles The present invention provides a flip-flop diagonal with variable viewing angles. It comprises a housing body, an eyepiece adapter unit and a reflective mirror unit. The housing body has a cylindrical sleeve for mounting the diagonal to a telescope. The eyepiece ada... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7072107 | Modular panoramic night vision goggles A modular binocular-like vision assembly (300) has individual interconnecting inner (320, 330) and outer (310, 340) optical modules. Each module is separately sealed and self-contained and includes image intensifier means for converting incoming... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072124 | Light-weight high resolution viewer A magnification loupe carried by spectacles has a Galilean lens system comprising a single-element eyepiece lens and a two-element objective lens. The loupes may be mounted to eyeglass frames by a flip-up mounting member, or they may be mounted through the eyeglass ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7038863 | Compact, wide-field-of-view imaging optical system An imaging optical system includes a first imaging structure having a first optical axis and a first field of view, wherein the first imaging structure forms an image on a common focal plane, and a second imaging structure having a second optical axis parallel to th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021778 | Compact-depth spiral telescope and method of making and using the same The invention according to a first aspect may include an optical system. The optical system may have an axial axis. This optical system may have a number of primary mirror segments. A number of reflectors may be arranged about the axial axis. The primary mirror segm... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009764 | Multi-aperture high fill factor telescope A space-based multi-aperture telescope is capable of achieving high fill factors, on the order of at least 50% and more preferably at least 80%. High fill factors can be achieved according to the present invention by providing a combiner section that combines the li... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6983916 | Tripod for the support of apparatus in general and, in particular, of optical or photographic apparatus and the like A tripod (1) for the support of apparatus in general and, in particular, of optical or photographic apparatus and the like is described and comprises a spider (3) in which a plurality of legs (2) converge and a pillar (12) arranged to rec... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6975358 | Dual channel imaging device An imaging device may include two channels, for example each with different magnification or fields of view as two examples. The user may select one of the channels and the image captured through that channel may be both viewed through a viewfinder and recorded on a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6943946 | Multiple aperture imaging system A multiple aperture imaging system, that includes: a plurality of imaging elements for capturing light; an optical relay assembly for phasing the captured light; a means for diverting the captured light within the multiple aperture imaging system to produce a plural... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6909541 | Device capable of exchanging image projection direction A device capable of exchanging image projection directions includes an inner body provided with an internal reflector having adjustable angles and a horizontal light permeation aperture; an accommodation tube formed at the rear of the inner body and an upper light p... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6908307 | Dental camera utilizing multiple lenses A dental camera is provided having multiple lenses. The dental camera has at least a first lens for use in an intra-oral mode, and at least a second lens for use in an extra-oral mode. The dental camera is switchable between the intra-oral mode and the extra-oral mo... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6903811 | Rangefinder binoculars The range binoculars include first and second observing optical systems, a laser beam-emitter for emitting a laser beam, a measuring optical system for collimating the laser beam and sending the collimated laser beam to a target. A laser beam-receiving device receiv... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6880943 | High resolution image formation from a multiple aperture imaging system In a method for imaging using multiple apertures, the present invention uses a wavefront sensor, a phase sensor, and an image processor to construct a high-resolution image without using complex relay optics. A wavefront sensor collects information that allows the w... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6369941 | Device with night vision capability A device having night vision capability, in particular a laser distance-measuring device, has at least two optical channels (A-C), of which a first (A) focuses the low-level light emitted by an object by a mirror (2) and of an optical system (3) onto the ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6324016 | Telecentric lens A reflective telecentric lens which uses an on-axis type concave mirror in a pseudo-off-axis manner to avoid blockage of a portion of the field of view. The concave mirror used in a pseudo-off-axis manner permits the telecentric stop, imaging lens, and fi... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6201641 | Panoramic night vision goggles A binocular-like vision system (50) for enabling an observer to view an object. The system includes an input end (72,90) that receives light from the object and an optical transfer system (62,64,86,88) that receives the light received from the input end a... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6185037 | Optical reconnaissance system An optical reconnaissance system for the observation of terrain from a great height, in which a number of individual telescopes are aligned approximately parallel and the detector arrays for the telescopes are disposed in a common focal plane such that du... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6169628 | Protective window for optical sight The invention comprises a protective window for an optical sight. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an optical sight (20) may comprise an optical component (182, 300) transmitting an image of a scene. A protective window (180, 430) may b... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6157483 | Binocular with low magnification and wide field of vision The invention aims to provide binoculars suitable to be used in a theater or a sports stadium, which can provide a wide and bright field of view on one hand, and which are compact and lightweight with improved portability and maneuverability on the other ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154313 | Protective window for optical sight The invention comprises a protective window for an optical sight. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an optical sight (20) may comprise an optical component (182, 300) transmitting an image of a scene. A protective window (180, 430) may b... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6131294 | Telescopic sight with detachable night vision apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a telescopic sight which is characterized by the fact that in a telescopic sight for day and night use, [a] a night time imaging device can be connected without removing the ocular tube body connected to th... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6094303 | Binoculars Binoculars include a pair of lens barrels, each barrel having an optical system, a flexible lens barrier which travels between a protective position for protecting the optical system of each of the lens barrels and a position that is retracted from the fi... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6031662 | Convertible binocular/stereoscope device A dual purpose optical device that is convertible between binocular and stereoscope modes of operation while using a common eyepiece arrangement for both. The device includes a housing containing a pair of optic supports mounted side-by-side for lateral m... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5903996 | Day/night viewing device with laser range finder utilizing two wavelengths of laser light, and method of its operation A multi-function day/night observation, ranging, or sighting device includes a single objective lens and a single eyepiece lens and provides an image of a distant scene. The single objective lens leads to a visible-light first optical path and to an invis... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5905591 | Multi-aperture imaging system A multi-aperture imaging system for continuous dwell imaging of complex extended scenes which are not required to contain localized point sources. The multi-aperture imaging system includes a plurality of subaperture telescopes, each of which collect imag... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5898519 | Compact night vision device A lightweight night vision device that can be used by itself or can be selectively attached to either the objective lens assembly or ocular lens assembly of an existing optical device. The night vision device includes an image intensifier tube for amplify... | 04/27/1999 |
