Reduced thickness night vision device
US11988819B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2021 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/0172
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical device. The optical device includes a zonal objective array comprising an array of objectives. The optical device further includes a zonal fiber-optic inversion bundle. The zonal fiber-optic inversion bundle includes a plurality of sub-bundles, each sub-bundle having an input coupled to a corresponding objective in the zonal objective array. The optical device further includes a zonal eyepiece array comprising an array of eyepieces. Each of the eyepieces in the zonal eyepiece array is coupled to an output of a corresponding sub-bundle in the zonal fiber-optic inversion bundle.
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