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System for adjusting the relative angular positions of two video cameras directed towards the same object and application thereof to the adjustment of the orientation of two apparatus

US4811093A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 1987
Grant dateMar 7, 1989
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF41G3/326
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a system for adjusting the relative angular positions of two video cameras directed towards the same object, characterized in that it comprises:--structure for synchronizing the actions of said cameras;--structure for displaying the video signals issuing from said cameras, these display structures being common to said cameras;--and a device for addressing to said display structure a succession of images which come, alternately, from one and the other of said cameras. The system of the invention is more particularly applicable to the adjustment of the axes of two apparatus, for example the firing axis of a weapon and the axis of sight of a viewfinder.

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