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Optical mixer for helmet visual display system

US5243450A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 1992
Grant dateSep 7, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B2027/0154
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical mixer for use in a helmet visual display system including a light intensifier tube for night vision and a cathode-ray tube for the display of a synthetic image. The mixer includes a swinging glass plate with a spectrally reflective and angularly selective coating. When the angle of the swinging glass plate is changed, the amount of light transmitted through the mixer is changed.

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