Camera with through-the-lens lighting
US6654556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/88
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A camera with through-the-lens lighting, comprising:a light source that produces incoherent light;a photosensitive surface;focusing optics, having an optical axis, that forms an image of a scene, within a field of view, on the photosensitive surface,wherein the light is boresighted with the optical axis and directed toward the scene, illuminating substantially only the field of view of the camera.
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