Modular panoramic night vision goggles having configurable attachments
US8269159B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2010 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 25, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B2027/0156
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A night vision goggle system is shown, including optical modules, a heads-up display (HUD) module, and a camera module. Each module may be added to and removed from the system without structural, electrical, or optical damage to itself or the remaining modules. Each optical module takes input light at one end and provides an intensified image at the other. A heads-up display module (HUD) can provide an informational display in any of at least two of the optical modules or both. A camera module is capable of recording both the intensified image produced by a particular optical module, as well as the HUD information shown through that module with substantially no offset from the original display. Both the camera module and the HUD module are installable onto the same optical module at the same time, and can be installed on either (or in some embodiments, any) optical module.
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