Module for a visualization apparatus for viewing an object
US9820820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 13, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B21/361
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A module for a visualization apparatus includes an imaging optic accommodated in a base body for generating a viewing image of an object region with an optical viewing beam path. The module includes a display unit for visualizing an image superimposed on the viewed image of the object region with orientation information. The module has an image acquisition unit having an image sensor for acquiring an image of the object region. The module contains a switching unit for selectively providing and blocking an optical beam path from the display to the image sensor. The switching unit, in a first switching state, provides the image of a geometric structure on the display onto the image sensor with the optical beam path and, in a further switching state blocks the optical beam path from a geometric structure on the display to the image sensor.
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