Infrared toy viewing scope and games utilizing infrared radiation
First Claim
1. An infrared toy scope for converting infrared electromagnetic energy of an image to an image in the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum comprising an input focusing lens for focusing infrared electromagnetic energy of an image on an infrared sensor;
- an infrared sensor having an infrared sensitive surface and being positioned so that at least a portion of the infrared electromagnetic energy of the image passing through the input focusing lens is incident to the infrared sensitive service, the infrared sensor having an electrical output responsive to the infrared electromagnetic energy of the image incident to the infrared sensitive surface;
a plurality of analog to digital converters for receiving the electrical output of the infrared sensor and converting the electrical output to digital information;
a central processing unit coupled to the analog to digital converters for receiving the electrical output of digital information from the analog to digital converters, the central processing unit being capable of processing the digital information from the analog to digital converters and producing an electrical output of digital image data;
an image display having an image display surface, the image display being operably connected to the electrical output of digital image data from the central processing unit and the image display surface being responsive to said digital image data for creating an image in the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum similar to the infrared electromagnetic energy incident to the infrared sensitive surface of the infrared sensor.
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Abstract
An infrared scope toy for observing a scene illuminated by infrared electromagnetic energy comprising an input focusing lens, an infrared sensor having an infrared sensitive surface and an output responsive to the infrared electromagnetic energy incident to the infrared sensitive surface, a display screen having a display surface and being operably connected to the output of the infrared sensor and capable of producing an image in the visible portion of the electromagnetic spectrum which is similar to the infrared electromagnetic energy incident to the infrared sensitive surface of the infrared sensor. The infrared scope toy overcomes the problem of seeing in low or nonexistence visible light situations and provides a toy for children and others, which may be used in playing games.
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20 Claims
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1. An infrared toy scope for converting infrared electromagnetic energy of an image to an image in the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum comprising
an input focusing lens for focusing infrared electromagnetic energy of an image on an infrared sensor; -
an infrared sensor having an infrared sensitive surface and being positioned so that at least a portion of the infrared electromagnetic energy of the image passing through the input focusing lens is incident to the infrared sensitive service, the infrared sensor having an electrical output responsive to the infrared electromagnetic energy of the image incident to the infrared sensitive surface;
a plurality of analog to digital converters for receiving the electrical output of the infrared sensor and converting the electrical output to digital information;
a central processing unit coupled to the analog to digital converters for receiving the electrical output of digital information from the analog to digital converters, the central processing unit being capable of processing the digital information from the analog to digital converters and producing an electrical output of digital image data;
an image display having an image display surface, the image display being operably connected to the electrical output of digital image data from the central processing unit and the image display surface being responsive to said digital image data for creating an image in the visible light portion of the electromagnetic spectrum similar to the infrared electromagnetic energy incident to the infrared sensitive surface of the infrared sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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12. The apparatus of claim 12, including
a contrast control operably connected to the image display for controlling the contrast of the image on the image display surface.
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