Viewing device with orientating imaging device
First Claim
1. A viewing device including first and second viewing passages, each passage having a main body and an eyepiece assembly at one end thereof, said passages and/or eyepiece assemblies selectively movable to allow positional adjustment to suit the interocular distance of the user and characterised in that said viewing device includes at least one imaging device to allow the selective capture and/or storage of data representing the images viewable through the first and/or second passages.
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Abstract
The invention relates to the provision of an optical device having first and second viewing passages which are selectively spaced apart to suit the interocular distance between a user'"'"'s eyes. The device also included at least one image capturing device to allow a digital image to be captured. The invention provides a means whereby adjustment between the first and second viewing passages can be taken into account when capturing the image so as to reduce the problems caused by the angular adjustment.
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- 1. A viewing device including first and second viewing passages, each passage having a main body and an eyepiece assembly at one end thereof, said passages and/or eyepiece assemblies selectively movable to allow positional adjustment to suit the interocular distance of the user and characterised in that said viewing device includes at least one imaging device to allow the selective capture and/or storage of data representing the images viewable through the first and/or second passages.
- 16. A viewing device including first and second viewing passages, each passage having a main body and an eyepiece assembly at one end thereof, said eyepiece assemblies selectively movable relative to their main body to allow positional adjustment to suit the interocular distance of the user, at least one viewing passage including at least one imaging device to allow the selective capture and/or storage of data representing the images viewable through the first and/or second passages and characterised in that the eyepiece assemblies are adjustable independently of their respective main bodies of the first and second viewing passages and the at least one imaging device.
- 17. A viewing device including first and second viewing passages, each viewing passage having an eyepiece assembly at one end thereof, said first and second viewing passages adjustable with respect to one another to allow the interocular spacing between the eyepiece assemblies to be adjusted to suit user requirements, said viewing device including at least one imaging device for capturing the images from the first and/or second viewing passages and characterised in that the device includes a detection means for detecting the relative angles of orientation of the first and second viewing passages, and control means for said at least one imaging device which receives an electronic signal indicative of the orientation which is detected.
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22. A viewing device in the form of a set of binoculars including first and second viewing passages connected by two or more pivoting joints, and imaging devices mounted in or on the binoculars, characterised in that movement of the passages for interocular spacing adjustment results in no change to the orientation of the imaging devices.
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23. A viewing device including first and second viewing passages, each viewing passage or component thereof selectively movable around a pivot axis to allow positional adjustment to suit the interocular distance of the user, and including at least one imaging device to allow the selective capture and/or storage of data representing the images viewable through the first and/or second passages, characterised in that said at least one imaging device is positioned to receive light in an axis perpendicular to said pivot axis.
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