STABILIZED OBSERVATION WITH LRF FUNCTION
First Claim
1. A hand-held observation device, comprisingat least a first optical observation channel for observations defining a first observation optical axis by receiving and imaging optical light rays onto an image plane, in particular the light rays being within the visible wavelength range for optical observations by the eye of an observer,a gyro sensor unit for recording gyro sensor data giving indication about hand-jitter during observation,a laser range finding unit (LRF) for determining the distance along a LRF axis between the observation device and a target, the laser range finding unit comprising a laser transmission channel and a laser receiver channel, in particular wherein the laser transmission and the laser receiver channels are overlapping away from the device (i.e. substantially coaxial) and thus defining the LRF axis, andthe laser transmission channel and/or the laser receiver channel being coupled into the first observation channel,whereinthe first observation channel comprising a first opto-mechanical stabilization unit for actively and equally stabilizing, during an observation, the first observation optical axis and the LRF axis by compensating for hand-jitter during the observation, the first opto-mechanical stabilization unit being adapted for continuously adjusting and setting a lateral position of at least one lens of the objective optical system of the first optical observation channel, in a way automatically controlled by an electronic processing and control unit, which reads and processes the gyro sensor data, particularly in a way wherein the adjusting of the lateral position of the at least one lens equally stabilizes the first observation optical axis and the LRF axis in one go.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a hand-held observation device. The observation device is characterized in that a first observation channel comprises a first opto-mechanical stabilization unit for actively and equally stabilizing, during an observation, a first observation optical axis and an LRF axis of an integrated laser range finder by compensating for hand jitter during the observation, the first opto-mechanical stabilization unit being adapted for continuously adjusting and setting a lateral position (with respect to the optical axis) of at least one lens of the objective optical system of the first optical observation channel, in a way automatically controlled by an electronic processing and control unit, which reads and processes the gyro sensor data, particularly in a way wherein the adjusting of the lateral position of the at least one lens equally stabilizes the first observation optical axis and the LRF axis in one go.
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1. A hand-held observation device, comprising
at least a first optical observation channel for observations defining a first observation optical axis by receiving and imaging optical light rays onto an image plane, in particular the light rays being within the visible wavelength range for optical observations by the eye of an observer, a gyro sensor unit for recording gyro sensor data giving indication about hand-jitter during observation, a laser range finding unit (LRF) for determining the distance along a LRF axis between the observation device and a target, the laser range finding unit comprising a laser transmission channel and a laser receiver channel, in particular wherein the laser transmission and the laser receiver channels are overlapping away from the device (i.e. substantially coaxial) and thus defining the LRF axis, and the laser transmission channel and/or the laser receiver channel being coupled into the first observation channel, wherein the first observation channel comprising a first opto-mechanical stabilization unit for actively and equally stabilizing, during an observation, the first observation optical axis and the LRF axis by compensating for hand-jitter during the observation, the first opto-mechanical stabilization unit being adapted for continuously adjusting and setting a lateral position of at least one lens of the objective optical system of the first optical observation channel, in a way automatically controlled by an electronic processing and control unit, which reads and processes the gyro sensor data, particularly in a way wherein the adjusting of the lateral position of the at least one lens equally stabilizes the first observation optical axis and the LRF axis in one go.
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