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Hyperbolic ellipsoidal real time display panoramic viewing installation for vehicles

  • US 3,229,576 A
  • Filed: 11/21/1962
  • Issued: 01/18/1966
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A VIEWING INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING A REAL TIME DISPLAY USED IN VEHICLE GUIDANCE, SAID INSTALLATION COMPRISING A HYPERBOLIC IMAGE COLLECTOR, A WIDE ANGLE LENS OPTICALLY COUPLED TO SAID COLLECTOR, THE OPTICAL CENTER OF SAID WIDE ANGLE LENS BEING COINCIDENT WITH THE OUTER FOCUS OF SAID HYPERBOLIC IMAGE COLLECTOR, AN ELLIPTICAL VIEWING SCREEN HAVING AN ECCENTRICITY WHICH IS THE RECIPROCAL OF THE ECCENTRICITY OF THE IMAGE COLLECTOR, AN IMAGE INTENSIFICATION MEANS HAVING AN INPUT SURFACE AND AN OUTPUT SURFACE, A PROJECTION LENS HAVING A FOCAL LENGTH EQUAL TO THE FOCAL LENGTH OF SAID WIDE ANGLE LENS, AND WHEREIN THE

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