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Wide angle viewing system

  • US 5,274,405 A
  • Filed: 09/04/1991
  • Issued: 12/28/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/17/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for the viewing of images by an eye of a viewer, the eye having a field of view defined with respect to the viewer'"'"'s head being stationary and the eye free to rotate in its socket, the field of view including an area of visual attention where objects may be perceived with detail and sharpness and an area of peripheral vision falling outside the area of visual attention but still perceptible by the eye as it scans the area of visual attention, the apparatus comprising:

  • an image display component including (a) means for receiving signals representative of first and second images to be viewed, (b) first and second display surfaces, and (c) means for displaying the first and second images on the first and second display surfaces, respectively; and

    means for focusing the images displayed on the first and second display surfaces to a single eye of a viewer, said means for focusing including first and second optical systems, each optical system including an exit pupil, the first optical system conveying light from the first display surface to the exit pupil of the first optical system, and the second optical system conveying light from the second display surface to the exit pupil of the second optical system, such that when the viewer'"'"'s eye is positioned within the exit pupils, the field of view includes an image comprised of the first and second images.

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