Computerized binoculars
First Claim
1. A viewing device comprising a casing for housing optical components including an objective lens and an eyepiece, these components providing a view along an optical axis (AA'"'"'), and a focusing component operator adjustable from outside the casing, the optical components forming an image of a field of view, said viewing device also including, inside the casing:
- components to display a luminous image formed of pixels which can be controlled by a computer,at least one reflex optical component to superimpose the image from the display components on the image of the field of view,and, mounted on the casing, sensors to determine direction of the device line of sight and to measure an angle relative to a geographical reference, with the possibility of connecting these sensors to a computer via links.
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Abstract
The invention is an optical device, similar to a pair of binoculars, which includes, between the objective lens and the eyepiece a miniature screen displaying an image controlled by a computer, and an optical reflex device capable of superimposing the screen image on the image seen through the objective lens. The device also includes, selectively or cumulatively, a variable light attenuator, a light amplifier for night vision, sensors to detect the line of sight of the optical device, and a computer which can also be selectively or cumulatively connected to a localization receiver of the "global positioning system" type and a transceiver. The device can be used to add further information on geographic positions, friends, enemies, infrared images, etc. into the scene seen through the binoculars.
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20 Claims
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1. A viewing device comprising a casing for housing optical components including an objective lens and an eyepiece, these components providing a view along an optical axis (AA'"'"'), and a focusing component operator adjustable from outside the casing, the optical components forming an image of a field of view, said viewing device also including, inside the casing:
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components to display a luminous image formed of pixels which can be controlled by a computer, at least one reflex optical component to superimpose the image from the display components on the image of the field of view, and, mounted on the casing, sensors to determine direction of the device line of sight and to measure an angle relative to a geographical reference, with the possibility of connecting these sensors to a computer via links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A viewing device comprising
(a) a casing for housing an objective, an eyepiece, means to display a luminous image formed of pixels which can be controlled by a computer having memories each having an address, and at least one reflex optical component to superimpose the displayed image to an image of a field of view of the viewing device, this field of view being determined by an optical axis and an aperture angle of the viewing device, the improvement comprising (b) sensors attached to the casing to determine a direction of the device line of sight, (c) means to link data coming from the sensors to a computer, (d) the computer having sets of instruction in which at least one of the sets allows calculation of memories addresses from data which include values coming from the sensors.
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20. A viewing device comprising a casing for housing optical components including an objective lens and an eyepiece, these components providing a view along an optical axis (AA'"'"'), and a focusing component operator adjustable from outside the casing, the optical components forming an image of a field of view, said viewing device also including, inside the casing:
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components to display a luminous image formed of pixels which can be controlled by a computer, at least one reflex optical component to superimpose the image from the display components on the image of the field of view, and, mounted on the casing, a sensor to determine direction of the device line of sight and to measure an angle relative to a geographical reference, with the possibility of connecting these sensors to a computer via links, a connector on said casing to connect the device to components outside said casing, said components comprising a computer to which the casing can be connected, a link running between the computer and the casing via said connector; and the computer having sets of instructions in which at least one of the sets allows calculation of memory addresses from data which includes values coming from the sensor.
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