Video enhanced night vision goggle
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1. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device, comprising:
- a head mount adapted for being worn on the head of a user;
an image intensified video camera secured to the head mount;
a display comprised of an electrically operated flat panel and an optical eyepiece, which is secured to the head mount with a mounting means which is configured to enable placement of the eyepiece when the head mount is word by a user directly in front of the user'"'"'s eye with both the flat panel and eyepiece being located forward of the user'"'"'s eyes; and
an electrical connection between the image intensified video camera and the display;
wherein the head mount is comprised of mounting strap means and platform means to which the video camera and display are secured and wherein the mounting strap means and platform means are securable to each other.
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Abstract
A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle comprised of a head mount assembly, an image intensified video camera, and a display. A thermal camera may also be provided and the images from the video camera and the thermal camera may be electronically fused on the display.
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1. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device, comprising:
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a head mount adapted for being worn on the head of a user;
an image intensified video camera secured to the head mount;
a display comprised of an electrically operated flat panel and an optical eyepiece, which is secured to the head mount with a mounting means which is configured to enable placement of the eyepiece when the head mount is word by a user directly in front of the user'"'"'s eye with both the flat panel and eyepiece being located forward of the user'"'"'s eyes; and
an electrical connection between the image intensified video camera and the display;
wherein the head mount is comprised of mounting strap means and platform means to which the video camera and display are secured and wherein the mounting strap means and platform means are securable to each other. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A night vision goggle device, comprising:
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a first mounting strap conformable to the shape of an arc for passing over the top of an observer'"'"'s head;
a forehead band attached to the mounting strap for extending at least part way across an observer'"'"'s forehead;
a mounting member extending from the forehead band at one side thereof having an image intensified video camera secured thereto; and
a mount on the forehead band to which a video display module is secured. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A man portable video enhanced night vision device, comprising;
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a head mount assembly comprised of a flexible mounting strap for passing over a user'"'"'s head and a mounting platform attachable to the mounting strap and arranged to extend peripherally around a user'"'"'s forehead and a side of the user'"'"'s head;
an image intensified video camera; and
a display which is physically separate from the video camera but which is electrically connected thereto;
wherein the video camera and the display are secured to the mounting platform at different peripheral positions therearound, so that the weight of these components is distributed around a user'"'"'s head. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device, comprising:
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an image intensified video camera;
a display;
a self-contained electrical power source; and
means including a strap for passing over and contacting the center of a user'"'"'s head and a platform for contacting a user'"'"'s forehead for mounting the video camera, display and electrical power source on the head of a user without the use of a helmet so that each of the video camera, display, and power source is located at a different longitudinal position around the user'"'"'s head, so as to distribute the weight of these components therearound.
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34. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device, comprising:
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a head mount adapted for being worn on the head of a user;
an image intensified video camera secured to the head mount, the image intensified video camera including an image intensifier tube;
a display comprised of an electrically operated flat panel and an optical eyepiece, which is secured to the head mount in such position that when the head mount is worn by a user, both the flat panel and the eyepiece are located forward of the user'"'"'s eyes;
an electrical connection between the image intensified video camera and the display;
a power supply for the image intensifier tube;
wherein the image intensifier tube has a cathode, microchannel plate, and screen, and wherein the power supply includes auto-gate means for controlling a voltage which is applied to the cathode and means for receiving the video signals outputted from the video camera for controlling the auto-gate based on such signals; and
a thermal camera and an image processor which are secured to the head mount, wherein electrical signals from the video camera and thermal camera are fed to the image processor, and the image processor is arranged to provide data to the display indicative of both signals from the image intensified video camera and the thermal camera in such manner that the respective image intensified video and thermal video images are in spatial correspondence with each other and overlie each other on the display.
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35. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device, comprising:
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a head mount adapted for being worn on the head of a user;
an image intensified video camera and a thermal camera secured to the head mount;
a display comprised of an electrically operated flat panel and an optical eyepiece, which is secured to the head mount in such position that when the head mount is worn by a user, both the flat panel and the eyepiece are located forward of the user'"'"'s eyes;
an image processor; and
an electrical connection between said cameras, the image processor, and the display;
wherein electrical signals from the video camera and thermal camera are fed to the image processor, and the image processor is arranged to provide data to the display indicative of both signals from the image intensified video camera and the thermal camera in such manner that the respective image intensified video and thermal video images are in spatial correspondence with each other and overlie each other on the display.
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36. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device, comprising:
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a head mount adapted for being worn on the head of a user;
an image intensified video camera secured to the head mount;
a display comprised of an electrically operated flat panel and an optical eyepiece, which is secured to the head mount with a mounting means which is configured to enable placement of the eyepiece when the head mount is word by a user directly in front of the user'"'"'s eye with both the flat panel and eyepiece being located forward of the user'"'"'s eyes; and
an electrical connection between the image intensified video camera and the display;
wherein the head mount is comprised of mounting strap means and platform means to which the video camera and display are secured wherein the mounting strap means and platform means are securable to each other;
wherein the mounting strap means comprises a first strap for passing over the center of the user'"'"'s head from front to back and wherein the platform means has a first portion which is adapted for placement across at least part of the user'"'"'s forehead;
wherein the platform means has a second portion extending from the first portion in such position as to be adjacent a user'"'"'s cheek, wherein the first portion is for securing the display and the second portion is for securing the video camera;
wherein the electrical connection is inside the strap means;
wherein the mounting strap means further includes a second strap for passing behind the nape of a user'"'"'s neck; and
wherein the first portion of the platform means is for extending substantially all the way across a user'"'"'s forehead, and the platform means includes a third portion extending from the first portion in such position to be adjacent a user'"'"'s other cheek, further comprising a thermal camera secured to the second or third portions of the platform means.
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37. A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle device comprising:
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a head mount assembly comprised of a mounting strap for passing over and contacting a user'"'"'s head and a mounting platform;
an image intensified video camera;
a display; and
an electrical connection for connecting the image intensified video camera and the display;
wherein both the image intensified video camera and the display are secured to the mounting platform. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
the video camera is secured to said part of the mounting platform. -
43. The man portable device of claim 42 wherein said part of the mounting platform has a portion which extends downwardly in the direction of a user'"'"'s cheek, and wherein said video camera is secured to said portion.
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44. The man portable device of claim 43 wherein said portion of the mounting platform which extends downwardly has a recessed region for accommodating a user'"'"'s eyeglass temples.
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45. The man portable device of claim 43 wherein the mounting strap is arranged to pass over the top center of a user'"'"'s head from front to back.
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46. The man portable device of claim 39 wherein the mounting platform is arranged to extend around at least one side of the user'"'"'s head in contact therewith.
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- 47. A man portable video enhanced night vision device comprising a head mount assembly comprised of a mounting strap for passing over and contacting the top of a user'"'"'s head and a mounting platform having the same general curvature as the front and side of a user'"'"'s head and arranged to extend peripherally about the front and side of a user'"'"'s head, an image intensified video camera, a display, and an electrical connection for connecting the video camera and the display, wherein the display is secured to the mounting platform such that it is generally in front of a user'"'"'s eye while the video camera is secured to a portion of the mounting platform which extends about the side of a user'"'"'s head, such that the video camera is to one lateral side of a user'"'"'s head.
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50. A man portable video enhanced night vision device comprising:
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a head mount assembly comprised of a mounting strap for passing over and contacting a user'"'"'s head and a mounting platform arranged to extend about the front and at least one side of a user'"'"'s head;
an image intensified video camera;
a thermal camera;
a microdisplay;
the microdisplay being secured to the platform;
the image intensified video camera being secured to a portion of the platform which extends around a side of the user'"'"'s head;
the infrared camera being secured to a portion of the platform which extends around a side of a user'"'"'s head;
an image processor; and
an electrical connection for connecting the cameras, the image processor and the microdisplay;
wherein electrical signals from the image intensified video camera and thermal camera are fed to the image processor, and the image processor is arranged to provide data to the display indicative of both signals from the image intensified video camera and the thermal camera in such manner that the respective image intensified video and thermal video images are in spatial correspondence and overlie each other on the display.
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