Patent ID: 11867908
Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A digital imaging system with direct view of an object, comprising:
an optical element configured to allow visible light to pass therethrough to a user's eye and to redirect, prior to reaching the user's eye, at least some light of non-visible wavelengths away from said user's eye;
a redirection optic disposed so as to redirect said at least some light of non-visible wavelength;
an image capture unit mounted outside a field of view of said user's eye, within a path of said at least some light of non-visible wavelength;
a display disposed between said user's eye and said object; and
an image processor configured to process imaging data from said image capture unit and output said imaging data to said display such that an image generated from said imaging data from said digital camera overlays an image produced by impingement of visible light on the user's eye following the visible light's passing through the optical element, wherein the image generated from said imaging data comprises visible light passing through the optical element and non-visible light captured by the image capture unit.