Patent ID: 6357135
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
A portable hand-held imaging system for viewing distant objects comprising:a binocular lens system for magnifying a viewed distant object, the binocular lens system having a first light input arrangement and a second light input arrangement, the light input arrangements each defining a light input path terminating at an eyepiece; a sensing system that is operatively arranged with respect to the first light input arrangement, for sensing said viewed distant object at the same time the object is viewed by a user; a beam splitting device that is positioned within the light input path of the first light input arrangement to split a beam carrying an image of the distant object into a first beam directed to said sensing system and a second beam directed to the eyepiece of the first light input arrangement; a processing means interconnected to said sensing system for processing said sensed image; and a printer mechanism which is mounted on the optical lens system and is connected to said processor means, the printer mechanism being configured to print out said sensed image on demand on print media.