Patent ID: 6028721
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G02B,G09B

Abstract:
A conformal identification apparatus constructed and arranged to enable an observer to view through a first visual path at least first and second representational objects corresponding to at least first and second actual objects, comprising:a map, including the first and second representational objects, disposed within the first visual path;a magnifier, disposed within the first visual path, constructed and arranged to magnify a portion of the map including the first and second representational objects;a support structure constructed and arranged to support the map and the magnifier;wherein the apparatus further is constructed and arranged to enable the observer to view the first and second actual objects with respect to a second visual path simultaneously with viewing the magnified image with respect to the first visual path; andwherein the magnifier has a focal plane and has a magnification determined so that, when the map is positioned approximately at the focal plane, an angle between the first and second representational objects as observable with respect to the first visual path is approximately the same as an angle between the first and second actual objects as observable with respect to the second visual path.