Patent ID: 6646799
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G01J,G02B

Abstract:
Multiple-band radiation imaging binoculars for imaging at least two bands of radiation onto at least one eye of a viewer comprising:a first objective lens for imaging a first band of incoming radiation, wherein the first band of incoming radiation passes through the first objective lens in a first direction; a first optical element for receiving the first band of incoming radiation and redirecting the first band of radiation in a second direction, wherein the second direction is at approximately a 90 degree angle to the first direction; a first sensor for receiving the first band of incoming radiation in the second direction, wherein the first sensor intensifies the first band of incoming radiation; a second optical element for receiving the intensified first band of incoming radiation and redirecting the intensified first band of radiation in a third direction, wherein the third direction is at approximately a 90 degree angle to the second direction and is the same direction as the first direction; a first eyepiece for imaging the intensified first band of radiation onto a first eye of the viewer; a second objective lens for imaging a second band of incoming radiation, wherein the second band of incoming radiation passes through the second objective lens in the first direction; a second sensor for receiving the second band of incoming radiation, wherein the second sensor images the second band of incoming radiation on a first and a second display device, wherein the second band of incoming radiation is imaged from the first display device onto the first eye of the viewer via the first eyepiece; and a second eyepiece lens for imaging the second band of incoming radiation from the second display device onto a second eye of the viewer, such that the first band of incoming radiation is imaged onto one eye of the viewer and the second band of incoming radiation is imaged onto both eyes of the viewer.