Patent ID: 6356397
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A viewing apparatus having a composite field of view, comprising:at least two image transducers, each having an individual field of view; a reflective element having at least one reflective area that is positioned to redirect at least part of the field of view associated with a first one of the image transducers; at least part of the redirected field of view being merged with at least part of the field of view associated with the second one of the image transducers to produce the composite field of view of the viewing apparatus, these parts of the fields of view associated with the first and second image transducers being arranged with respect to the reflective area to create a blind region that is not in either of these two parts of the fields of view, that encompasses a portion of an edge of the reflective area, and that is located between the parts of the two fields of view associated with the first and second image transducers that produce the composite field of view.