Patent ID: 6369849
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A mobile handheld remote inspection device including:an elongate housing having a proximal extremity and a distal extremity and a longitudinal axis traversing the length of said housing, said housing having a length greater than twenty-four (24) inches; a grip assembly attached to said housing for enabling a user to hold and carry the remote inspection device; an illumination means for illuminating an object with light; a camera means operating in the spectrum of light of said illumination means for creating an image of the object illuminated by said illumination means; a tip assembly attached to the distal extremity of said housing, said tip assembly including a portal for receiving light for projection upon said camera means; a video display mounted substantially at the proximal extremity of said housing for displaying an image created by said camera means; a processor for communicating an image of an object created by said camera means to said video display; and power supply connected to said illumination means, camera means and video display.