Patent ID: 6833911
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: B23K,F42B,G02B,H05K

Abstract:
Imaging and image capture apparatus for a cartridge and a bullet fired from a firearm, comprising:a mounting device for holding one of a cartridge and a bullet with a surface thereof at any axis within a field of view and focus range of a microscope; the microscope having a viewing axis and mounted with the viewing axis substantially perpendicular to the surface of the one of a cartridge and bullet for obtaining images of an exterior surface of one of the cartridge and bullet; and, an illuminator having a light source providing at least one of mono-chromatic and multi-chromatic light and including an integrated holographic imaging system for projecting the light generated by the illuminator along an illumination plane at a selectable angle to an area of a surface of the one of a cartridge and bullet within a field of view of a microscope imaging objective in a homogenous light field free shadowing effects; wherein images of indicia on an exterior surface of one of a cartridge and bullet are captured and viewed.