Patent ID: 8159591

Claim:
A method for capturing and displaying images, comprising the steps of: optically aligning and integrating a first and a second image capture and display device by providing the first and second image capture and display devices-disposed in an aligned back to back relationship to each other to provide a common optical axis and wherein a first viewing direction of the first image capture and display device is opposed to a second viewing direction of the second image capture and display device; capturing a first image by the first image capture and display device; capturing a second image by the second image capture and display device wherein the first or second images or both are adapted to be displayed on the first or second display devices; altering either the first of second images or both to provide one or more altered images; displaying an altered first captured image on either the first or second image capture and display device; and displaying the second captured image or an altered second captured image on the other image capture and display device.