Patent ID: 8773537

Claim:
A hands free night vision system comprising: an imaging assembly comprising a protective case, an image intensifier disposed within the protective case, the image intensifier having a first end and a second end; said first end having an exposed objective lens that accepts photons from a low light image of an object of interest and with an image sensor converts said photons into an electronic signal representative of the low light image of the object of interest, an output that outputs the electronic signal representative of the low light image of the object of interest; a power source coupled to the imaging assembly and providing power thereto to the image intensifier to convert the light into the electronic signal representative of the low light image of the object of interest; a control unit coupled to the imaging assembly and comprising a memory that accepts and stores the electronic signal representative of the low light image of the object of interest; a mounting device for mounting the imaging assembly onto a helmet; and, a signal path arranged between the image intensifier image sensor and the control unit memory, and that transmits the electronic signal there between.