Patent ID: 8304728

Claim:
Night vision goggles, comprising: a substrate; a layer combination on the substrate for receiving an incident IR image and outputting a visible output image corresponding to the incident IR image to a user; wherein the layer combination comprises: an absorbing layer; and a light-emitting layer, wherein at least one of the absorbing layer and the light-emitting layer comprises an organic material; an organic light emitting diode (OLED), wherein the OLED incorporates the light emitting layer, a first electrode transparent to IR light; and a second electrode, wherein the incident IR image is incident on the first electrode transparent to IR light, wherein IR light of the incident IR image passes through the first electrode transparent to IR light and enters the absorbing layer, wherein the IR light is absorbed in the absorbing layer so as to generate charge carriers, wherein the charge carriers are injected into the OLED so as to generate photons, wherein the second electrode is transparent to the generated photons, wherein the generated photons pass through the second electrode, wherein the generated photons are in the visible range, and wherein the generated photons passing through the second electrode produce the visible output image, wherein the night vision goggles are adapted such that the visible output image is positioned for the user to see when the night vision goggles are worn by the user.