Patent ID: 7800043

Claim:
A modular vision assembly for presenting a user with a panoramic view of low-lit objects, comprising in combination: a pair of substantially parallel inner optical modules, each inner optical module having: an inner module input end for receiving light from an object, an image intensifier receiving light from the inner module input end, an inner module output end for receiving light forming an intensified image from the image intensifier, an inner module mechanical connection port that mechanically connects the inner optical module to the assembly, and an inner module electrical connector that electrically connects the inner optical module to the assembly, wherein the inner module output end defines an inner module optical axis along which light received from the first inner module input end is transmitted from the assembly, a pair of outer optical modules, each having: an outer module input end for receiving light from the object, an image intensifier receiving light from the outer module input end, an outer module output end for receiving light forming an intensified image from the image intensifier, a first outer module mechanical connection port that mechanically connects the outer optical module to the assembly, and an outer module electrical connector that electrically connects the outer optical module to the assembly, wherein the outer module output end defines an outer module optical axis along which light received from the image intensifier is transmitted, and a bridge extending between and mechanically connected to the pair of inner optical modules; wherein each outer optical module is reattachably separable from the remaining assembly, and the remaining assembly provides binocular vision through the pair of inner optical modules.