Compact digital night vision goggles
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorsBobby D. Foote, Ty O'Brien
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AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorsBobby D. Foote, Ty O'Brien
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The DNVG includes a digital light sensor, a digital display, and an eyepiece. The digital light sensor is arranged to detect visible and near infrared light from an object and provide a digital signal based on the detected light. The digital display is arranged to provide a digital image of the object based on the digital signal provided by the digital light sensor. The eyepiece is configured to provide the digital image from the digital display to an eye of a user of the night vision goggles. The eyepiece includes a lens assembly and a reflector having a reflector surface, the lens assembly imaging light from the digital image via the reflective surface to the eye of the user. Alternatively, the eyepiece includes waveguide optics transporting imaging light from the digital image to the eye of the user.
Digital night vision goggles (DNVG) comprising:
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