Imaging device with focused illumination
AssigneeEnvirosight LLC
InventorRichard Lindner
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Abstract
An imaging system having a forward and rearward orientation and comprising: (a) one or more parabolic reflectors having a base, a focus, and a reflector axis, said one or more parabolic reflectors defining a central reflector axis; (b) at least one a light source disposed near or essentially at said focus of each of said one or more parabolic reflectors forward of its base; and (c) an imaging device disposed within said one or more parabolic reflectors, and comprising a zooming lens having an optical axis essentially coincident with said central reflector axis.
Claims13
An imaging system having a forward and rearward orientation, said system comprising:
- at least one housing;
- at least one light source;
- an imaging device in said housing;
- a positioning system comprising an elongated member for positioning said imaging device;
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- a tilting mechanism comprising a rack and pion mechanism wherein one of said tack or pion is affixed to said housing, and the other component is affixed to said position system, wherein said rack defines a focal point in said housing such that rotating the pinion causes the rack to move relative to the pinion such that said housing pivots around said focal point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.