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US 2019/0056584 A1Published application
Loupe camera
OwnerGuy DAVIDI, Ofer DAVIDI +2inventors
InventorsGuy DAVIDI, Ofer DAVIDI, Itzhak POMERANTZ, Elie MEIMOUN
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a sensor loupe where the user can look at a gemstone through a passive optical loupe and take a picture of the exact field of view that he sees.
Claims22
A loupe camera comprising:
- a. a loupe having a midbody and lenses;
- and
- b. an electro-optical sensor;
- wherein the loupe midbody is at least as long as the diameter of the largest of the loupe lenses.
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The method of claim 22 further comprising the steps of:
- a. adjusting a distance between a sensor and a reticle to focus the sensor on the reticle;
- b. fixing the distance between the reticle and the sensor;
- c. looking into a loupe and seeing the reticle reflected by a beam splitter embedded in the loupe;
- d. moving the interconnected reticle and sensor to bring the reticle into focus in the eye;
- e. positioning an object in front of the loupe and bringing it into focus of the eye;
- and
- f. taking at least one picture by sensor.
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The method of claim 22 further comprising the steps of:
- a. looking into the loupe and seeing the reticle reflected by a beam splitter embedded in the loupe;
- b. adjusting a distance between a beam splitter and a reticle to focus the image of the reticle as seen by a user's eye;
- c. displaying on a screen an image of said reticle as captured by a sensor, and
- d. moving the sensor to bring the image of the reticle on the screen into focus.
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The method of claim 22, wherein the loupe camera includes artificial illumination.
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A method of using a loupe camera comprising the steps of
- a. adjusting a distance between a sensor and a reticle;
- and
- b. adjusting a distance between a beam splitter and a reticle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.