Remote image magnifying device
OwnerOren Aharoninventor
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Abstract
Fiber-optic imaging bundles are used to transfer images of an object from an objective lens to a eyepiece mounted on a portion of the front surface of a spectacle lens. In one embodiment, the image from a single objective lens is split at the eyepiece end of the fiber bundle in order to present the image to both eyes; in another, each eye has its own objective lens, fiber bundle, and eyepiece for true stereo vision; in another, right and left images from two offset objective lens are selectively colored, as by a dichroic filter, and the two colored images are transferred through a single fiber bundle to a color separator.
Claims4
A fiber-scope system for use in conjunction with spectacles, comprising:
- an objective lens for imaging the object;
- an eyepiece;
- a coherent fiber-optic bundle for optically coupling the eyepiece to the objective lens, the fiber-optic bundle having an objective end and an eyepiece end;
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- mechanical eyepiece means for attaching the eyepiece to the spectacles, in a position wherein a user wearing the spectacles view the object selectively through the spectacles and the system;
- a left objective lens for imaging the object;
- a right objective lens for imaging the object;
- a left eyepiece;
- a right eyepiece;
- a coherent left fiber-optic bundle for optically coupling the eyepiece to the objective lens, the left fiber-optic bundle having a left objective end and a left eyepiece end;
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- a coherent right fiber-optic bundle for optically coupling the eyepiece to the objective lens, the right fiber-optic bundle having a right objective end and a right eyepiece end;
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- wherein the mechanical eyepiece means includes means for attaching the left eyepiece to the spectacles adjacent a left eye of the user and for attaching the right eyepiece to the spectacles adjacent a right eye of the user;
- whereby the image is simultaneously viewed by a right eye of the user and a left eye of the user.
A fiber-scope system for use in conjunction with spectacles, comprising:
- an objective lens for imaging the object;
- an eyepiece;
- a coherent fiber-optic bundle for optically coupling the eyepiece to the objective lens, the fiber-optic bundle having an objective end and an eyepiece end;
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- mechanical eyepiece means for attaching the eyepiece to the spectacles, in a position wherein a user wearing the spectacles view the object selectively through the spectacles and the system;
- a left objective lens;
- a right objective lens;
- a left eyepiece;
- a right eyepiece;
- left mechanical eyepiece means for attaching the left eyepiece to the spectacles adjacent a left eye of the user;
- right mechanical eyepiece means for attaching the right eyepiece to the spectacles adjacent a right eye of the user;
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- image splitting means, optically coupled to the eyepiece end of the fiber-optic bundle, the right eyepiece, and the left eyepiece, for splitting a combined image of the fiber-optic bundle into a right image at the right eyepiece and a left image at the left eyepiece;
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- whereby an image is simultaneously viewed by a right eye of the user and a left eye of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.