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US 5,666,227 AGranted
Passive panoramic viewing systems
OwnerYehoshua Ben-Ghiathinventor
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Abstract
Systems for affording panoramic forward, side, rear and underneath views to operators of a wide range of transportation means for facilitating safe manoeuvering thereof. The transportation means include private vehicles, full trailers, semi-trailers, busses, aircraft, ships and the like.
Claims6
A system for affording to a driver an image of a first area and a second area adjacent to a vehicle, the system comprising:
- (a) first image projection means including a beam splitter, said first image projection means projecting a first image of the first area adjacent to the vehicle by transmission through said beam splitter and a second image, superimposed on said first image, of the second area adjacent to the vehicle by reflection from said beam splitter;
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- (b) second image projection means in optical alignment with said first image projection means such that said images are visible from the driver's normal sitting position.
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