On-axis guide system
OwnerGaston Daniel Baudatinventor
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Abstract
An on-axis dichroic guide system provides a telescope with an automated active control and focusing system for imaging celestial bodies. The on-axis dichroic guide system mainly comprises a system body, a scope port, a guide port, an imaging port, and an dichroic beam splitter. The scope port is positioned adjacent to the system body, and the guide port is positioned adjacent to the system body opposite to the scope port. The imaging port is positioned adjacent to the system body on an axis that is non-parallel to the axis containing the scope port and the guide port. The dichroic beam splitter is positioned with the system body. In addition, the dichroic beam splitter is arranged to reflect the visible portion of the input light towards the imaging port and to direct the infrared portion the input light towards the guide port.
Claims13
An on-axis guide system, comprising:
- a system body;
- a scope port;
- a guide port;
- an imaging port;
- a dichroic beam splitter;
- said scope port being positioned adjacent to said system body;
- said guide port being positioned adjacent to said system body;
- said guide port being positioned opposite to said scope port such that said system body is between said guide port and said scope port;
- a scope axis centrally traversing through said system body between said scope port and said guide port;
- an imaging axis centrally traversing through said system body and perpendicularly intersecting said scope axis;
- said imaging port being positioned adjacent to said system body along said imaging axis;
- said dichroic beam splitter being positioned within said system body;
- said dichroic beam splitter being arranged to reflect visible spectrum band light towards said imaging port;
- said dichroic beam splitter being arranged to allow infrared spectrum band light to pass through and travel towards said guide port;
- an imaging member being coupled to said imaging port, wherein said imaging member is configured to receive the visible spectrum of band light and has an imaging field of view;
- a guide member being coupled to said guide port, wherein said guide member is configured to receive the infrared spectrum band light and has a guide field of view;
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- a computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.