Arend Hiddema

Title: Arend Hiddema and the Night Vision Device with Integrated Display.

Introduction

Arend Hiddema is an inventor associated with Roden, the Netherlands, and Photonis France. His listed patent concerns integrating a display into a night vision device.

Latest Patents

Hiddema’s listed patent, “Night Vision Device with Integrated Display,” describes a binocular night vision system with an objective lens, a light intensifier tube, a light guide, and an eyepiece lens arranged along an optical axis. The intensifier tube converts incoming light into a night vision image using a photocathode, microchannel wafer, and phosphor screen. A thin glass plate or film containing light-emitting elements is placed directly on the light guide’s output side, allowing display information to appear in the eyepiece’s focal plane. A power supply and control module within the tube body provides bias voltages and controls the display’s luminescence. Hiddema is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

The available information associates Hiddema with Photonis France and identifies his work on a night vision device that combines an intensified image with an integrated display. The patent description outlines how the display and its control electronics are incorporated into the light intensifier tube.

Collaborations

Pierre-Yves Bony and Geoffroy Deltel are listed as Hiddema’s coworkers. The provided information does not specify their roles in the patent or their particular contributions.

Conclusion

Arend Hiddema’s listed invention focuses on integrating display elements into a night vision device, bringing image intensification and display functionality together in a compact optical system.