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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard A Mecklenborg, Conklin, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Singer Company, Binghamton, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358104 ; 358226 ; 434 38 ; 434 43 ;
Abstract
Optical probe (21) for simultaneously providing two images along independent lines-of-sight that correspond to front and side views in a single camera model visual system. An optical probe comprises a first pitch prism (24) and a second pitch prism (28). The pitch prisms have respective first and second apparent entrance pupils that are external to each prism and common to both prisms at a particular location (32). All motion of the optical probe is constrained to rotations about the location (32) of the first and second apparent entrance pupils.