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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giora Yahav, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
3DV Systems, Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/502 ; G03B 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/502 ; G03B 2/900 ;
Abstract
A camera is provided with through the lens lighting. An light source provides boresighted illumination by using a beamsplitter or mirror to illuminate a field of view which is congruent with the field of view of the image sensor of the camera. The light source can be an extended light source having a dimensions about equal to the image sensor. The surface of the image sensor, the light source or the beam splitter can be modulated such that light directly from the light source does not impinge the sensor.