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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:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bjoern Abel, Bad Salzuflen, DE;
Michael Burg, Lippstadt, DE;
Assignee:
Hella KG Hueck & Co., Lippstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 4/014 ;
Abstract
A night vision device and method for vehicles is provided, including a radiation device for generating infrared radiation, a detection device for receiving an infrared image, wherein the detection device works together with the radiation device, and a display device for visual display of the infrared image for the vehicle driver, wherein the radiation device has a semiconductor radiation source that can be controlled such that the infrared radiation is emitted in a discrete-time fashion.