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Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2010
Applicant:

Michael P. Browne, San Mateo, CA (US);

Inventor:

Michael P. Browne, San Mateo, CA (US);

Assignee:

SA Photonics, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/00 (2011.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/017 (2013.01); G02B 2027/011 (2013.01); G02B 2027/014 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0123 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0138 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23238 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wide field of view night vision system includes a head attachment apparatus configured to attach to a user's head and a night vision subsystem. The night vision subsystem includes one or more digital night vision image sensors attached to the head attachment apparatus. Each sensor receives input light and produces a digital image of the input light. A processor processes the digital image(s) to produce a wide-field image. The wide-field image spans at least 60 degrees of a user's horizontal field of view. A display and eyepiece attached to the head attachment apparatus receives and displays the wide-field image. The eyepiece is positionable between the display and the user's eye to image the wide-field image into the user's eye.


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