GB2006463A - Holographic one tube goggle - Google Patents

Holographic one tube goggle

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GB2006463A
GB2006463A GB7838775A GB7838775A GB2006463A GB 2006463 A GB2006463 A GB 2006463A GB 7838775 A GB7838775 A GB 7838775A GB 7838775 A GB7838775 A GB 7838775A GB 2006463 A GB2006463 A GB 2006463A
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ambient light
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Raytheon Co
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Hughes Aircraft Co
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    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/017—Head mounted
    • G02B27/0172—Head mounted characterised by optical features
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
    • G02B23/12—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices with means for image conversion or intensification
    • G02B23/125—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices with means for image conversion or intensification head-mounted
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    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
    • G02B27/0103—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising holographic elements
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    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B5/00—Optical elements other than lenses
    • G02B5/32—Holograms used as optical elements
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    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
    • G02B27/0103—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising holographic elements
    • G02B2027/0105—Holograms with particular structures
    • G02B2027/0107—Holograms with particular structures with optical power
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
    • G02B27/0103—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising holographic elements
    • G02B2027/0109—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising holographic elements comprising details concerning the making of holograms
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
    • G02B2027/0138—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
    • G02B2027/0143—Head-up displays characterised by optical features the two eyes not being equipped with identical nor symmetrical optical devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0101—Head-up displays characterised by optical features
    • G02B2027/0145—Head-up displays characterised by optical features creating an intermediate image
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/01—Head-up displays
    • G02B27/0179—Display position adjusting means not related to the information to be displayed
    • G02B2027/0187—Display position adjusting means not related to the information to be displayed slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics (AREA)
  • Lenses (AREA)
  • Telescopes (AREA)
  • Diffracting Gratings Or Hologram Optical Elements (AREA)

Abstract

There is disclosed a goggle design suitable for night viewing or low ambient light viewing and which allows both eyes to view a single transformed image source which may, for example, be an infrared image transformed to a visible wavelength image output from an image intensifier tube 24. The single image source output is split by means such as a beam splitter 30 and a mirror 31. Each offsplit image is seen by one eye through its own holographic lens 21a,b or equivalent optical element which may be mounted on a viewing plate positioned in the user's normal line of sight. The user is thus able to see not only the transformed image but also that image superimposed upon the natural scene image viewed with available ambient light. <IMAGE>
GB7838775A 1977-10-17 1978-09-29 Holographic one tube goggle Expired GB2006463B (en)

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JP (2) JPS5470850A (en)
DE (1) DE2843661C3 (en)
FR (1) FR2406216A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2006463B (en)
IL (1) IL55547A (en)
IT (1) IT1106151B (en)
NL (1) NL185801C (en)

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US4828378A (en) * 1986-09-17 1989-05-09 Gec-Marconi Limited Night vision viewing systems
US4968117A (en) * 1983-09-02 1990-11-06 Hughes Aircraft Company Graded index asperhic combiners and display system utilizing same
US5035474A (en) * 1984-04-16 1991-07-30 Hughes Aircraft Company Biocular holographic helmet mounted display
US5079416A (en) * 1987-10-27 1992-01-07 Night Vision General Partnership Compact see-through night vision goggles
EP0479439A2 (en) * 1990-09-29 1992-04-08 Pilkington P.E. Limited Optical display apparatus
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WO1994018596A1 (en) * 1993-02-01 1994-08-18 Honeywell Inc. Head mounted display utilizing diffractive optical elements
US5416315A (en) * 1994-01-24 1995-05-16 Night Vision General Partnership Visor-mounted night vision visor
FR2721719A1 (en) * 1994-06-28 1995-12-29 Angenieux Sa Compact night vision binoculars.
FR2723450A1 (en) * 1994-08-05 1996-02-09 Central Research Lab Ltd APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE
EP0763216A4 (en) * 1994-02-07 1996-11-29 Virtual I O Inc Personal visual display
EP0838708A1 (en) * 1996-10-24 1998-04-29 Simrad Optronics A/S Binocular image intensifier viewer
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4468101A (en) * 1981-05-29 1984-08-28 Marconi Avionics Limited Night vision goggles
US4968117A (en) * 1983-09-02 1990-11-06 Hughes Aircraft Company Graded index asperhic combiners and display system utilizing same
FR2589255A1 (en) * 1983-11-16 1987-04-30 Trt Telecom Radio Electr VIEWEUR WITHOUT DISTORTION USING HOLOGRAPHIC COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAID HOLOGRAPHIC COMPONENTS
WO1985004961A1 (en) * 1984-04-16 1985-11-07 Hughes Aircraft Company Biocular holographic helmet mounted display
US5035474A (en) * 1984-04-16 1991-07-30 Hughes Aircraft Company Biocular holographic helmet mounted display
EP0215118A1 (en) * 1985-03-01 1987-03-25 Fjw Ind Inc Compact see-through night vision goggles.
EP0215118A4 (en) * 1985-03-01 1988-11-09 Fjw Ind Inc Compact see-through night vision goggles.
WO1987001211A3 (en) * 1985-08-14 1987-03-12 Hughes Aircraft Co Graded index aspheric combiners and display system utilizing same
FR2588674A1 (en) * 1985-10-11 1987-04-17 Mutzel Francis Holographic spectacles
US4828378A (en) * 1986-09-17 1989-05-09 Gec-Marconi Limited Night vision viewing systems
US5079416A (en) * 1987-10-27 1992-01-07 Night Vision General Partnership Compact see-through night vision goggles
EP0479439A2 (en) * 1990-09-29 1992-04-08 Pilkington P.E. Limited Optical display apparatus
EP0479439A3 (en) * 1990-09-29 1993-02-24 Pilkington P.E. Limited Optical display apparatus
US5249081A (en) * 1990-09-29 1993-09-28 Pilkington P.E. Limited Optical apparatus for superimposing displayed visual information
US5459612A (en) * 1992-08-12 1995-10-17 Gec-Marconi Limited Display system
GB2269682B (en) * 1992-08-12 1995-09-20 Marconi Gec Ltd Display system
GB2269682A (en) * 1992-08-12 1994-02-16 Marconi Gec Ltd Helmet-mounted display system
WO1994018596A1 (en) * 1993-02-01 1994-08-18 Honeywell Inc. Head mounted display utilizing diffractive optical elements
US5416315A (en) * 1994-01-24 1995-05-16 Night Vision General Partnership Visor-mounted night vision visor
EP0763216A4 (en) * 1994-02-07 1996-11-29 Virtual I O Inc Personal visual display
EP0763216A2 (en) * 1994-02-07 1997-03-19 Virtual I/O, Inc. Personal visual display
FR2721719A1 (en) * 1994-06-28 1995-12-29 Angenieux Sa Compact night vision binoculars.
WO1996000924A1 (en) * 1994-06-28 1996-01-11 Angenieux S.A. Compact night vision binoculars
US5712726A (en) * 1994-06-28 1998-01-27 Angenieux Sa Compact binoculars for nighttime vision
FR2723450A1 (en) * 1994-08-05 1996-02-09 Central Research Lab Ltd APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE
EP0838708A1 (en) * 1996-10-24 1998-04-29 Simrad Optronics A/S Binocular image intensifier viewer
WO2001040844A1 (en) * 1999-12-03 2001-06-07 Infra-Vision Visualisierungs- Und Kommunikationssysteme Gmbh Display device for infrared images
EP1107040A1 (en) * 1999-12-03 2001-06-13 INFRA-VISION Visualisierungs- und Kommunikationssysteme GmbH Viewing device for infrared image
WO2001048536A2 (en) * 1999-12-23 2001-07-05 Shevlin Technologies Limited A display device
WO2001048536A3 (en) * 1999-12-23 2001-12-06 Shevlin Technologies Ltd A display device
US6517206B2 (en) 1999-12-23 2003-02-11 Shevlin Technologies Limited Display device
CN1310056C (en) * 1999-12-23 2007-04-11 谢夫林技术有限公司 Display device
EP1779171B1 (en) * 2004-08-16 2021-01-27 Safran Vectronix AG Device for the magnified viewing of an object
WO2016142549A1 (en) * 2015-03-12 2016-09-15 Safran Electronics & Defense Sas Airborne device for detecting shots and for piloting assistance
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IL55547A (en) 1981-03-31
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DE2843661A1 (en) 1979-04-19
NL185801C (en) 1990-07-16
FR2406216A1 (en) 1979-05-11
IT1106151B (en) 1985-11-11
IT7851492A0 (en) 1978-10-13
NL7810398A (en) 1979-04-19
GB2006463B (en) 1982-03-17
NL185801B (en) 1990-02-16
FR2406216B1 (en) 1984-01-20
DE2843661C3 (en) 1981-07-23
JPS612971Y2 (en) 1986-01-30
DE2843661B2 (en) 1980-12-04

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Effective date: 19970929