WO2006065805A2 - Procede et appareil pour monter un systeme de vision - Google Patents

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WO2006065805A2
WO2006065805A2 PCT/US2005/045046 US2005045046W WO2006065805A2 WO 2006065805 A2 WO2006065805 A2 WO 2006065805A2 US 2005045046 W US2005045046 W US 2005045046W WO 2006065805 A2 WO2006065805 A2 WO 2006065805A2
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Kenneth S. Solinsky
Andrew Russell
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    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A42—HEADWEAR
    • A42B—HATS; HEAD COVERINGS
    • A42B3/00—Helmets; Helmet covers ; Other protective head coverings
    • A42B3/04—Parts, details or accessories of helmets
    • A42B3/0406—Accessories for helmets
    • A42B3/042—Optical devices

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  • the present invention is generally related to vision systems and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for mounting a vision system to, for example, a helmet.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a vision system consistent with one embodiment of the present invention mounted to a helmet;
  • FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the receiver of the vision system of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 9 is a rear isometric view of the dovetail of the imaging assembly of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 10 is a front isometric view of the dovetail of the imaging assembly of FIG. l;
  • the electrical connection may be established, at least in part, through one or more cables 140, extending to hot shoes 122, 124 associated with each of the slots 108, 110, as shown in FIGS. 3-8.
  • the hot shoes 122, 124 may provide an interface for providing connection to the imaging assembly 104 through corresponding hot shoes 126 associated with each of the dovetails 112, 114, shown in FIG. 10.
  • Information from the image intensification (I 2 ) channel 116 may be fused with the information from the thermal channel 118 and may be presented for viewing through the eyepiece 130.
  • the eyepiece 130 may include one or more ocular lenses.
  • the lever receiver 804 may be at least partially received within the opening 810 and may be secured to the body portion 800.
  • the lever 802 may include first 830 and second 832 arms having first 831 and second 833 detents, respectively, and an actuating tab 834.
  • the lever 802 may be positioned over the lever receiver 804 with openings 836, 838 in the arms 830, 832 aligned with corresponding openings 840, 842, respectively, in projections provided on the lever receiver 804.
  • the release pin 806 may extend through openings 836, 838, 840, 842 and through a central opening 844 in the torsion spring 808 to secure the lever 802 to the lever receiver 804, e.g. as shown in FIG. 6.
  • the dovetail 112 may include a configuration for mating with the slot 110 of the receiver 106.
  • the dovetail 112 has a generally tapered and dovetailed configuration.
  • the tapered geometry along the length of the dovetails may allow for initial misalignment during insertion of the dovetail 112 into a corresponding slot 110, and may also allow for manufacturing variances between imaging assemblies and/or mounting assemblies, while still permitting the dovetails 112, 114 to mate tightly with the mating slots 108, 110 of the receiver 106, thereby establishing a rigid connection.
  • Other mating configurations may also, and/or alternatively, be provided.
  • a top surface of the dovetail 112 may include a detent opening 904 therein.
  • the actuating tab 834 of the mount may be depressed to rotate the detents 831, 833 of the lever 802 out of the slots 108, 110.
  • the actuating tab 834 may be released to allow the detent 833 to at least partially extend into the detent opening 904 of the dovetail 112. Positioning of the detent 833 within the detent opening 904 may secure the imaging assembly 104 to the mount assembly 102.
  • Rotation of the lever 644 may present an eccentric cam surface 656 for reliably tightening and releasing the connection between the mount arm 404 and the cross-slide assembly 400 to allow pivoting of the cross-slide assembly 400 relative to the mount arm 404 about the shoulder screws 640, 642.
  • the pivot housing 402 may be fixed in a plurality of alternative heights relative to the slide 1604 by a release assembly 1605.
  • a pawl 1510 on a release tab 1608 may engage an array of slots, e.g., horizontal slots 1606, to maintain the pivot housing 402 at one of a plurality of alternative heights.
  • the release tab 1608 may be fixed to the pivot housing 402 by a pin 1512 and a mounting frame 1514.
  • the release tab 1608 may be depressed to rotate about the pin 1512 releasing the pawl 1510 from the horizontal slots 1606 to free the pivot hosing 402 for vertical adjustment relative to the slide 1604.
  • a latch plate 1612 of the SPS assembly 406 may attach the mount assembly 102 to a helmet interface.
  • the helmet interface may be an adaptor plate 1800 of the helmet adaptor assembly (HAA) 2000, shown particularly in FIGS. 1 and 19-21.
  • the latch plate 1612 may be supported by a fastener through an existing mounting hole in the front of the helmet 101. Additional stability may be provided by a front hook 2002 of the adaptor plate 1800 which may anchor the helmet adaptor assembly 2000 to the brim of the helmet 101.
  • the mount assembly 102 may lock into the adaptor plate 1800.

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L'invention concerne un système de vision permettant de monter un ensemble d'imagerie sur un casque par l'intermédiaire d'un adaptateur de casque et un ensemble de montage. Ledit ensemble de montage comprend un récepteur permettant de monter, de manière amovible, un ensemble d'imagerie. Le récepteur est couplé à un ensemble coulissant de manière transversale permettant de produire un mouvement dans le sens de la longueur et latéral de l'ensemble d'imagerie par rapport au casque. Un ensemble pivot/ coulissant de repli est couplé entre l'ensemble coulissant de manière transversale et l'adaptateur de casque, ce qui permet de déplacer l'ensemble d'imagerie d'une position repliée dans une position déployée. La position verticale et l'angle d'inclinaison de l'ensemble d'imagerie peut également être réglé par l'ensemble pivot/ coulissant de repli.
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