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7959517 |
Infrared sensing launch monitor
A method and apparatus for changing the temperature pattern of the surface of a golf ball or golf club is disclosed. The apparatus includes a thermal device capable of imparting a temperature...
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7333270 |
Dual band night vision device
A night vision device provides both an amplified visible light image and an infrared image, overlayed upon each other so that they appear to be a single image. A user may select to utilize either...
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7324070 |
Device and process for monitoring the deployment of respirator users
A monitoring device, process and system use an image recording device for recording an image falling on the eyes of the user of the device. The monitoring device includes a display and a signal...
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7315254 |
Proximity detector for night vision goggles shut-off
A night vision device is disclosed. The device includes a housing that houses an intensifier tube and a proximity sensor mounted on the housing. An ON/OFF switch is operatively coupled to the...
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7239909 |
Imaging system using diffuse infrared light
An imaging system illuminates body tissue with infrared light to enhance visibility of subcutaneous blood vessels, and generates a video image of the body tissue and the subcutaneous blood vessels...
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7167742 |
Utilization of an infrared probe to discriminate between materials
A method of evaluating the surface of a material that has a distinguishable infrared spectrum comprising (a) positioning an infrared fiber optic probe to be in contact with a surface of the sample...
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7095025 |
Protective shroud for thermal imaging camera mounted to protective helmet
In a combination wherein a thermal imaging camera having a front lens is mounted to a protective helmet, such as a firefighter's helmet, where the thermal imaging camera is not covered from above...
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6700123 |
Object detection apparatus
An object detection apparatus including a light intensifier tube for use on an overland vehicle is described and which includes an electromagnetic radiation emitter which emits electromagnetic...
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6624414 |
Image intensifier tube with IR up-conversion phosphor on the input side
The present invention comprises an enhanced vision device having an image intensifier tube (16) with an input end (17a) and an output end (17b) with an IR phosphor (19) deposited on the input end...
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6166377 |
Infrared image sensor with incorporated functions
An infrared image sensor, in particular one of the interlaced parallel scanning type, is described. The infrared image sensor has an optical focusing system for focusing an image on a matrix of...
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5780913 |
Photoelectric tube using electron beam irradiation diode as anode
When light is incident on the photoelectric surface of this electron tube, photoelectrons are emitted. These photoelectrons are accelerated and incident on an electron beam irradiation diode. A...
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5712476 |
Electrophoresis and fluorescence detection apparatus
An improved electrophoresis and fluorescence detection apparatus has an electromagnetic radiation sensor juxtaposed with a sensing region. The output signal from the electromagnetic radiation...
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5434704 |
Night vision weapon sight
A night vision sight is provided for use with a weapon, which includes an objective lens and a non-inverting image intensifier tube disposed along an optical axis, providing an intensified target...
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5336899 |
Adjustable near infrared rangefinder illuminator
A near infrared illuminator for enhancing viewing of a target viewed with infrared viewing device when the target falls within a predetermined range. A pulse generator generates a laser pulse in...
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5328822 |
Apparatus and method for sedimentation based blood analysis
An apparatus and process for accurately determining settling data for the settling of erythrocyte cells from a plasma fluid in a test specimen of blood. The apparatus includes a settling tube, a...
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5157334 |
Image intensifier monitoring of power line insulator leakage
A method for detecting incipient flashover of power line insulators by use of an image intensifier to detect electromagnetic radiation generated by electrical leakage. To improve detection...
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5035472 |
Integrated multispectral man portable weapon sight
A multispectral sight integrated onto a man portable rifle or stand alone apon device for sighting the rifle or for surveillance by the device. The multispectral sight is contained in a unitary...
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4996428 |
Thermal imaging device
A pyroelectric film has a pattern of interconnected electrodes formed on one major surface, and a pattern of discrete electrodes and electrically conductive patches formed on the other major...
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4980565 |
Electro-optical target acquisition system
An electro-optical target acquisition system having a scanning mirror which otates through a 360° azimuthal plane. The infrared (IR) signal of a target is reflected off a mirror and imaged by a ...
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4906897 |
Image intensifier tube
An image intensifier tube comprising an input screen assembly which includes a photosensitive semiconductor wafer having a substrate of one conductivity type material forming a plurality of P-N...
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4866285 |
Infrared flash unit
An infrared flash unit, for use with camera employing infrared film, is mounted in a housing having a base configured to fit on the normal flash unit attachment of a standard camera. The housing...
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4740840 |
Pyroelectric camera signal processing having interrelated multi-parameter pedestal signal level compensation
A system and method are disclosed for pyroelectric camera signal processing, which processing includes multi-parameter automatic signal level adjustment to compensate for the effects of pedestal...
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4730141 |
Imaging tube having a reflective photocathode and internal optical means
An imaging tube particularly useful in providing a visible image corresponding to an incident infrared image in which a reflective photocathode is used to provide an electron image corresponding to...
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4721375 |
Viewing apparatus with adjustable alignment marker support
A viewing apparatus suitable for use as a night sight includes an image intensifier (3) arranged between an objective (1) and an ocular (7). An alignment member (25) has an alignment marker (28)...
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4707595 |
Invisible light beam projector and night vision system
A relatively large diameter, sharply focused beam of invisible light is produced by a projector (10) for the purpose of lighting up a person, object, etc. to be viewed at night. The projector (10)...
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4694334 |
Pyroelectric camera signal processing having pedestal signal level compensation
A system and method are disclosed for pyroelectric camera signal processing, which processing includes compensating for the effects of pedestal level variations. The pyroelectric videcon tube...
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4686566 |
Automatic initiation of target crossover recovery in a pyroelectric camera
A system and method are disclosed for initiating target crossover recovery in a pyroelectric camera by electronically detecting crossover and automatically initiating recovery in response thereto....
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4481535 |
Signal processing system for chopper type pyroelectric camera
A signal processing system is disclosed for a pyroelectric camera having a mechanical chopper in the optical path for causing information sensed by the camera to appear as dynamic information. The...
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4472632 |
Boresight collimator
A boresight collimator usable with three different night-vision (infrared) ights for the U.S. Army TOW missile. These sights must be boresighted to the visible light (day) sight already on the...
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4437118 |
Pyroelectric vidicon with improved signal-to-noise ratio
A pyroelectric vidicon has an improved signal-to-noise ratio by essentially eliminating pedestal noise and using signal gain to overcome preamplifier noise. Pedestal noise is substantially...
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4417814 |
Night sight with illuminated aiming point
There is disclosed a weapon sight for night time use having an image intensifier tube and an illuminated aiming dot. A front lens forms an image of a dimly lit scene onto the input surface of an...
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4407009 |
Retrofitting a televised output device on a thermal imager
An easy retrofitting of a night vision thermal imager to mount a television TV) camera thereon which allows the thermal imager outputs to be viewed remotely by a CRT display. The retrofitting...
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4393403 |
Rotating diaphragm for a dynamic pick-up device having a pyroelectric layer
By rotating a diaphragm in front of a pickup device, for example a pyroelectric vidicon, eddy currents are generated in the diaphragm if the diaphragm is made of a metal. These eddy currents are...
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4386294 |
Target for a pyroelectric camera
The invention relates to a technique for providing a so-called `pedestal` voltage on the rear surface of the target of a pyroelectric camera. This is a positive voltage required to ensure efficient...
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4342941 |
Thermal image exposure plate
A thermal image exposure plate is disclosed having a grid pattern on one side thereof exposed to thermal radiation. The grid pattern depth is less than a thickness of the plate. High image...
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4328516 |
Integral test input for electro-optically multiplexed FLIR system
In a forward-looking infared system of the type in which a cryogenically led infared detector array drives a light-emitting array whose video output is focused onto the target of an electro-optical...
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4322620 |
Camera tube for thermal imaging
A camera tube for thermal imaging is disclosed comprising an entrance window of an electrically conductive material, a target for converting the thermal image, and an electron beam system for...
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4317063 |
Pyroelectric detectors
A reticulated pyroelectric target, for the detection of infra red radiation, comprising a plurality of closely packed islands of pyroelectric material separated by a plurality of relatively narrow...
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4309608 |
Flightline goggle tester
A compact modularized go-no-go resolution tester is provided for use with /PVS-5 image intensifier goggles. The tester can be quickly disassembled and reassembled by operators having little or no...
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4290364 |
Guided bomb for use in low level flying
A guided bomb for use in low level flying for pinpoint target combat, comprises a bomb having a braking device associated therewith to produce a slow-down which is effective against the trajectory...
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4288817 |
Method and a device for eliminating fixed error disturbances in a pyroelectric vidicon
A signal processing method for eliminating fixed error sources in the video signal of a pyroelectric vidicon comprising the step of adding the signal value at each point of the pyroelectric plate...
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4272782 |
Method of and apparatus for adjusting an image intensifier chain
The light which is emitted from the output screen of an image intensifier and passed through a subsequent output objective, is converted into an electrical signal by means of a photomultiplier tube...
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4266873 |
Collinear aiming light image viewer
A collinear aiming light image viewer device in a common housing through ch an observer may view both a target scene and a superimposed collinear aiming light beam within the viewer. The aiming...
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4266129 |
Device for viewing residual light in the visible and the near infrared spectrum
A device for binocular viewing of residual light in the visible and the near infrared spectrum, comprising an optical input system, at least one singular image intensifier of the non-inverting...
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4232222 |
Binocular night glass
An improved binocular night glass suitable for use with infrared light and relatively low levels of visible light without changing the viewing system, in particular its prism system. According to...
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4225882 |
Method and a device for analyzing a pyroelectric target
A method and a device for analyzing a pyroelectric target in an evacuated envelope. The target with two opposite faces has a first face disposed towards a zone of the envelope which is transparent...
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4205384 |
Method for the analytic determination of physical characteristics of a material
The present method provides a determination of physical characteristics of materials. For example, the granulometry of a falling or flowing stream of disperse material may be analytically...
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4199785 |
Electronic zoom system
A zoom system is provided which utilizes wide angle and narrow angle vidicon cameras, a display and an electronic system under an operator's control which operates to blend and magnify signals from...
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4191967 |
Infrared imaging device using a pyroelectric image tube
An infrared imaging device enabling operation in the panning mode with a very high sensitivity and the facility of viewing a desired part of the observed field. A pyroelectric imaging tube is...
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4180759 |
Thermal camera tubes
The invention provides a thermal camera tube having a reticulated pyroelectric target, that is to say a target having a plurality of separate pyroelectric elements arranged in rows and columns and...
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