| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359407000 | Binocular | 39 |
| 20080239479 | Observation Device and Binoculars - An observation device has an ocular lens and an objective lens and is adapted to observe through the ocular lens an intermediate image of an object formed by the objective lens. The observation device further includes a display section provided either on a light path connecting the ocular lens and the objective lens or on a light path branched off from the light path and displaying an image, and a light path switching section provided on the light path connecting the ocular lens and the objective lens and switching the light to be guided from the ocular lens to the objective lens and the image displayed on the display section to be guided to the ocular lens or the objective lens, thereby providing a small-sized observation device and binoculars having a display function. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090116105 | Binocular telescope with adjustable prism module - In a binocular telescope with an adjustable prism module, an eyepiece lens module, a prism module and an objective lens module are installed inside a telescope tube of the binocular telescope. The prism module includes a prism base, a first right-angle prism, a Porro prism, a second right-angle prism and a support base, and an exit surface of the first right-angle prism is connected with an incident surface of the Porro prism, and the second right-angle prism is set on the support base, and the incident surface of the second right-angle prism is attached to the Porro prism. The first and second right-angle prisms can be adjusted to change the angle of optical axes among the prism module, the eyepiece lens module and the objective lens module to prevent a distortion of the optical imaging. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090201581 | Method and Apparatus Providing Improved Visual Capabilities of Optical Instruments - A color-filtering device for enhancing color from a binocular view includes a first variable color filter element a second variable color filter element: and a mechanical assembly for communication of axial rotation to the first and second filter elements. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090231694 | Night vision binoculars - The invention relates to compact night vision binoculars with a first eyepiece channel and a second eyepiece channel, comprising:
| 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237783 | BINOCULARS WITH MICROMIRROR ARRAY LENSES - The binoculars of the present invention comprise two optical units; one optical unit for each eye. Each optical unit comprises a first reflective lens element and a second reflective lens element, wherein at least one of the reflective lens elements is a Micromirror Array Lens. The binoculars of the present invention provide focusing and/or zoom functions without or with minimal macroscopic mechanical lens movement. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090323182 | Methods and Apparatus Providing Improved Visual Capabilities of Optical Instruments - An apparatus for forming an image has one or more lenses in an optical path, at least one angular-sensitive light transmission filter in the optical path, in which transmission varies with change in angular orientation of the filter with reference to the direction of light in the optical path, and a mechanism for adjusting the angle of the light transmission filter. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100149633 | COLLIMATED INTENSIFIED VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLLIMATING - An optical system includes an optical assembly frame having an input portion, an output portion, and an objective lens assembly disposed at the input portion of the optical assembly frame. The objective lens assembly has an objective lens central optical axis. An eyepiece lens assembly is disposed at the output portion of the frame. The eyepiece lens assembly has an eyepiece lens central optical axis parallel to the objective lens central optical axis and offset from the objective lens central optical axis by a distance. An inverting image intensifier is disposed between the objective lens assembly and the eyepiece lens assembly. The image intensifier has an image intensifier optical axis parallel to the objective lens central optical axis and parallel to the eyepiece lens central optical axis. The image intensifier optical axis is offset from both the objective lens central optical axis and the eyepiece lens central optical axis by about half the distance. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100290112 | TELESCOPE AND BINOCULAR BODY MEMBER - A telescope | 11-18-2010 |
| 20120105950 | TRIPOD-CONNECTING ADAPTER - A tripod-connecting adapter for connecting a pair of binoculars to a tripod comprising: a base portion that has a width in which a left and a right lens barrels of the pair of binoculars to be placed thereon come into contact therewith, and restricts rotation of the pair of binoculars around a joint shaft that connects the pair of lens barrels of the pair of binoculars; and a holding device that is provided on the base portion and is connected to the joint shaft to support the pair of lens barrels so that said pair of lens barrels may be placed on an upper surface of the base portion to come in contact therewith, and restricts movement of the pair of binoculars in an optical axis direction of the pair of binoculars. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130279002 | COMPACT MAGNIFYING OPTICAL SYSTEM WITH WIDE FIELD OF VIEW - An optical device includes an objective, an eyepiece and a power corrector, each of which includes one or more lenses, and each of which has a respective focal length. The input focal length of the device is defined jointly by the focal lengths of the objective and the power corrector. The magnification of the device is the ratio of the input focal length to the eyepiece focal length. The combined aberration of the eyepiece and the power corrector is less than the characteristic aberration of the eyepiece. The objective, the eyepiece and the power corrector together define an apparent field of view of at least 75 degrees and an exit pupil. The eyepiece lens diameter(s) is/are no greater than twelve times the pupil diameter and three times the eyepiece focal length. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130286475 | BINOCULAR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A binocular-type viewing apparatus designed in such a manner that a user, wanting to view an object located at a distance above the viewer's horizontal line of sight, need only direct his/her view downward into the apparatus to view the elevated object. Thus the eyepiece component has an optical axis inclined downwardly and an objective optical component of the apparatus has an optical axis inclined upwardly. An optical structure is disposed between the objective and the eyepiece to redirect the image optical path from the objective optical component to the eyepiece component and into the viewer's eyes. The binocular may have a fixed deviated optical axis or a variably adjustable optical axis from in-line up to or exceeding 90 degrees. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140268322 | LONG-RANGE OPTICAL DEVICE - A long-range optical device with at least one replaceable electrical energy storage device for supplying power to the long-range optical device, which energy storage device is disposed in a closable compartment of the device incorporating electrical contacts, wherein an adapter is provided which can be inserted in the compartment instead of the energy storage device, which is configured to run a data exchange with at least one other component, in particular a memory, of the long-range optical device and/or by means of which the long-range optical device can be supplied with power. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140300959 | TELESCOPE AND TELESCOPE ARRAY FOR USE IN SPACECRAFT - A catadioptric telescope is a modified version of a conventional Maksutov-Cassegrain optical telescope. In accordance with the invention, the reflecting surfaces of the primary mirror and the secondary spot mirror are on the second surfaces of the primary mirror and correcting lens, respectively. In further accordance with the invention, two of these telescopes can be joined together to form a binocular telescope array. The array can be easily customized to suit different remote sensing/satellite applications. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20150309327 | IMAGE-STABILIZED LONG-RANGE OPTICAL DEVICE - The invention relates to a binocular long-range optical device, having a first optical channel, which has a first housing and a first arrangement of first optical elements in the first housing. The first arrangement has at least one first optical element movable relative to the first housing. A second optical channel has a second housing and a second arrangement of second optical elements in the second housing. The second arrangement has at least one second optical element movable relative to the second housing. At least one passive stabilization system based on mass inertia for image stabilization in the event of perturbing movements of the first and second housings is provided. The at least one first movable optical element and the at least one second movable optical element are movable relative to one another. The at least one stabilization system has at least one first passive stabilization system based on mass inertia, which acts on the at least one first movable optical element of the first optical channel, and at least one second passive stabilization system based on mass inertia, which acts on the at least one second movable optical element of the second optical channel. The first housing and the second housing are connected to one another by a foldable bridge. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150355476 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR IMAGING AN OBJECT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical system for imaging an object includes a objective, an image stabilizing unit, an image plane and a drive unit, which is arranged at the image stabilizing unit and provided for moving the image stabilizing unit. The optical system includes a control unit. A signal from the control unit is forwarded to a first high-pass filter. The control unit has an output line and the high-pass filter has a filter output line. Both the output line and the filter output line are arranged at an addition unit such that an actuation signal from the control unit and an output signal from the high-pass filter are added to produce an addition signal. The addition unit is arranged at the drive unit in such a way that the addition signal is used for actuating the drive unit and for moving the image stabilizing unit. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160131922 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, OBSERVATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - In an optical system composed of, in order from the object side, an objective optical system and a reflective surface optical system disposed along the optical axis of the objective optical system, a first reflective surface is turned around a turning axis passing through the intersection between the first reflective surface and the optical axis and is perpendicular to the plane that includes the optical axes before and after being bent by the first reflective surface. Further, the first reflective surface and the second reflective surface are turned synchronously around turning axes, each passing through the intersection between each corresponding reflective surface with the optical axis, being deviated from the normal to each corresponding reflective surface, and being arranged in parallel to each other, whereby an image formed by the objective optical system is shifted to move the image location of the objective optical system. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160170223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOSCOPIC VIEWING | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160252720 | BINOCULAR APPARATUS AND METHOD | 09-01-2016 |
| 359408000 | Foldable or collapsible | 2 |
| 20150015944 | BINOCULAR HAVING A FOLDING BRIDGE - A binocular has a folding bridge for adapting the distance between the eyepieces to the interpupillary distance of the eyes of the user. A synchronous focusing of the two telescopes is brought about via a differential gear assembly which drives respective spindle drives for corresponding ones of the two telescopes. The conversion of the rotational movement into an axial linear displacement of the focusing element of the optics occurs only at the end of the corresponding spindle drive. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150049382 | LONG-RANGE OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING BINOCULARS - A long-range optical apparatus, particularly a binocular having two tubes for accommodating long-range optical devices, includes a first folding bridge, a second folding bridge, and preferably a third folding bridge. The folding bridges are pivotably arranged between the tubes of the long-range optical device and each include a first and a second bridge element associated with each other and pivotable relative to each other. At least one folding bridge has a fit that prevents mechanical contact of the bridge elements to each other at least in regions of the pivoting range of the bridge elements. | 02-19-2015 |
| 359409000 | Body supported or with handle | 8 |
| 20090135479 | Universal Mount for Night Vision Goggles - A mount for night vision goggles including a bracket configured to attach the mount to headgear and a chassis base extending from the bracket. A first socket assembly is attached to the chassis base, the first socket assembly adapted to receive a first type of night vision goggle attachment. A second socket assembly configured to mate with a second type of night vision goggle attachment is provided, the second socket assembly attachable to the first socket assembly to substantially prevent relative movement between the first socket assembly and the second socket assembly. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20120069433 | HOUSING MOUNTED IMAGE INTENSIFIER TUBE - An optical system includes an optical bench defining a mounting surface, an objective lens mounted to the optical bench, and an image intensifier tube. The image intensifier tube includes: (i) a housing defining an interior region and a mounting surface, and (ii) a photocathode bonded to a glass faceplate defining a faceplate surface, wherein the photocathode is positioned within the interior region of the housing, and wherein the mounting surface of the housing resides on the same plane as the faceplate surface. The mounting surface of the optical bench is mounted onto the mounting surface of the image intensifier tube housing such that the mounting surface of the optical bench resides on the same plane as the faceplate surface and the faceplate surface of the faceplate is the surface of the faceplate that is positioned closest to the objective lens. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20130083391 | MONOCULAR/BINOCULAR BRIDGE FOR VIEWING DEVICE AND HELMET MOUNT EMPLOYING SAME - An improved monocular/binocular bridge and helmet mounting device employing same for an optical device are provided. The mounting device herein includes a mount with a bridge attachment for providing multiple options for a monocular or binocular optical device and multiple options for moving the attached optical device to any of multiple stowed positions out of the user's line of sight when the optical device is not in use. The bridge attachment and multiple stow positions also allow the unit to be adapted for a variety of viewing devices. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20140327962 | BINOCULAR BRIDGE FOR THERMAL VIEWING DEVICE - An improved monocular/binocular bridge and helmet mounting device employing same for an optical device are provided. The mounting device herein includes a mount with a bridge attachment for providing multiple options for a monocular or binocular viewing. An adjustment mechanism for adjusting the pupillary/interpupillary positioning of attached viewing device(s) moves the devices linearly from side-to-side. Multiple options are provided for moving attached devices to any of multiple stowed positions out of the user's line of sight when the optical device is not in use. The bridge attachment and multiple stow positions also allow the unit to be adapted for a variety of viewing devices. A mounting bracket on the viewing device allows the viewing device to be selectively attached to a helmet mount or firearm accessory mounting rail. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20150323779 | MONOCULAR/BINOCULAR BRIDGE FOR VIEWING DEVICE AND HELMET MOUNT EMPLOYING SAME - An improved monocular/binocular bridge and helmet mounting device employing same for an optical device are provided. The mounting device herein includes a mount with a bridge attachment for providing multiple options for a monocular or binocular optical device and multiple options for moving the attached optical device to any of multiple stowed positions out of the user's line of sight when the optical device is not in use. The bridge attachment and multiple stow positions also allow the unit to be adapted for a variety of viewing devices. | 11-12-2015 |
| 359410000 | With focusing means | 2 |
| 20090201582 | Binoculars having center-focusing and individual-focusing functions - Binoculars having a center-focusing function and an individual-focusing comprise a telescopic base provided at an end thereof with a control sleeve which is connected to a left lens system in a left barrel and a right lens system in a right barrel through an adjusting portion disposed in the telescopic base. When a user pushes the control sleeve so that the control sleeve is forced to shift toward the adjusting portion, the user can rotate the control sleeve to simultaneously actuate the adjusting portion, so as to adjust focuses of the left and right lens systems. When the user pulls the control sleeve so that the control sleeve is forced to shift away from the adjusting portion, the user can rotate the control sleeve to simultaneously actuate the adjusting portion, so as to adjust a parallax between one and the other of the left and right lens systems. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100007948 | Telescope having a focus display - A telescope having a focus display includes a tube assembly, a sensor and a focus display. The tube assembly has a first tube and a second tube connected within the first tube. The first tube has an opening. The sensor is provided on the second tube. The focus display is provided in the opening of the first tube. The focus display is provided with a screen, a processing unit and an electromagnetic sensing unit. The electromagnetic sensing unit, the processing unit and the screen are electrically connected with each other. When the first tube is telescopically moved with respect to the second tube, the electromagnetic sensing unit receives and senses the change in the electromagnetic field of the sensor. The processing unit then calculates the displacement and displays the data on the screen, so that the user can focus the telescope to obtain the clearest image. | 01-14-2010 |
| 359411000 | With adjustable interocular distance | 1 |
| 20100079859 | Convergence Adjustment Mechanism - Improvement to an adornable binocular device having a telescope pair including a pivoting coupling between each telescope and arm and a second releasably slidable coupling between each telescope and arm. | 04-01-2010 |
| 359412000 | With adjustable interocular distance | 8 |
| 20100067106 | LOCKING INTER-PUPILLARY DISTANCE AND CONVERGENCE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - Improvement to an adornable binocular device having a telescope pair and an adjustable inter-pupillary distance (IPD) where both telescopes move simultaneously and substantially the same distance when the IPD is adjusted, the improvement including a mechanism for releasably preventing unintentional adjustment the IPD and including a first releasably pivoting coupling between each telescope and arm and a second releasably slidable coupling between each telescope and arm. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20110310476 | Visual target acquisition scope system - In a visual target acquisition scope system for an adjustable connection is provided between a zero magnification scope viewed by a first eye of a user and a power scope viewed by a second eye of the user. The system includes first and second movable sections connected and controlled by an adjustment locking mechanisms. According to the system, while the user is looking at the object through said zero magnification power scope by the first eye and looking at the object through the high power scope by the second eye, the target visible to the first eye is simultaneously visible to the second eye, so as to provide immediate acquisition and viewing of the object through the high power scope by the second eye. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20160377853 | VISUAL TARGET ACQUISITION SCOPE SYSTEM - A visual target acquisition scope system including an adjustable connection between a zero magnification scope viewed by a first eye of a user and a power scope viewed by a second eye of the user. The system includes first and second movable sections connected and controlled by an adjustment locking mechanism. Using the system, while the user looks at an object through the zero magnification power scope with the first eye and looks at the object through the high power scope with the second eye, the target visible to the first eye is simultaneously visible to the second eye, so as to provide immediate acquisition and viewing of the object through the high power scope with the second eye. | 12-29-2016 |
| 359413000 | Oculars swing about central axis | 3 |
| 20100188744 | Binocular Telescope - A binocular telescope with internal focusing and two cylindrical barrel tubes ( | 07-29-2010 |
| 20110128619 | OBSERVATION DEVICE WITH A RANGE FINDER - The invention describes an observation device ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20150070759 | BINOCULARS - Binoculars including: a pair of lens barrels each having a telescopic optical system; and interconnecting portions interconnecting the pair of lens barrels so as to be relatively rotatable about an axis of an axial member that is parallel to an optical axis of each of the telescopic optical systems, an interpupillary distance being adjusted by relatively rotating the pair of lens barrels about the axial member, the binoculars being characterized in further including: a click position setting mechanism serving to set a click position at a predetermined angle of rotation of the pair of lens barrels, the click position setting mechanism being configured to include a rotating member provided on the axial member so as to rotatable about the axis of the axial member and facing the interconnecting portion in a direction of the axis of the axial member, a protruded portion being provided on any one of the interconnecting portion and the rotating member, and a recessed portion being provided on the other of the interconnecting portion and the rotating member and being capable of engaging with the protruded portion; and a lock/unlock member locking the rotation of the rotating member with respect to the axial member and unlocking the locked rotation thereof. | 03-12-2015 |
| 359415000 | Oculars rotate about separate axes | 2 |
| 20080304148 | Binoculars having diopter adjustment - Binoculars include first and second lens barrels. A bridge interconnects the lens barrels. First and second optical systems are accommodated in respectively the lens barrels. First and second focus lenses are included in respectively the first and second optical systems, for focus adjustment by moving in an optical axis direction. An operation barrel is secured to the bridge, and externally rotatable and movable in the optical axis direction between a focus adjusting position and a diopter adjusting position. A focus adjuster with gear teeth and screw threads moves the first and second focus lenses simultaneously in the optical axis direction when the operation barrel is rotated in the focus adjusting position. A diopter adjuster, including gear teeth, an intermediate rod and screw threads, moves the second focus lens in the optical axis direction when the operation barrel is rotated in the diopter adjusting position. | 12-11-2008 |
| 359416000 | Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable | 1 |
| 20120194904 | BINOCULARS - The binoculars include right and left optical systems including right and left image stabilizing lenses, a lens holding member holding the image stabilizing lenses and being movable in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis direction, first and second guiding members disposed between the lens holding member and a base member, a first guiding mechanism allowing rolling of a first ball in a first direction between the lens holding member and the first guiding member, a second guiding mechanism allowing rolling of a second ball in a second direction between the first and second guiding members. The binoculars further include a first biasing member applying a biasing force toward the optical axis direction to the first and second guiding members, and a second biasing member applying a biasing force toward a direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction to the second guiding member. | 08-02-2012 |
| 359418000 | Spacing of optical elements axially adjustable | 3 |
| 20090273832 | BINOCULARS - Providing a pair of binoculars that is able to prevent diopter from being changed after adjusting diopter difference by pushing down the focus knob after adjusting diopter difference so as not to touch the operating knob, and able to prevent the focus position from being changed after adjusting focus position by pulling out the focus knob to create a focus lock state after adjusting focus position. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20120206799 | BINOCULARS WITH INTEGRATED LASER DESIGNATOR/ILLUMINATOR FOR ILLUMINATING AN OPTICAL FIELD OF VIEW - Binoculars with an integrated laser light source capable of illuminating the optical field of view through the binoculars to provide concise and effective viewing under limited visibility conditions. The integrated light source generates a coherent laser light beam that has variably adjustable divergence. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20140168765 | Binocular Viewing Device - An optical device for viewing distant objects. The device includes an objective system and at least one ocular and achieves a magnifying power of greater than 0.6 mm | 06-19-2014 |
