Television – Special applications
Patent
1997-08-27
2000-07-11
Lee, Young
Television
Special applications
348333, 386117, H04N 718
Patent
active
060880538
ABSTRACT:
A combined binocular viewing and digital recording device includes a binocular telescope wherein the binocular telescope includes a pair of monocular components (12a,b). Each monocular component (12a,b) has an image viewing end and an image receiving end. The monocular components (12a,b) include a focusing mechanism (18) to adjust images viewed through the image viewing end of the monocular components. Also, the device includes a digital video camera (15) mounted to and displaced between each monocular component. The camera includes a receiving lens (21) for receiving images with the camera lens' line-of-sight approximately parallel to the line-of-sight of the monocular components. The camera further includes random access memory (RAM) (56) and a display device (16). Processors (46, 48, 50, 52, 54) are also included within the camera for generating compressed digital video images of the received images, storing the compressed digital video images in the RAM, and displaying the received or stored images on the display device. The camera includes control mechanisms (26, 28, 30, 32) for controlling the generating, storing, and displaying of the video images.
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Hammack Jack C.
Hammack Steven R.
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