Night vision apparatus

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2006-06-20

2006-06-20

Porta, David (Department: 2884)

Radiant energy

Infrared-to-visible imaging

Reexamination Certificate

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07064327

ABSTRACT:
A night vision apparatus comprises housing arrangement by which a user can place an eyepiece adjacent one eye, a solid state imager sensitive to infrared radiation, an infrared radiation generation means arranged to generate infrared radiation into the field of view of the solid state imager; and an image generator arranged to receive the output from the solid state imager and to generate a visible image representative of this output at a position visible to the eye of the user. Head-mounted and hand-held embodiments are provided.

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