Optical guide fixture

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2000-02-04

2000-12-26

Ben, Loha

Optical: systems and elements

Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels

By partial reflection at beam splitting or combining surface

359894, 359436, 359442, 359645, 359806, 359798, 348 63, 356371, G02B 2714, G02B 2700

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061668575

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an optical guide fixture for coupling visual information on a surface to a viewer. The optical guide fixture of the invention can be coupled to an optical receiver, such as a digital camera, operably connected to a head-mounted display unit to provide a device according to the invention for viewing a surface. Such a device, in one application, provides magnified images of visual information on a surface, such as a page of a book, to a patient with a visual impairment.

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