Reflecting telescope for enhancing image

Abstract

A reflecting telescope for enhancing an image, relating to the technical field of telescopes. The reflecting telescope comprises: a reflecting secondary mirror, used for folding the optical axis by 90 degrees; a concave reflecting primary mirror, used for reflecting light to the reflecting secondary mirror; a processor, used for receiving and processing data and outputting an image obtained after processing; a projection mechanism, used for receiving the image output by the processor and projecting the image to the reflecting secondary mirror; and an eyepiece, used for observing an image formed by the reflected light of the reflecting secondary mirror. Image enhancement of a telescope can be realized, the telescopic effects of augmented reality and mixed reality are realized, no extra incident light loss is generated, and an image observed by the telescope is clearer.

Description

A reflecting telescope with enhanced image Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of telescopes, and in particular to a reflecting telescope for enhancing images. Background Art

[0002] A Newtonian reflecting telescope is an optical telescope that uses a concave reflecting primary mirror and a flat reflecting secondary mirror to reflect light and form an image. Newtonian reflecting telescopes are widely used in popular science telescopes because of their simple optical system and low cost.

[0003] However, when observing stars, deep-sky objects, artificial satellites, and other faint solar system objects, since these objects have fewer details and are relatively faint, observers cannot obtain more detailed information about the objects, such as their names and background knowledge. Since the human eye has poor color recognition ability for faint objects, observers cannot fully understand the colors of these objects.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] The present invention provides an image-enhancing reflecting telescope, which can realize mixed-reality image enhancement of the telescope. Within the same observation field of view, richer graphic and text information of the observed target can be displayed, or at the location of the target in the same observation field of view, a mixed color digital image of the target can be displayed, so that the image observed by the telescope is clearer, the information is richer, and it is more conducive to the popularization of astronomical science.

[0006] In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image-enhanced reflecting telescope, the reflecting telescope comprising:

[0007] Reflective secondary mirror, used to fold the optical axis 90 degrees;

[0008] a concave reflective primary mirror, used to reflect light onto the reflective secondary mirror;

[0009] A processor, configured to receive data, process the data, and output an image obtained after the processing;

[0010] The projection mechanism is used to receive the image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror; the eyepiece is used to observe the imaging of the reflected light of the reflective secondary mirror.

[0011] Optionally, the concave reflecting main mirror, the reflecting secondary mirror and the projection mechanism are located on the same straight line, and the projection mechanism is located between the reflecting secondary mirror and the concave reflecting main mirror, and the projection mechanism is facing the direction of the reflecting secondary mirror; the projection mechanism is located in the shadow area formed by the reflecting secondary mirror under light irradiation.

[0012] Optionally, the image-enhanced reflecting telescope may further include: a lighting mechanism;

[0013] When the image-enhancing reflecting telescope includes the lighting mechanism:

[0014] The reflective secondary mirror is used to fold the optical axis 90 degrees, reflect the light in the first threshold wavelength range, and transmit the light in the second threshold wavelength range;

[0015] The concave reflective primary mirror is used to reflect light onto the reflective secondary mirror;

[0016] The lighting mechanism is used to collect light passing through the reflective secondary mirror;

[0017] The processor is used to receive the image acquired by the lighting mechanism, process it and output the processed image;

[0018] The projection mechanism is used to receive the image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror; the eyepiece is used to observe the imaging of the reflected light from the reflective secondary mirror.

[0019] Optionally, the concave reflecting main mirror, the reflecting sub-mirror, the projection mechanism and the lighting mechanism are located on the same straight line, and the projection mechanism is located between the reflecting sub-mirror and the concave reflecting main mirror, and the projection mechanism and the lighting mechanism are facing the direction of the reflecting sub-mirror, and the lighting mechanism and the projection mechanism are not on the same side; the projection mechanism is located in the shadow area formed by the reflecting sub-mirror under light irradiation.

[0020] Optionally, the projection mechanism includes: a micro display and a projection objective lens;

[0021] The projection objective lens is used to project the image in the micro display onto the reflective secondary mirror, so that the reflective secondary mirror forms an image on the imaging focal plane of the concave reflective primary mirror after reflection.

[0022] Optionally, the projection mechanism further includes a focusing device;

[0023] The focusing device is used to make the projection image of the micro display and the image of the concave reflective primary mirror coincide with each other in the optical axis direction through focusing.

[0024] Optionally, the lighting mechanism includes: an image sensing module;

[0025] The image sensing module includes an optical correction lens group for correcting the imaging quality and obtaining a relatively uniform optical image quality within the image sensor screen of the image sensing module.

[0026] Optionally, the image sensing module further includes: a manual or automatic focusing device.

[0027] Optionally, by adjusting the position of the reflective secondary mirror so that the reflective secondary mirror no longer reflects light into the eyepiece, the image-enhanced reflective telescope is provided with a photographic function.

[0028] Optionally, the projection mechanism may also be arranged on the other side of the concave reflective primary mirror, so that the concave reflective primary mirror is located between the reflective secondary mirror and the projection mechanism.

[0029] The present invention provides an image-enhancing reflecting telescope, comprising: a reflecting secondary mirror for rotating the optical axis 90 degrees; a concave reflecting primary mirror for reflecting light onto the reflecting secondary mirror; a processor for receiving data, processing it, and outputting a processed image; a projection mechanism for receiving the image output by the processor and projecting it onto the reflecting secondary mirror; and an eyepiece for observing the image formed by the light reflected from the reflecting secondary mirror. The present invention can enhance telescopic images, achieving augmented reality and mixed reality telescopic effects, without incurring additional incident light loss, resulting in clearer images observed by the telescope.

[0030] It should be understood that the contents described in the summary of the invention are not intended to limit the key or important features of the embodiments of the present invention, nor are they intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Other features of the present invention will become readily understood through the following description. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] The above and other features, advantages and aspects of the embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent with reference to the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawings, the same or similar reference numerals represent the same or similar elements.

[0032] FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of a reflecting telescope for image enhancement according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0033] FIG2 is a schematic structural diagram of an image-enhancing reflecting telescope according to another embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] In order to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in one or more embodiments of this specification, the technical solutions in one or more embodiments of this specification will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the drawings in one or more embodiments of this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of this specification, not all of the embodiments. Based on one or more embodiments of this specification, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts should fall within the scope of protection of this document.

[0035] It should be noted that the description of the embodiments of the present invention is only for the purpose of more clearly illustrating the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and does not constitute a limitation on the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention.

[0036] FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of a reflecting telescope for image enhancement according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG1 , the reflecting telescope may optionally include:

[0037] Reflective secondary mirror, used to fold the optical axis 90 degrees;

[0038] A concave reflective primary mirror, used to reflect light onto a reflective secondary mirror;

[0039] A processor, configured to receive data, process the data, and output an image obtained after the processing;

[0040] Exemplarily, the processor has an external interface capable of receiving information from external output, the information including but not limited to: image data, telescope positioning data and encoder data.

[0041] A projection mechanism, configured to receive an image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror;

[0042] The eyepiece is used to observe the imaging of the reflected light from the secondary reflective mirror.

[0043] Optionally, the concave reflective primary mirror, the reflective secondary mirror and the projection mechanism are located on the same straight line, and the projection mechanism is located between the reflective secondary mirror and the concave reflective primary mirror, and the projection mechanism is facing the direction of the reflective secondary mirror; and the projection mechanism is located in the shadow area formed by the reflective secondary mirror under light irradiation, which can avoid affecting the original reflective light path.

[0044] Exemplarily, the reflective secondary mirror may be arranged at an angle of 45 degrees to the straight line where the concave reflective primary mirror, the projection mechanism, the reflective secondary mirror and the lighting mechanism are located.

[0045] Optionally, the projection mechanism includes: a micro display and a projection objective lens;

[0046] The projection objective lens is used to project the image in the micro display onto the reflective secondary mirror, so that the reflective secondary mirror reflects the image onto the imaging focal plane of the concave reflective primary mirror.

[0047] Optionally, the projection mechanism further includes a focusing device;

[0048] The focusing device is used to make the projection image of the micro display and the image of the concave reflection primary mirror coincide in the direction of the optical axis through focusing.

[0049] Optionally, by adjusting the position of the reflecting secondary mirror so that the reflecting secondary mirror no longer reflects light into the eyepiece, the reflecting telescope with enhanced image can have a photographic function, making the reflecting telescope a photographic device and making the reflecting telescope multifunctional.

[0050] Optionally, the projection mechanism can also be arranged on the other side of the concave reflecting main mirror, so that the concave reflecting main mirror is located between the reflecting secondary mirror and the projection mechanism. Through the above arrangement, some reflecting telescopes that originally did not have a projection mechanism inside can also achieve the enhanced image effect in this application, and it is only necessary to add a projection mechanism to the outside of the reflecting telescope.

[0051] It should be noted that the projection mechanism and the reflective secondary mirror are relatively small in size, and their light obstruction can be ignored.

[0052] Illustratively, the operating principle of the image-enhanced reflecting telescope in this embodiment is as follows: the reflective sub-mirror is arranged in the middle of the lens barrel, the lens barrel receives natural light and converges it to the reflective sub-mirror, the reflective sub-mirror transfers the light to the eyepiece, the projection mechanism receives the image output by the processor, and projects the image onto the reflective sub-mirror, so that the light reflected by the reflective sub-mirror can be superimposed, so that the image observed by the eyepiece is two superimposed enhanced images.

[0053] FIG2 is a schematic structural diagram of a reflecting telescope for image enhancement according to another embodiment of the present invention; as shown in FIG2 :

[0054] The image-enhancing reflecting telescope may further include: a lighting mechanism; when the image-enhancing reflecting telescope includes the lighting mechanism:

[0055] a reflective secondary mirror, configured to fold the optical axis 90 degrees, reflect light within a first threshold wavelength range, and transmit light within a second threshold wavelength range;

[0056] Exemplarily, the first threshold wavelength range and the second threshold wavelength range may be preset to adjust the reflective sub-mirror. For example, the reflective sub-mirror may be adjusted to allow infrared light to pass through and to reflect visible light.

[0057] A concave reflective primary mirror, used to reflect light onto a reflective secondary mirror;

[0058] a lighting mechanism for collecting light passing through the reflective secondary mirror;

[0059] Exemplarily, the lighting mechanism at this time includes but is not limited to: an infrared camera.

[0060] A processor, configured to receive and process images acquired by the lighting mechanism and output the processed images;

[0061] Exemplarily, the processor has an external interface capable of receiving information from external output, the information including but not limited to: image data, telescope positioning data and encoder data.

[0062] A projection mechanism, configured to receive an image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror;

[0063] The eyepiece is used to observe the imaging of the reflected light from the secondary reflective mirror.

[0064] Optionally, the concave reflecting main mirror, the reflecting sub-mirror, the projection mechanism and the lighting mechanism are located on the same straight line, and the projection mechanism is located between the reflecting sub-mirror and the concave reflecting main mirror, and the projection mechanism and the lighting mechanism are facing the direction of the reflecting sub-mirror, and the lighting mechanism and the projection mechanism are not on the same side; and the projection mechanism is located in the shadow area formed by the reflecting sub-mirror under light irradiation, which can avoid affecting the original reflective light path.

[0065] Optionally, the lighting mechanism includes: an image sensing module;

[0066] The image sensing module includes an optical correction lens group for correcting the imaging quality and obtaining a relatively uniform optical image quality within the image sensor screen in the image sensing module to solve the main image difference problem.

[0067] Optionally, the image sensing module further includes: a manual or automatic focusing device.

[0068] Exemplarily, the image sensing module includes: a CMOS or CCD image sensor chip.

[0069] Optionally, the projection mechanism includes: a micro display and a projection objective lens;

[0070] The projection objective lens is used to project the image in the micro display onto the reflective secondary mirror, so that the reflective secondary mirror reflects the image onto the imaging focal plane of the concave reflective primary mirror.

[0071] Optionally, the projection mechanism further includes a focusing device;

[0072] The focusing device is used to make the projection image of the micro display and the image of the concave reflection primary mirror coincide in the direction of the optical axis through focusing.

[0073] Optionally, by adjusting the position of the reflecting secondary mirror so that the reflecting secondary mirror no longer reflects light into the eyepiece, the reflecting telescope with enhanced image can have a photographic function, making the reflecting telescope a photographic device and making the reflecting telescope multifunctional.

[0074] Optionally, the projection mechanism can also be arranged on the other side of the concave reflecting main mirror, so that the concave reflecting main mirror is located between the reflecting secondary mirror and the projection mechanism. Through the above arrangement, some reflecting telescopes that originally did not have a projection mechanism inside can also achieve the enhanced image effect in this application, and it is only necessary to add a projection mechanism to the outside of the reflecting telescope.

[0075] It should be noted that the projection mechanism, the reflective secondary mirror and the lighting mechanism are relatively small in size, and the light obstruction they cause can be ignored.

[0076] Illustratively, the operating principle of the image-enhanced reflecting telescope in this embodiment is as follows: the reflecting sub-mirror is arranged in the middle of the lens barrel, the lens barrel receives natural light and converges it to the reflecting sub-mirror, and the reflecting sub-mirror transfers the light to the eyepiece. The reflecting sub-mirror in the lens barrel can transmit infrared light and reflect visible light. The lighting mechanism obtains the infrared image and transmits it to the projection mechanism, which projects it onto the reflecting sub-mirror. In this way, the light reflected by the reflecting sub-mirror can be superimposed, so that the image observed by the eyepiece is two superimposed enhanced images.

[0077] Optionally, by adjusting the reflective sub-mirror, a portion of visible light can be allowed to pass through the translucent reflective lens. Then, after the projection mechanism receives the infrared image obtained by the lighting mechanism, when the reflective sub-mirror is projected and the wavelength of the light is adjusted, the visible light of the wavelength that is passed by the reflective sub-mirror is avoided. This makes it easier to align the infrared image and the visible light image, and to form an enhanced image.

[0078] The present invention provides an image-enhancing reflecting telescope, comprising: a reflecting secondary mirror for rotating the optical axis 90 degrees; a concave reflecting primary mirror for reflecting light onto the reflecting secondary mirror; a processor for receiving data, processing it, and outputting a processed image; a projection mechanism for receiving the image output by the processor and projecting it onto the reflecting secondary mirror; and an eyepiece for observing the image formed by the light reflected from the reflecting secondary mirror. The present invention can enhance telescopic images, achieving augmented reality and mixed reality telescopic effects, without incurring additional incident light loss, resulting in clearer images observed by the telescope.

[0079] The above description is merely a preferred embodiment of the present invention and an illustration of the technical principles employed. Those skilled in the art should understand that the scope of the invention is not limited to the technical solutions formed by the specific combination of the above-mentioned technical features, but also encompasses other technical solutions formed by any combination of the above-mentioned technical features or their equivalents without departing from the inventive concept. For example, a technical solution formed by replacing the above-mentioned features with (but not limited to) technical features with similar functions disclosed in the present invention.

Claims

1. A reflecting telescope with enhanced image, characterized in that: The reflecting telescope comprises: Reflective secondary mirror, used to fold the optical axis 90 degrees; a concave reflective primary mirror, used to reflect light onto the reflective secondary mirror; A processor, configured to receive data, process the data, and output an image obtained after the processing; a projection mechanism, configured to receive the image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror; An eyepiece is used to observe the imaging of the reflected light from the reflecting secondary mirror.

2. The image-enhancing reflecting telescope according to claim 1, wherein: The concave reflecting main mirror, the reflecting sub-mirror and the projection mechanism are located on the same straight line, and the projection mechanism is located between the reflecting sub-mirror and the concave reflecting main mirror, and the projection mechanism is facing the direction of the reflecting sub-mirror; the projection mechanism is located in the shadow area formed by the reflecting sub-mirror under light irradiation.

3. The image-enhancing reflecting telescope according to claim 1, wherein: The image-enhanced reflecting telescope may further include: a lighting mechanism; When the image-enhancing reflecting telescope includes the lighting mechanism: The reflective secondary mirror is used to fold the optical axis 90 degrees, reflect the light in the first threshold wavelength range, and transmit the light in the second threshold wavelength range; The concave reflective primary mirror is used to reflect light onto the reflective secondary mirror; The lighting mechanism is used to collect light passing through the reflective secondary mirror; The processor is used to receive the image acquired by the lighting mechanism, process it and output the processed image; The projection mechanism is used to receive the image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror; the eyepiece is used to observe the imaging of the reflected light from the reflective secondary mirror.

4. The image-enhancing reflecting telescope according to claim 3, wherein: The concave reflecting main mirror, the reflecting sub-mirror, the projection mechanism and the lighting mechanism are located on the same straight line, and the projection mechanism is located between the reflecting sub-mirror and the concave reflecting main mirror, and the projection mechanism and the lighting mechanism are facing the direction of the reflecting sub-mirror, and the lighting mechanism is not on the same side as the projection mechanism; the projection mechanism is located in the shadow area formed by the reflecting sub-mirror under light irradiation.

5. The image-enhanced reflecting telescope according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that: The projection mechanism includes: a micro display and a projection objective lens; The projection objective lens is used to project the image in the micro display onto the reflective secondary mirror, so that the reflective secondary mirror forms an image on the imaging focal plane of the concave reflective primary mirror after reflection.

6. The image-enhancing reflecting telescope according to claim 5, wherein: The projection mechanism also includes a focusing device; The focusing device is used to make the projection image of the micro display and the image of the concave reflective primary mirror coincide with each other in the optical axis direction through focusing.

7. The image-enhanced reflecting telescope according to claim 3, wherein: The lighting mechanism includes: an image sensing module; The image sensing module includes an optical correction lens group for correcting the imaging quality and obtaining a relatively uniform optical image quality within the image sensor screen of the image sensing module.

8. The image-enhancing reflecting telescope according to claim 7, wherein: The image sensing module further includes a manual or automatic focusing device.

9. The image-enhanced reflecting telescope according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that: Also includes: By adjusting the position of the reflecting secondary mirror so that the reflecting secondary mirror no longer reflects light into the eyepiece, the image-enhanced reflecting telescope has a photographic function.

10. The image-enhanced reflecting telescope according to claim 2 or 4, characterized in that: The projection mechanism may also be arranged on the other side of the concave reflection primary mirror, so that the concave reflection primary mirror is located between the reflection secondary mirror and the projection mechanism.

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