Night Vision Recording Module Beam Splitter Optical Path
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current night vision devices lack integrated recording and display capabilities, limiting users' ability to simultaneously view and record scenes effectively.
Innovation Solution
A modular recording and display head for night vision devices, featuring a beam splitter that directs light from the night vision device to both a video display and a camera, allowing for simultaneous viewing and recording, with optional thermal camera capabilities and RF communication for data transmission.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a night vision device is designed with basic viewing functionality only, then the device structure remains simple, but the device lacks integrated recording and display capabilities
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions (viewing, recording, and display) into a single integrated night vision device. The beam splitter directs light from the night vision device to both a video display and a camera simultaneously, allowing users to view and record scenes without requiring separate devices, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The night vision device is designed to perform multiple functions: providing enhanced viewing capability through the image intensifier, capturing video through the camera, and displaying video through the video display. This multi-functional design allows a single device to replace multiple separate devices, addressing the need for integrated capabilities while managing complexity through unified optical and electronic architecture.
2Adaptability or versatility
If light is directed to multiple components (video display and camera), then recording and display capabilities are enabled, but light intensity for each component is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The beam splitter acts as an intermediary optical component that divides the light path from the night vision device to multiple destinations (video display and camera). By using this intermediary element, the system can distribute light to multiple components simultaneously while maintaining the overall light intensity through the optical design of the beam splitter, enabling both viewing and recording functions to operate effectively at the same time.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to view and record scenes in real-time, with enhanced situational awareness through multimodal imaging, and facilitates storage and transmission of recorded data, improving operational efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
the beam splitter configured to transmit a first portion of light output by the night vision device through the beam splitter and toward the viewing end
Implementation Method 2
the beam splitter is configured to reflect a portion of the video image from the video optical path to the viewing optical path
Implementation Method 3
the beam splitter configured reflect a second portion of the light output by the night vision device from the viewing optical path to the recording optical path for capture by the first camera
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AI summary
In one aspect, a night vision recording and display module for removably attachment to night vision monocular device is provided. In another aspect, a night vision recording and display module further includes an integrated camera, preferably a thermal camera, which produces a video image which can be superimposed with the night vision display output. In yet further aspects, combinations or kits comprising the modular night vision systems disclosed herein in combination with the night vision devices are provided.