Reflective Telescope Image Overlay for Faint Celestial Observation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing Newtonian reflective telescopes struggle to provide detailed information about faint celestial bodies due to poor color recognition and limited image clarity, making it difficult for observers to understand celestial bodies' details and colors.

Innovation Solution

An enhanced-image reflective telescope with a reflective secondary mirror that deflects light by 90 degrees, a processor, projection mechanism, and light-collecting mechanism to superimpose digital images onto the observed field of view, enhancing image clarity and informational depth without additional light loss.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If a Newtonian reflective telescope uses a simple optical system with concave primary mirror and flat secondary mirror, then the device complexity is reduced and cost is lowered, but the image clarity and color recognition for faint celestial bodies deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoptical system complexityVSAvoidimage clarity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the traditional Newtonian reflective telescope optical system with a digital image projection system. The processed digital image is projected onto the secondary mirror and superimposed with the real astronomical image observed through the eyepiece, combining real optical imaging with digital information overlay to enhance image clarity and provide additional celestial body information without complicating the fundamental optical path

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a projection mechanism as an intermediary component that bridges the digital image processing system and the optical observation system. The processor generates enhanced images which are then projected onto the secondary mirror, serving as a mediator to overlay digital information onto the real astronomical view without directly modifying the primary optical path

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If a Newtonian reflective telescope observes faint celestial bodies, then the observational capability is maintained, but the information depth and color recognition deteriorates due to poor light collection

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveobservational capabilityVSAvoidinformational depth
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by processing the astronomical image data before it reaches the observer. The processor enhances the captured image data with additional information about celestial bodies such as names, background knowledge, and color information, preparing the enhanced image in advance for projection onto the secondary mirror, so that when the observer looks through the eyepiece, the enriched information is already prepared and overlaid

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a digital copy of the astronomical image captured by the telescope, processes this copy to add informational depth and color enhancement, and then projects this processed copy onto the secondary mirror. This allows the original optical observation to be preserved while adding a layer of enhanced information without losing the authenticity of the real astronomical image

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

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

The telescope achieves mixed-reality image augmentation, improving image clarity and providing enriched graphical and textual information, thereby enhancing public astronomy education and scientific outreach.

Implementation Method 1

a reflective secondary mirror, configured to deflect an optical axis by 90 degrees

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectReflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 2

a concave reflective primary mirror, configured to reflect light onto the reflective secondary mirror

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectReflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 3

a projection mechanism, configured to receive the image output by the processor and project the image onto the reflective secondary mirror

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection and projection: Reflection

Implementation Method 4

an eyepiece, configured to provide visual observation of an imaging of reflected light from the reflective secondary mirror

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight reflection and focusing: Reflection

Data Source

PatentUS12631869B2Enhanced-image reflective telescope
Publication Date: 2026.05.19 LIGHT SPEED VISION BEIJING
  • US12631869B2 patent drawing

AI summary

An enhanced-image reflective telescope includes a concave reflective primary mirror configured to reflect light onto a reflective secondary mirror, the reflective secondary mirror configured to reflect reflected light from the concave reflective primary mirror by 90 degrees into an eyepiece, a processor, a projection mechanism, the eyepiece, and a light collecting system.