Night Vision Devices

3215842 Optical Communications System, Numa E Thomas, 398/170 ; 359/290; 359/529; 398/131; 398/169; 398/201 - amplitude modulation on visible, UV, IR or uW.

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5084780 Telescopic sight for day/night viewing, (ITT), - rifle scope, single objective, single eyepiece, two internal paths
5157553  Collimator for a Binocular Viewing System,  ITT, - single input objective with 2 eyepieces
5204774 Night vision goggle with improved optical system, R. Calvin Owen, Jr., Robert A. Gallagher, Robert M. Burley, L3 Varo Inc, 1993-04-20 - single objective,, two oculars
5223974 Collimator for a Binocular Viewing System,  ITT, - single input objective with 2 eyepieces
5301060 Optical element (Minolta) - laser scanner

5347397 Diopter cell assembly for a binocular viewing system (ITT) - splitter for single objective two eyepiece systems
5444568 Consumer night vision viewing device, ITT, single input objective with 2 eyepieces
5455711 Magnification lens coupling device for a night vision assembly (ITT) - two adapter rings to add accy lens to NVD
5495364 Night vision binoculars (ITT) - waterproof single objective two eyepieces
5471374 Illuminator bracket for a night vision device (ITT) - breaks easily - looks like penlight
5495364 Night vision binoculars (ITT) - waterproof single objective two eyepieces
5537261 Night vision binoculars (ITT) - commercial low cost single objective two eyepiece waterproof
5595435 Flashlight illuminator for a night vision device (ITT) -LED or Laser Diode - fits the easily broken bracket (viewer may be the 160/260?) Sources: xenon bulbs (shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B), halogen bulbs, visible LED's, and visible LASER diodes. Examples of some preferred non-visible light sources include infrared light illuminating diodes (shown in FIG. 3A), and IR LASER diodes (shown in FIG. 3B).
5737131 Night vision monocular (ITT) - PVS-14?
5847868 Night vision binoculars (ITT) - single objective two eyepieces low cost

6069557 Automatic long-life infrared emitter & locator system - flashing IR LED beacon (like the one that fits a 9V battery - many circuits
6219250 Night vision binoculars (ITT) - single objective two eyepieces low cost
6456497 Night vision binoculars (ITT) - single objective two eyepieces low cost
6570147 Color night vision apparatus (ITT) - RGB are split like for a TV camera, seperate Intensifiers work on the three paths where the output phosphor is the same color as the path color and then combined H1599 Synthetic-color night vision - blends a visible color image and an IR image into a single false color image