Vision system with articulated support frame

摘要

A vision system is supported by an articulated support frame having at least one proximal frame member coupled to an attachment device and a pair of distal frame members that retain optical devices in fixed mutual parallelism between optical axes of the optical devices and mounting axes of the distal frame members. A number of joints are mechanically interposed between the frame members that define respective axes of rotation about which the frame members are relatively moveable. The joints afford motion of the distal frame members through spatial trajectories over which the mounting axes diverge from mutual parallelism. A bridge device immobilizes the distal frame members on their trajectories in a binocular viewing configuration in which the mounting axis are parallel.

主权项

1. A mechanical framework for a vision system comprising:
an attachment device; an articulated support frame comprising:
at least one proximal frame member mechanically coupled to the attachment device and a pair of distal frame members configured to retain respective optical devices in fixed mutual parallelism between optical axes of the respective optical devices and mounting axes of the respective distal frame members; anda plurality of joints mechanically interposed between the frame members and defining respective axes of rotation about which the frame members are moveable relative one to another to afford thereby motion of the distal frame members through respective spatial trajectories that mutually terminate in a stow configuration in which the mounting axes are non-parallel one with the other and in a binocular viewing configuration in which the mounting axes are parallel one with the other; and a bridge device by which the distal frame members are immobilized on their respective spatial trajectories in the binocular viewing configuration.