COMPACT NIGHT VISION BINOCULARS

摘要

Compact night vision binoculars with a centre of gravity close to the user. Said binoculars have an optical architecture consisting of a sloping main channel leading to a first viewing channel, and a second viewing channel connected thereto. In one embodiment, the binoculars comprise a right-angled inlet lens (1, 4) combined with a light intensifying tube (2) to form a scene image along a sighting axis (AX). The image is transmitted along two viewing channels to two eyepieces (3, 9) via an optical splitter (8) which transmits one part of the light flux along a first viewing channel arranged at an angle to the plane of the eyepieces, and the other part along a second viewing channel with an axis (OCD) lying in a plane perpendicular to the sighting axis (AX) and passing through the axis (AB) of the main channel. Said binoculars are useful as hand-held binoculars or hands-free goggles for night vision.