WO2001067152A1 - Image viewing apparatus - Google Patents
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- WO2001067152A1 WO2001067152A1 PCT/US2001/006991 US0106991W WO0167152A1 WO 2001067152 A1 WO2001067152 A1 WO 2001067152A1 US 0106991 W US0106991 W US 0106991W WO 0167152 A1 WO0167152 A1 WO 0167152A1
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- G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
- G02B7/18—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors
- G02B7/182—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors for mirrors
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- G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
- G02B27/02—Viewing or reading apparatus
- G02B27/028—Viewing or reading apparatus characterised by the supporting structure
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- the present invention generally relates to optical sy stems. M ore p artieularly , s this invention relates to an optical apparatus that may expand auser's field of view or 9 utilize successive reflections to y ield a true imagp. 0 i 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART 2 There are many occasions when individuals, such as sign language interpreters or 3 those who are speaking before an audience, need to steadily face in one direction, but at the 4 same time have visual access to information that exists outside of their field of view. Mirrors 5 can be of some assistance.
- an image viewing apparatus that can remedy many of the problems and limitations described above includes a support member to which a pair of mirror housings are rotatably and detachably mounted. These housings each contain a mirror having a front reflective surface. Meanwhile, the housings are connected to the support member by straps whose center portions are adapted so as to frictionally wrap around and provide for rotation of the housings and their mirrors about the support member.
- each of the mirrors may be independently set and remain in place at desired rotational orientations with respect to the support member, a user of this embodiment may, upon properly orienting the mirrors, view an object that is behind the user in either a version that is a reversed or a true image of the object.
- the support member has a connector which allows it to be securely and detachably connected with a stand or supporting mechanism. This connection allows the support member, and thus the mirrors, to be oriented in a full, three-dimensional spectrum of planes for viewing an image that is out of a user's initial field of view.
- the present invention is a process of sign language interpreting for communication with deaf and hard of hearing people regarding written information that is outside of an interpreter's direct field of view.
- This process comprises the steps of providing an image viewing apparatus, such as that described above, to allow the interpreter to see a true image of the written information, with the interpreter orienting the first mirror to view the information, while orienting the second mirror to provide a reversal of the image seen in the first mirror so as to yield a true version of the information.
- the present invention is a process of directly communicating with an audience regarding visual information that is outside of a communicator's direct field of view. This process comprises the steps of providing an image viewing apparatus, such as that described above, to allow the communicator the communicator to see the visual information by appropriately orienting the apparatus' mirrors.
- a mirror system that 2 contains at least two mirrors, wherein the viewing angles of the mirrors can be adjustably 3 fixed so that information, which appears outside of a user's field of view, will be reflected in a 4 first mirror, but projected and reversed into a second mirror which is within a user's field of 5 view so that the user sees in the second mirror a true/positive/non-reversed image of the 6 information.
- FIG. 1 is afront view of apreferred embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG.2(a) is a top view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , with FIG. 2(b) and 2(c) showing details of the strap s used in this embodiment .
- FIG.3 is arear view of the embodiment shown inFIG. 1.
- FIG.4 is aside view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.
- FIG.5 is abird's eye view of the present invention which show it being used.
- FIG.6 is apian view of the present invention which shows it being used-
- FIG.7 is an isometric view of the inte ⁇ reter's view of the second mirror shown in FIG. 6.
- FIG. 1-4 the respective front, top, rear, and side views of an embodiment ofthe present invention in the form of an image viewing apparatus (1).
- FIG. 5, FIG.6 and FIG. 7 illustrate a use ofthe present invention.
- This embodiment is seen to include an elongated support member (10) to which are rotatably and detachably mounted, first and second mirrors (12, 20), both of which have front (14, 22) and rear (16, 24) surfaces, with the front surfaces being reflective.
- the mirrors (12, 20) are positioned side-by-side, in a laterally disposed relationship so as to have the face ofthe mirrors adjustable toward and away from each other, while maintaining a substantially reflective relationship between them.
- the rear ( 16, 24) surfaces of each of these mirrors ( 12, 20) are detachably mounted to the inside (32, 52) surfaces of mirror housings (30, 50).
- These mountings can be made by a number of well know methods, including the use of an adhesive, magnets or fasteners such as screws, rivets or hook and loop materials.
- a key advantage to this type of detachable mounting is that it allows one to easily interchange various mirrors having different optical properties, with these properties being chosen so as to optimize the invention's usefulness.
- These housings (30,50) are themselves rotatably and detachably connected to the elongated support member (10) by straps (40, 60).
- These straps each have ends (42, 44 and 62, 64) and center portions (46, 66), with the ends being attached to the mirror housings (30, 50) and the center portions (46, 66) adapted so as to frictionally wrap around the support member (10).
- the strap ends are seen to be bonded together so as to provide the frictional fit, with these ends then being fastened by conventional means, such as screws, snaps or slips, to the housings. Furthermore, these ends may connect with clamping surfaces which then attach to the housings or directly to the mirrors. Alternatively, the mirror housings (30,50) may have holes drilled through them to allow the strap ends to be attached securely by the use of fasteners, such as screws or wingnuts. Similarly, to prevent slippage of the straps on the support member (10), the support member's outer surface may be grooved so as to allow the straps to fit in such grooves or recesses. This configuration allows each ofthe mirrors (12, 20) to be independently fixed at desired rotational orientations with respect to the support member (10).
- FIG. 4 illustrates that the support member (10) is equipped with a connector (18) which provides a means for connecting the support member to any one of a multitude of possible mechanisms, such as a gooseneck arm or a three-dimensional swivel connector, that are part of a support stand (80).
- FIG. 1 indicates that another embodiment of the present invention may be provided with tabs (70, 72) which attach to the housing outside surfaces (34, 54) in order to allows the mirrors (12, 20) to be easily rotated about the support member (10) without an apparatus user having to touch the mirrors' front, reflective surfaces (14, 22).
- a handle (82) may be attached to the support member (10) in order to aid in spatially orienting the support member (10) with respect to its support stand (80).
- FIG. 5 is a bird's eye view of one possible configuration ofthe viewer (90), apparatus (1), the object being viewed (98) and the path that the image of the object (98) takes.
- the image of the object (98) is first reflected reversed in the first mirror (12) and then reflected again into the second mirror (20).
- the image ofthe object is viewed non-reversed by the user (90) in the second mirror (20) due to the double reflection, the re-reversal ofthe image.
- FIG. 6 and 7 illustrate a use ofthe present invention.
- the image viewing apparatus (1) is used to allow the speaker and inte ⁇ reter to view visual information (94) being displayed outside his/her direct field of view while continuing to face the audience (96).
- a user mounts and places the apparatus on a supporting stand (80) before him/her and properly orients the mirror housings (30,50) to view the visual information (94) being projected onto a projection screen (98) by the projector (100).
- the information's image first reflects reversed in the first mirror (12), while the second mirror (20) provides a reversal ofthe image seen in the first (12) mirror so as to yield a true version of the image in the second mirror (20).
- the paths (102) that the image of the visual information (94) for both users (90, 92) are shown.
- the present invention may be supplied with an assortment of mirrors, having a wide range of optical properties, that can be interchanged and detachably mounted on the support member (10).
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BR0109082-8A BR0109082A (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-05 | Imager |
MXPA02008559A MXPA02008559A (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-05 | Image viewing apparatus. |
EP01920200A EP1279058A4 (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-05 | Image viewing apparatus |
JP2001566070A JP2003526422A (en) | 2000-03-03 | 2001-03-05 | Video display device |
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