IP Library Granted Patent US 10,520,740
Granted Patent B2
US 10,520,740 · App. 15/913,614 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Diamond shaped lens system

Inventors: John Daugela (Calgary, CA); Darcy Daugela (Calgary, CA)
Assignee: SPECTRUM OPTIX INC.
G02B27/0955G02B5/04G02B13/0015G02B13/10G02B27/0911G02B27/0972G02B27/0977G02B27/126G02B27/0056
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,520,740
App. No.
15/913,614
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A diamond-shaped lens system includes: a half diamond-shaped lens including refractive material and having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface for refracting incident light beams from an object having a width of X, from the first surface towards the second surface; a first reflective material positioned at the second surface of the half diamond-shaped lens for reflecting the refracted light beams at a first angle toward the third surface; a second reflective material positioned at the third surface of the half diamond-shaped lens for reflecting the light beams reflected from the first reflective material toward the first surface to exit the first surface at a second angle toward the third surface to form an image of the object with a width Y; and; an apparatus for processing the image of the object to reduce chromatic aberrations.

Claims (20)

1. A diamond-shaped lens system comprising:

a first half diamond-shaped lens comprising of refractive material and having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface, wherein the first surface refracts incident light beams from a first object having a width of X 1 , from the first surface towards the second surface;

a second half diamond-shaped lens positioned next to the first half diamond-shaped lens and comprising of refractive material and having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface for refracting incident light beams from a second object having a width of X 2 , from the first surface towards the second surface, wherein

the third surface of the first half diamond-shaped lens is positioned next to the third surface of the second half diamond-shaped lens to form a full diamond-shaped lens, the full diamond-shaped lens having a first surface the same as the first surface of the first half diamond-shaped lens, a second surface the same as the second surface of the first half diamond-shaped lens, a third surface the same as the second surface of the second half diamond-shaped lens, and a fourth surface the same as the first surface of the second half diamond-shaped lens;

a first reflective material positioned at the second surface of the full diamond-shaped lens for reflecting refracted light beams from the first surface of the full diamond-shaped lens at an angle toward the fourth surface of the full diamond-shaped lens to exit the fourth surface to form a first image of the first object with a width Y 1 ;

a second reflective material positioned at the third surface of the full diamond-shaped lens for reflecting light beams reflected from the fourth surface of the full diamond-shaped lens toward the first surface of the full diamond-shaped lens to exit the first surface to form a second image of the second object with a width Y 2 ; and

a chromatic control structure for correcting chromatic dispersions of the first and second image.

2. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 , wherein the chromatic control structure is positioned on one or more of the second surface and the third surface of the full diamond-shaped lens.

3. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 , wherein the chromatic control structure is positioned between the third surface of the first half diamond-shaped lens and the third surface of the second half diamond-shaped lens to form a shared chromatic control structure shared by the first and second half diamond-shaped lenses.

4. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 , wherein the chromatic control structure comprises of one or more of a wedge, a prism, a grin lens, or diffraction gratings.

5. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 , further comprising an image processor for combining the first image with the second image to form a combined image.

6. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 5 , wherein the combined image comprises of one or more of a stitched image of the first and second images, and a three dimensional image of the first or second object.

7. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 5 , wherein the first object is a light source and first half diamond-shaped lens is used to illuminate the second object.

8. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 5 , wherein the combined image is a three-dimensional image.

9. A rifle scope comprising the diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 .

10. The diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 , further comprising a half diamond-shaped lens positioned next to the second half diamond-shaped lens and comprising of refractive material and having a first surface, a second surface and a third surface.

11. A telescope comprising the diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 .

12. A microscope comprising the diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 .

13. A binocular comprising the diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 .

14. A telecentric lens system comprising the diamond-shaped lens system of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: DAUGELA, JOHN; DAUGELA, DARCY
To: SPECTRUM OPTIX INC.
Reel/Frame 045646/0486 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62467437 · Mar 6, 2017
Related Publication 20180252896A1 · Sep 6, 2018