Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical filtering device
- Patent Title (中): 光学过滤装置
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Application No.: US08745178Application Date: 1996-11-07
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Publication No.: US06204941B1Publication Date: 2001-03-20
- Inventor: Marc I J Beale , Meirion F Lewis
- Applicant: Marc I J Beale , Meirion F Lewis
- Priority: GB9214556 19920709
- Main IPC: G01J306
- IPC: G01J306

Abstract:
An optical filtering device incorporates first and second prisms, the latter prism counteracting the angular dispersion of the former prism. A spatial light modulator provides a positionally variable optical stop located to block radiation within a wavelength interval and received from a location within a scene. Unobscured radiation from that and other scene locations passes to a camera, which produces an image on a display. Opaque pixels in the stop are positioned to block unwanted light sources. The invention attenuates potentially dazzling monochromatic radiation while retaining radiation at other wavelengths for imaging purposes.
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