Optical device for helmet visor comprising a Mangin mirror
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Jul 17, 2001
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Apr 10, 2000
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Oct 10, 1997
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An optical device for a system for the presentation of collimated images by a non-plane mirror, which makes it possible to present a user with an image corrected of distortion due to a non-plane mirror and exhibiting good resolution. To do this, the device includes a Mangin type mirror whose optical characteristics ensure good image quality of correction of off-centering distortion and good image sharpness. The Mangin type mirror has a reflecting surface and a layer of refracting material defining a refracting surface. One surface may be spherical, and the other aspherical. The surfaces may also be aspherical. One aspherical surface may be a paraboloid, an ellipsoid, or a torus. The refracting material can exhibit an optical index varying according to the position on the surface of the mirror. The device may be applied in particular to a system for the presentation of collimated images by a spherical mirror inclined with respect to the direction from which it is observed. The Mangin type mirror then corrects the off-centering distortion of the second kind due to this off-axis spherical mirror. The device may be applied in particular to helmet viewfinders for an aircraft pilot.
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