Patents Assigned to Apollo Camer, LLC
  • Single lens stereoscopic video camera
    Patent number: 5471237
    Abstract: A stereoscopic video camera system uses a single objective lens system mounted at the distal end of a surgical endoscope. An electronic shutter is disposed within the optical path between the lens and a video camera/sensor. The shutter has left and right optical zones which are switched between opaque and light transmissive states in response to a drive signal which is synchronized both with the camera/sensor and with stereoscopic viewing glasses having switchable left and right viewing lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Apollo Camer, LLC
    Inventor: John I. Shipp