Patents Assigned to Stereoscopic Optical Systems Limited
  • Patent number: 7589894
    Abstract: Apparatus (204) for optical manipulation of a pair of landscape stereoscopic images, such that the side-by-side orientation needed by a pair of human eyes is reoriented to an orientation which is required for recording with a single camera. The apparatus comprises three periscopes (108, 124, 130), two of which are horizontally oriented and one which is vertically oriented. The side-byside view is reoriented to an arrangement with one picture above the other. To achieve this one side view is reflected by one horizontal periscope (108) with first and second reflectors (120, 122) to an upper picture position. The other side view is reflected by the vertical periscope (124) with third and fourth reflectors (126, 128) to a lower position, where another horizontal periscope (130) with fifth and sixth reflectors (132, 134) reflects the other side view of a lower picture position. Thus, the optical axis exit the third periscope (130) below the optical axis exit of the first periscope (108).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Stereoscopic Optical Systems Limited
    Inventor: John Alexander Christian