WO2024141591A1 - Jumelles électroniques - Google Patents
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- WO2024141591A1 WO2024141591A1 PCT/EP2023/087906 EP2023087906W WO2024141591A1 WO 2024141591 A1 WO2024141591 A1 WO 2024141591A1 EP 2023087906 W EP2023087906 W EP 2023087906W WO 2024141591 A1 WO2024141591 A1 WO 2024141591A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
- G02B23/12—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices with means for image conversion or intensification
- G02B23/125—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices with means for image conversion or intensification head-mounted
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- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
- G06F1/26—Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof
- G06F1/32—Means for saving power
- G06F1/3203—Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
- G06F1/3206—Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
- G06F1/3231—Monitoring the presence, absence or movement of users
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F41—WEAPONS
- F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
- F41G1/00—Sighting devices
- F41G1/32—Night sights, e.g. luminescent
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- the invention is part of electronic binoculars equipped with a microscreen, particularly when used at night.
- binoculars are, for example, light intensifying night vision binoculars or thermal binoculars.
- the microscreen makes it possible to display, in the range of wavelengths visible to the human eye, the image of the optical flow captured by the binoculars' video detector.
- the light emitted by the microscreen is easily visible, particularly when the user moves the binoculars closer to or further from their eyes and this light reflects on their face.
- a first solution consists of turning off the microscreen by pressing a button on the binoculars. This solution is functional, but not automatic.
- Another solution consists of detecting the presence of a user by measuring a pressure difference between the inside and outside of the windshield.
- this involves creating a difference in pressure between the inside and outside of the windshield, which impacts the autonomy and discretion of the binoculars.
- Yet another solution consists of using a mechanical device allowing the diaphragms to be opened by pressing on the eyepiece cups. However, this involves constantly resting the binoculars on the eye sockets. In addition, this solution does not offer the possibility of increasing autonomy by cutting off the microscreen.
- Yet another solution consists of detecting the presence of a user by a vibration and movement sensor. However, this is not compatible with observation on a resting tripod or observation from height downwards (tower or helicopter towards the ground).
- the present description relates to electronic binoculars comprising: an assembly for capturing an optical flow coming from a scene,
- the detection assembly comprising:
- the detection block further comprises a double time constant filter capable of validating the output signal indicating detection or not of proximity, only following obtaining a predetermined number of consecutive samplings of the detection signal detection giving an output signal in the same state;
- FIG 2 a schematic representation of an example of an embodiment of the electronic binoculars of Figure 1
- the detection assembly 16 includes a capacitive sensor 50, a detection block 52 and a calibration block 54.
- the capacitive sensor 50 is a proximity sensor.
- the capacitive sensor 50 comprises a metallic element forming a capacitor with the user (the human body being a conductor). At least one measuring electrode makes it possible to measure the capacitance of the capacitor thus formed.
- the capacitive sensor 50 is a dedicated sensor, different from the eyepieces 36.
- the capacitive sensor 50 is, for example, an armored metal plate. This variant corresponds in particular to the embodiment of Figure 3.
- the detection block 52 comprises an oscillator 60, a first phase shifter, called detection phase shifter 62, a second phase shifter, called reference phase shifter 64, and a sampler 66.
- Oscillator 60 is capable of generating a clock signal, called internal signal CLK.
- the sampler 66 is capable of sampling the detection signal SENSE from the sampling signal DCLK, to obtain an output signal Q.
- the output signal Q is capable of taking two states such as:
- the output signal Q is in a second state, indicating proximity detection.
- the sampler 66 is capable of sampling the detection signal SENSE on the two fronts (at 0° and 180°) of the sampling signal DCLK.
- the filter 68 with double time constant makes it possible to confirm the detection, in particular after a large number of sampling pairs (07180°) in the same state and consecutively.
- the consecutive aspect is obtained, on the one hand, thanks to the constant of “large” time which makes it possible to achieve the large number of samplings in the same state, and, on the other hand, thanks to the “small” time constant which makes it possible to reset the state of the filter 68 as soon as a sampling pair 07180° does not present complementary logic levels.
- the “large” time constant is chosen to be both large compared to the period of oscillator 60, and at the same time small enough not to introduce any significant delay on a human scale when the user brings his face closer to the capacitive sensor. 50.
- the “large” time constant is, for example, equal to 1000 periods of oscillator 60, or 30 ms.
- the detection block 52 also includes a protection module 70 between the capacitive sensor 50 and the detection phase shifter 62.
- the protection module 70 is capable of filtering high frequency radiation (both internal and external) and/or or to form protection against electrostatic discharge (ESD protection). ESD protection is useful since the capacitive sensor 50 is a conductive part accessible outside the binoculars 10 and electrically connected to the inside of the binoculars 10.
- the calibration block 54 is capable of carrying out the update only in the absence of proximity detected by the detection assembly 16 so that the detection threshold is frozen at its last value during a proximity detection.
- the calibration block 54 takes proximity detections into account to stop the calibrations and not compensate for a variation in capacity by proximity. This is made possible because variations in surrounding capacitance are very small during normal viewing times through binoculars.
- the detection threshold is therefore adjusted, by the calibration block 54, as a function of the surrounding capacitance and in the absence of a user near the eyepiece 36. This makes it possible to compensate for variations in surrounding capacitance.
- the calibration block 54 uses a calibration algorithm which measures the surrounding capacitance and forms the detection threshold by the sum of a sliding average of this surrounding capacitance (in the absence of detection) and a sensitivity offset (concept mentioned above in the context of the example of realization of the detection block 52).
- the sensitivity offset is, for example, adjustable by a user so as to adjust the distance from which the detection block 52 detects proximity.
- the maximum temperature variation at each iteration of the calibration algorithm is 0.5°C, or 1.07 LSB (Least Significant Bit) of the range to be compensated. It is therefore possible, for example, to limit the compensations of the calibration algorithm to 2 LSB maximum at each iteration.
- the calibration block 54 is capable of communicating with the control assembly 18 (main electronics of the binoculars 10) via a control/command link (typically a serial link).
- a control/command link typically a serial link.
- This link makes it possible to exchange information relating to the calibration, and makes it possible to configure the sensitivity of the detection block 52.
- the proximity information of the user's face can, for its part, be sent to the control assembly. 18 either by this serial link, or by a specific interrupt signal.
- This absence of proximity detection is communicated by the detection assembly 16 to the control assembly 18, thus allowing the control assembly 18 to keep the microscreen 34 inactive, or to deactivate it if it was on.
- This proximity detection is communicated by the detection assembly 16 to the control assembly 18, thus allowing the control assembly 18 to activate the microscreen 34 or to continue to keep it active.
- the detection assembly 16 makes it possible to detect the proximity of a user in relation to one of the eyepieces 36 of the binoculars 10. This allows the control assembly 18 to automatically turn off the microscreen 34 of the binoculars 10 as soon as that the user moves his face away from the binoculars 10 (or his eyes from the eyepieces 36), so that the light from the microscreen 34 is not reflected on his face, which would make him very easy to spot in the middle of the night. Such a function also makes it possible to optimize the consumption of the binoculars 10 by eliminating that of the microscreen 34 each time the user moves his eyes away.
- Freezing the detection threshold at its last value once a proximity is detected allows detection of both long proximities and short proximities, without detection error at the start or end of these proximities.
- Capacitive proximity detection also has the advantage of being discreet: no visible, near infrared (PIR) or infrared radiation, and very low electromagnetic radiation.
- PIR near infrared
- Capacitive proximity detection also has the advantage of being discreet: no visible, near infrared (PIR) or infrared radiation, and very low electromagnetic radiation.
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| EP0176169A2 (fr) * | 1984-05-24 | 1986-04-02 | Lasergage Limited | Instruments optiques |
| US20010011894A1 (en) * | 1999-01-07 | 2001-08-09 | Gary D. Havey | Micropower cap acitance-based proximity sensor |
| US7315254B2 (en) * | 2005-09-27 | 2008-01-01 | Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. | Proximity detector for night vision goggles shut-off |
| US20100046148A1 (en) * | 2008-08-20 | 2010-02-25 | Leonid Gaber | Universal proximity sensor for night-vision device |
| US20100265464A1 (en) * | 2006-04-13 | 2010-10-21 | Klaus Jacumet | Viewfinder System for a Camera |
| US20130249849A1 (en) * | 2012-03-21 | 2013-09-26 | Google Inc. | Don and Doff Sensing Using Capacitive Sensors |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| EP0176169A2 (fr) * | 1984-05-24 | 1986-04-02 | Lasergage Limited | Instruments optiques |
| US20010011894A1 (en) * | 1999-01-07 | 2001-08-09 | Gary D. Havey | Micropower cap acitance-based proximity sensor |
| US7315254B2 (en) * | 2005-09-27 | 2008-01-01 | Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc. | Proximity detector for night vision goggles shut-off |
| US20100265464A1 (en) * | 2006-04-13 | 2010-10-21 | Klaus Jacumet | Viewfinder System for a Camera |
| US20100046148A1 (en) * | 2008-08-20 | 2010-02-25 | Leonid Gaber | Universal proximity sensor for night-vision device |
| US20130249849A1 (en) * | 2012-03-21 | 2013-09-26 | Google Inc. | Don and Doff Sensing Using Capacitive Sensors |
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