Compact intensified camera module

[0028]So that the manner in which the above recited features, advantages and objects of the present invention are attained can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the invention, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiment thereof that is illustrated in the appended drawings. In all the drawings, identical numbers represent the same elements.

[0029]The present invention is a compact viewing device (M) of the type that has a receiving sensor assembly (10) with a display (12) that generates a visible output image (14) of a scene (S) that is to be imaged and an output sensor assembly (16) that receives and processes the visible output image (14) from the receiving sensor assembly (10) into an electronic image format. The viewing device (M) further includes a wide field of view (WFOV) lens assembly (18) that conveys or relays the visible output image (14) from the receiving sensor assembly (10) to the output sensor assembly (16).

[0030]The WFOV le