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A hand-held 3-D imaging system which incorporates the stereoscopic imaging system within a pair of binoculars. Each telescope optical system has a first optical system, a second optical system, and a third optical system. The first optical system allows for external magnified stereo viewing of an ob

A hand-held 3-D imaging system which incorporates the stereoscopic imaging system within a pair of binoculars. Each telescope optical system has a first optical system, a second optical system, and a third optical system. The first optical system allows for external magnified stereo viewing of an object. The second optical system allows for recording the magnified stereo image(s) viewed through the optics of the first optical system. The third optical system allows for reproduction of the magnified stereo image(s) captured by the second optical system. The hand-held 3-D imaging system further includes record and playback modes that are activated by switches connected to electronic processing circuitry located within the frame of the binoculars. The imaging system can also be designed to interact with external memory devices and/or displays.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A hand-held 3-D imaging system, comprising:a pair of hand-held prism binoculars comprising two refracting telescopes mounted on a single frame, each of said refracting telescopes having an optical light path defined through an objective lens, a pair of prisms and an eyepi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A hand-held 3-D imaging system, comprising:a pair of hand-held prism binoculars comprising two refracting telescopes mounted on a single frame, each of said refracting telescopes having an optical light path defined through an objective lens, a pair of prisms and an eyepiece;wherein each of the refracting telescopes further comprises:a beamsplitter placed in the optical light path between the objective lens and the eyepiece to split a portion of a light beam traveling through the optical light path;a solid-state imaging sensor system located outside of the optical light path which converts one or more images from the split portion of the light beam into an electronic record signal; anda solid-state imaging display emitter system located outside of the optical light path which converts an electronic playback signal into one or more emitted images which are transmitted to the eyepiece along a segment of the optical light path;a record control device for activating the solid-state imaging sensor system in each of the refracting telescopes to record;a playback control device for activating the solid-state imaging display emitter system to playback in each of the refracting telescopes;electronic storage media;electronic processing circuitry for processing the electronic record signal in each of the refracting telescopes and storing it as electronic data in the electronic storage media;electronic processing circuitry for retrieving electronic data stored in the electronic storage media and for processing it into the electronic playback signal which is sent to the solid-state imaging display emitter system in each of the refracting telescopes to create a stereoscopic image seen through the eyepiece of each of the two refracting telescopes; andwherein the beamsplitter is disposed between the objective lens, the eyepiece, the solid-state imaging sensor system, and the solid-state imaging display emitter system for simultaneously viewing objects and their recorded stereoscopic images emitted from the solid-state imaging display emitter system.