US 12,259,542 B2
Optical viewfinder for costume heads
Quinn Y. Smithwick, Pasadena, CA (US)
Assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed by DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC., Burbank, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,668.
Application 18/102,668 is a division of application No. 16/588,095, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,592,659.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176357 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 23/08 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41G 7/00 (2006.01); A63J 7/00 (2006.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01); A42B 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 23/08 (2013.01) [A41D 1/00 (2013.01); A41G 7/00 (2013.01); A63J 7/005 (2013.01); G02B 13/0095 (2013.01); G02B 23/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/0172 (2013.01); A42B 3/042 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0145 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A costume head, comprising:
an outer shell defining an interior space configured to receive a head of a human performer, wherein the outer shell includes an aperture allowing incoming light from an exterior space outside the outer shell to enter the interior space, wherein the incoming light forms an image of at least a portion of the exterior space, and an eye location for the human performer is spaced apart from the aperture when the head is received in the interior space; and
a non-electronic optical viewfinder assembly comprising a collimating lens disposed adjacent to the eye location, wherein the image is transmitted a vertical distance and a depth distance from the aperture to the eye location.