US 12,135,492 B2
Box for the remote display of an object
Denis Hayoun, Geneva (CH)
Assigned to THE SWISS PHYGITAL COMPANY SA, Geneva (CH)
Appl. No. 18/256,409
Filed by Denis Hayoun, Geneva (CH)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/080010
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/128225, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/EP2020/086032 (WO), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0069415 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. G03B 15/02 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 15/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A box for remote display of an object by a still camera or a video camera, the box comprising:
an envelope defining a substantially closed housing for an object to be examined and comprising a bottom and a cover; and
an illumination system comprising a plurality of light sources located around said envelope,
wherein said cover is made of a material reflecting at least some of the light emitted by said light sources toward an interior of said housing and having an internal surface configured to diffuse the light transmitted to the interior of said housing, said cover comprising
a hole configured to be obstructed by a lens of the still camera or the video camera located outside said envelope to shoot the object, and
at least one first opening, at a distance from said hole and defining a passage through said cover, to enable an operator to introduce the object to be examined into said housing, to extract the object therefrom and to manipulate the object therein,
wherein said bottom is made of a material reflecting at least some of the light emitted by said light sources toward the interior of said housing and having an internal surface configured to diffuse the light transmitted to the interior of said housing,
wherein said envelope serves as a light guide over the entirety of the extent of the envelope to produce substantially homogeneous illumination of said housing,
wherein the box is configured such that, in a service position, in which the operator faces the box, the first opening is configured to receive an arm of the operator inserted therethrough and the housing is configured to receive a hand of the operator substantially at the center thereof.