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NZ755938B2 - Viewing optic with an integrated display system - Google Patents
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NZ755938B2 - Viewing optic with an integrated display system - Google Patents

Viewing optic with an integrated display system

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Publication number
NZ755938B2
NZ755938B2 NZ755938A NZ75593818A NZ755938B2 NZ 755938 B2 NZ755938 B2 NZ 755938B2 NZ 755938 A NZ755938 A NZ 755938A NZ 75593818 A NZ75593818 A NZ 75593818A NZ 755938 B2 NZ755938 B2 NZ 755938B2
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New Zealand
Prior art keywords
lens system
display
viewing optic
image
focal plane
Prior art date
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NZ755938A
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NZ755938A (en
Inventor
Garrison Bollig
Andrew Carlson
David M Hamilton
Samuel Hamilton
Calen Havens
Ian Klemm
Will Lowry
Jason Lyle
Craig Schultz
Original Assignee
Sheltered Wings Inc D/B/A Vortex Optics
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Publication date
Application filed by Sheltered Wings Inc D/B/A Vortex Optics filed Critical Sheltered Wings Inc D/B/A Vortex Optics
Priority to NZ796954A priority Critical patent/NZ796954B2/en
Priority to NZ796943A priority patent/NZ796943B2/en
Priority to NZ796949A priority patent/NZ796949B2/en
Priority claimed from PCT/US2018/017079 external-priority patent/WO2018145097A1/en
Publication of NZ755938A publication Critical patent/NZ755938A/en
Publication of NZ755938B2 publication Critical patent/NZ755938B2/en

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/30—Reflecting-sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/38—Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G1/00—Sighting devices
    • F41G1/38—Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance; Supports or mountings therefor
    • F41G1/383—Protection means therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/06—Aiming or laying means with rangefinder
    • F41G3/065—Structural association of sighting-devices with laser telemeters
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/08—Aiming or laying means with means for compensating for speed, direction, temperature, pressure, or humidity of the atmosphere
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/14—Indirect aiming means
    • F41G3/142—Indirect aiming means based on observation of a first shoot; using a simulated shoot
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/14—Indirect aiming means
    • F41G3/16—Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire
    • F41G3/165—Sighting devices adapted for indirect laying of fire using a TV-monitor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F41—WEAPONS
    • F41G—WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING
    • F41G3/00—Aiming or laying means
    • F41G3/26—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying
    • F41G3/2605—Teaching or practice apparatus for gun-aiming or gun-laying using a view recording device cosighted with the gun
    • 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
    • G02B23/02—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors
    • G02B23/04—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors for the purpose of beam splitting or combining, e.g. fitted with eyepieces for more than one observer
    • 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
    • G02B23/02—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors
    • G02B23/10—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices involving prisms or mirrors reflecting into the field of view additional indications, e.g. from collimator
    • G02B23/105—Sighting devices with light source and collimating reflector
    • 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
    • G02B23/14—Viewfinders
    • 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
    • G02B23/16—Housings; Caps; Mountings; Supports, e.g. with counterweight
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/10—Beam splitting or combining systems
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B27/00—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00
    • G02B27/28—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00 for polarising
    • G02B27/283—Optical systems or apparatus not provided for by any of the groups G02B1/00 - G02B26/00, G02B30/00 for polarising used for beam splitting or combining
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
    • G02B7/10—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification by relative axial movement of several lenses, e.g. of varifocal objective lens
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B9/00—Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or -
    • G02B9/60—Optical objectives characterised both by the number of the components and their arrangements according to their sign, i.e. + or - having five components only
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10K—ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
    • H10K59/00—Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system for generating images that are projected into a first focal plane of an optical system. The viewing optic comprises a body (210) having an objective lens system (310) at one end that focuses a target image from an outward scene, an ocular lens system (360) at the other end of the body and a movable erector tube with an erector lens system located between the objective (310) and ocular systems (360). The erector lens system, objective lens system, and ocular lens system together define an optical system having the first focal plane and a second focal plane, with a first reticle at the first focal plane that moves in conjunction with the movable erector tube. A beam combiner (320) is located between the first focal plane and the objective lens system. The integrated display system comprises an active display (1210) for generating an image, a collector lens system (1220) that collects light from the active display, and a reflective material (1230) configured to direct the generated image from the active display to the beam combiner (320) where the image from the active display (1210) and the target image from the objective lens system (310) are combined into the first focal plane and viewed simultaneously. A magnification tracking system scales the generated image from the active display upon adjustment of a magnification ring (212) coupled to an external portion of the body. Conventional scopes combine the display image into a second focal plane in the optic system, which is only well correlated to the image of the scene at a single magnification setting. The current invention combines the display image into the same focal plane as the reticle, which allows for simultaneous magnification adjustment of the scene and display images.

Claims (15)

CLAIMS :
1. A viewing optic comprising: a body having an objective lens system at one end that focuses a target image from an outward scene, an ocular lens system at the other end of the body and a movable erector tube with an r lens system located between the objective and ocular systems, the erector lens system, the objective lens system and the ocular lens system forming an optical system having a first focal plane and a second focal plane, with a first reticle at the first focal plane that moves in conjunction with the movable erector tube; a beam combiner located between the first focal plane and the ive lens system; a magnification ring coupled to an external portion of the body; and an active display for generating an image and a tor lens system that ts light from the active display, and a reflective material configured to direct the generated image from the active display to the beam combiner where the image from the active display and the target image from the ive lens system are ed into the first focal plane and viewed simultaneously; and and a magnification tracking system to scale the generated image from the active display upon adjustment of the magnification ring.
2. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the generated image from the active display is not tied to the movement of the erector tube.
3. The viewing optic of Claim 2, wherein the generated image is a digital reticle.
4. The viewing optic of Clam 1, wherein the beam combiner is located from 5 to 25 mm from the objective lens system.
5. The viewing optic of Claim 1 further comprising a focusing cell located between the beam combiner and the objective lens .
6. The viewing optic of Claim 5 further sing a rod connecting the focusing cell to a parallax adjustment knob.
7. The viewing optic of Claim 6 wherein the rod is from 25 to 33 mm in length.
8. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the collector lens system is a 5 lens system.
9. The viewing optic of Claim 8, wherein the collector lens system has an inner lens cell with 2 lenses and an outer lens cell with 3 .
10. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the active display is selected from the group consisting of: a transmissive active matrix LCD display ), an organic lightemitting diode (OLED) y, a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) display, an e-ink display, a plasma display, a segment display, an electroluminescent display, a surface-conduction electron-emitter display, and a quantum dot display.
11. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the image generated by the active display is selected from the group consisting of: text, numerics, graphics, symbols, video imagery, icons, active target reticles, range measurements, wind information, GPS and compass ation, firearm inclination ation, target finding, recognition and identification (ID) information, external sensor information, temperature, pressure, humidity, real time ballistic solutions, and next round ballistic correction through ght tracer round detection and tracking.
12. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the reflective material is a mirror.
13. The viewing optic of Claim 12, n the mirror is angled from about 40° to about 50° relative to the emitted light of the active display.
14. The viewing optic of Claim 1, further comprising a controller coupled to the active display, the controller configured to selectively power one or more display elements to generate the digital image.
15. The viewing optic of Claim 1, further sing a laser range finder coupled to a top portion of the body. W5: +5," “‘5.“ , 5m,m“mM5’ 5.. 5“n xx i‘x‘i‘531. f .m _ 5“ \\§\\
NZ755938A 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system NZ755938B2 (en)

Priority Applications (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
NZ796954A NZ796954B2 (en) 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system
NZ796943A NZ796943B2 (en) 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system
NZ796949A NZ796949B2 (en) 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201762455274P 2017-02-06 2017-02-06
US201762466150P 2017-03-02 2017-03-02
US201762485129P 2017-04-13 2017-04-13
US201862616799P 2018-01-12 2018-01-12
PCT/US2018/017079 WO2018145097A1 (en) 2017-02-06 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
NZ755938A NZ755938A (en) 2025-02-28
NZ755938B2 true NZ755938B2 (en) 2025-06-04

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