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NZ796949B2 - Viewing optic with an integrated display system - Google Patents
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NZ796949B2 - Viewing optic with an integrated display system - Google Patents

Viewing optic with an integrated display system

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Publication number
NZ796949B2
NZ796949B2 NZ796949A NZ79694918A NZ796949B2 NZ 796949 B2 NZ796949 B2 NZ 796949B2 NZ 796949 A NZ796949 A NZ 796949A NZ 79694918 A NZ79694918 A NZ 79694918A NZ 796949 B2 NZ796949 B2 NZ 796949B2
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New Zealand
Prior art keywords
display
viewing optic
image
rod
active
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NZ796949A
Other versions
NZ796949A (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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Application filed by Sheltered Wings Inc D/B/A Vortex Optics filed Critical Sheltered Wings Inc D/B/A Vortex Optics
Publication of NZ796949A publication Critical patent/NZ796949A/en
Publication of NZ796949B2 publication Critical patent/NZ796949B2/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. The viewing optic comprises: a body having an objective system (310) coupled to a first end and configured to focus a target image from an outward scene, and an ocular system (360) coupled to the second end. The body, objective system and ocular system are configured to define at least a first focal plane with a first reticle. A beam combiner (320) is positioned between the objective assembly and the first reticle, and a focusing cell (350) is positioned between the beam combiner and the objective system. A rod (not shown) is configured to connect the focusing cell to a parallax adjustment knob. An active display (1210) is configured to generate an image, wherein the image is superimposed on the first focal plane. A controller is configured to selectively power one or more display elements to generate the image. Conventional scopes combine a display image into a second focal plane in the optic system. The current invention combines the display image into the same focal plane as the reticle which allows for magnification adjustment with a single magnification setting.

Claims (14)

CLAIMS :
1. A viewing optic comprising: a body having an objective system coupled to a first end and configured to focus a target image from an outward scene and an ocular system coupled to the second end, the body, objective system and ocular system being configured to define at least a first focal plane with a first reticle; a beam combiner positioned between the objective assembly and the first reticle; a focusing cell positioned between the beam combiner and the objective system; a rod configured to connect the focusing cell to a parallax adjustment knob; an active display configured to generate an image, wherein the image is superimposed on the first focal plane; and a controller configured to selectively power one or more display elements to generate the image.
2. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein one end of the rod has a cam pin that interacts with a cam groove in the parallax adjustment knob.
3. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the rod is from 25 mm to 33 mm in length.
4. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the rod is 30 mm in length.
5. The viewing optic of Claim 1, further comprising a lens system to collect light from the active display.
6. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the active display is located in a base that couples to a bottom portion of the main body.
7. The viewing optic of Claim 6, wherein one end of the base attaches near a magnification adjustment ring of the main body and the other end of the base attaches near the objective system of the main body.
8. The viewing optic of Claim 6, wherein the base is from 40% to 65% the length of the main body.
9. The viewing optic of Claim 1, further comprising a lens system to collect light from the active display.
10. The viewing optic of Claim 9, wherein the lens system is composed of an inner lens cell with two lenses and an outer lens cell having three lenses.
11. The viewing optic of Claim 1, further comprising a reflective surface configured to direct the generated image from the active display to the beam combiner.
12. The viewing optic of Clam 1, wherein the active display is selected from the group consisting of: a transmissive active matrix LCD display (AMLCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, 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.
13. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the image generated by the active display is selected from the group consisting of: text, alpha-numerics, graphics, symbols, video imagery, icons, active target reticles, range measurements, wind information, GPS and compass information, firearm inclination information, target finding, recognition and identification (ID) information, external sensor information, temperature, pressure, humidity, real time ballistic solutions, and next round ballistic correction through in-flight tracer round detection and tracking.
14. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein one end of the rod has a cam pin that interacts with a cam groove in a parallax adjustment knob.
NZ796949A 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system NZ796949B2 (en)

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
NZ755938A NZ755938B2 (en) 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
NZ796949A NZ796949A (en) 2025-07-25
NZ796949B2 true NZ796949B2 (en) 2025-10-29

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