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NZ796954B2 - Viewing optic with an integrated display system - Google Patents
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NZ796954B2 - Viewing optic with an integrated display system - Google Patents

Viewing optic with an integrated display system

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Publication number
NZ796954B2
NZ796954B2 NZ796954A NZ79695418A NZ796954B2 NZ 796954 B2 NZ796954 B2 NZ 796954B2 NZ 796954 A NZ796954 A NZ 796954A NZ 79695418 A NZ79695418 A NZ 79695418A NZ 796954 B2 NZ796954 B2 NZ 796954B2
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New Zealand
Prior art keywords
display
image
viewing optic
focal plane
active display
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NZ796954A
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NZ796954A (en
Inventor
Garrison Bollig
Andrew Carlson
David M Hamilton
Samuel Hamilton
Calen Havens
Ian Klemm
Will Lowry
Jason Lyle
Craig Schultz
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Sheltered Wings Inc D/B/A Vortex Optics
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Publication of NZ796954A publication Critical patent/NZ796954A/en
Publication of NZ796954B2 publication Critical patent/NZ796954B2/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 a body having an objective lens system (310) that focuses a target image from an outward scene to a first focal plane; an erector lens system (330) that inverts the target image; a second focal plane; an ocular lens system (360) for viewing the target image; a beam combiner (320); an integrated display (1210) for generating images; a collector lens system (1220) configured to collect light from the active display; and a reflective material (1230) configured to direct the generated image from the integrated display to the beam combiner. The collector lens system has an inner lens cell, an outer lens cell, and a spring located between the inner and outer lens cells and is located between the integrated display and the reflective material. The image from the active display and the target image from the objective lens system are projected into the first focal plane and viewed simultaneously. Conventional scopes combine the 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 (17)

CLAIMS :
1. A viewing optic comprising: a body having (i) a first optical system having an objective lens system that focuses a target image from an outward scene to a first focal plane, an erector lens system that inverts the target image, a second focal plane, an ocular lens system for viewing the target image; (ii) a beam combiner; (iii) an active display for generating an image; (iv) a collector lens system configured to collect light from the active display and having an inner lens cell, an outer lens cell, and a spring located between the inner and outer lens cells, wherein the collector lens system is located between the active display and a reflective material, the reflective material configured to direct the generated image from the active display to the beam combiner, wherein the image from the active display and the target image from the objective lens system are combined into the first focal plane and viewed simultaneously;.
2. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the beam combiner is located between the first focal plane and the objective lens system.
3. The viewing optic of Claim 1, wherein the active display is located in a base that couples to a bottom portion of the body.
4. The viewing optic of Claim 3, 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 lens system of the main body.
5. The viewing optic of Claim 3, wherein the base is from 40% to 65% the length of the main body.
6. The viewing optic of Claim 2, wherein a focusing cell is located between the beam combiner and the objective lens system.
7. The viewing optic of Claim 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.
8. 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.
9. A viewing optic comprising: (a) a main tube; (b) an objective system coupled to a first end of the main tube that focuses a target image from an outward scene; (c) an ocular system coupled to a second end of the main tube, the main tube, objective system and ocular system being configured to define at least a first focal plane; and (d) a beam combiner positioned between the objective system and the first focal plane; (e) an active display for generating an image; and (f) a collector lens system positioned between the active display and the beam combiner and configured to collect light from the active display, wherein the collector lens system has an inner lens cell, an outer lens cell, and a spring located between the inner and outer lens cells, wherein the image from the active display and the target image from the objective system are combined into the first focal plane and viewed simultaneously.
10. The viewing optic of Claim 9, wherein a focusing cell is located between the beam combiner and the objective system.
11. A viewing optic comprising: an optical system configured to view a target image and having a first focal plane with a reticle at the first focal plane; an active display configured to generate an image, and a collector lens system configured to collect light from the active display, wherein the collector lens system has an inner lens cell, an outer lens cell, and a spring located between the inner and outer lens cells, and further wherein the target image and the generated image are combined into the first focal plane.
12. The viewing optic of Claim 11, further comprising a reflective material configured to direct the image from the active display to the first focal plane.
13. The viewing optic of Claim 11, 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.
14. The viewing optic of Claim 11, wherein the image generated by the active display is selected from the group consisting of: text, alpha-numeric, 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.
15. The viewing optic of Claim 11, wherein the image generated by the active display is selected from the group consisting of: active target reticles, firearm inclination information, target finding, recognition and identification (ID) information, real time ballistic solutions, and next round ballistic correction through in-flight tracer round detection and tracking.
16. The viewing optic of Claim 11, wherein the image generated by the active display is a real time ballistic solution.
17. The viewing optic of Claim 11, wherein the image generated by the active display is a next round ballistic correction through in-flight tracer round detection and tracking.
NZ796954A 2018-02-06 Viewing optic with an integrated display system NZ796954B2 (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

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NZ796954A NZ796954A (en) 2025-03-28
NZ796954B2 true NZ796954B2 (en) 2025-07-01

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