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US 10,295,307 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information
AssigneeHvrt Corp.
InventorsDennis J. Sammut, Lawrence Chao
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Abstract
The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges.
Claims8
A ballistics calculator system, comprising:
- a) a processor, said processor comprising a ballistics computer program on a computer readable medium for analyzing information to accurately aim a projectile at a target;
- b) a shouldered weapon with a rifle barrel or a handgun, and a target image acquisition device with a reticle;
- c) a database on a computer readable medium comprising information regarding one or more of external conditions, a firearm being used, a projectile being used, a shooter, a spotter, a target, the relation of said shooter to said target, and said target image acquisition device and reticle being used;
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- d) at least one ballistic calculator display that projects targeting data comprising at least one ballistic solution that identifies at least one aiming point on said reticle wherein said display comprises portable head gear.
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A method for using a ballistics calculator system, comprising:
- a) providing a ballistics calculator system, comprising:
- i) a processor, said processor comprising a ballistics computer program on a computer readable medium for analyzing information to accurately aim a projectile at a target;
- ii) a shouldered weapon with a rifle barrel or a handgun, and a target image acquisition device with a reticle;
- iii) a database on a computer readable medium comprising information regarding one or more of external conditions, a firearm being used, a projectile being used, a shooter, a spotter, a target, the relation of said shooter to said target, and said target image acquisition device and reticle being used;
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- iv) at least one ballistic calculator display that projects targeting data comprising at least one ballistic solution that identifies at least one aiming point on said reticle wherein said display comprises portable head gear;
- b) inputting acquired aiming point information and/or aiming point information stored on said database regarding one or more of external conditions, a firearm being used, a projectile being used, a shooter, a spotter, a target, a relation of the shooter to the target and said target image acquisition device and reticle being used, wherein said shooter and said spotter are electronically networked through an image of said target on said ballistic calculator display comprising a reticle;
- c) selecting one or more aiming points on said reticle;
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- d) using said aiming point information displayed by said ballistics calculator system on said portable head gear to aim said projectile so as to hit said target.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.