Integrated wind laser rangefinder receiver
AssigneeCubic Corporation
InventorsTony Maryfield, Mahyar Dadkhah
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for enabling a wind-sensing optical scope to communicate with external components to provide for a ballistic solution. Techniques may further incorporate cost saving features such as the utilization of a photo diode and/or other features. The wind-sensing optical scope may include various sensors to collect data for the ballistic solution, and/or data from external sensors may be used. Techniques may further incorporate range finding in the wind-sensing optical scope, depending on desired functionality.
Claims14
A wind-sensing optical scope comprising:
- a laser;
- an optical receiver comprising:
- a first subassembly comprising a first set of lenses configured to direct light toward a first sensor;
- and
- a second subassembly comprising a second set of lenses configured to direct light toward a second sensor;
- a wireless first communication interface;
- a second communication interface, and
- processing unit communicatively coupled with the laser, the optical receiver, the first communication interface, and the second communication interface, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
- cause the laser to emit a laser beam;
- obtain measurements of reflected light of the laser beam from the optical receiver, wherein the measurements include first measurements corresponding to the first sensor and/or second measurements corresponding to the second sensor;
- calculate a wind measurement based on the obtained measurements;
- send, via the wireless first communication interface, information indicative of the wind measurement to an external ballistic computer;
- receive, subsequent to sending the information indicative of the wind measurement, a ballistic solution from the external ballistic computer;
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- send, via the second communication interface, information indicative of the ballistic solution to an optical scope display.
A method of determining a ballistic solution with a wind-sensing optical scope, the method comprising:
- causing a laser to emit a laser beam;
- obtaining measurements of reflected light of the laser beam from an optical receiver, wherein the optical receiver comprises a first subassembly comprising a first set of lenses configured to direct light toward a first sensor and a second subassembly comprising a second set of lenses configured to direct light toward a second sensor, and wherein the measurements include first measurements corresponding to the first sensor and/or second measurements corresponding to the second sensor;
- calculating, with a processing unit of the wind-sensing optical scope, a wind measurement based on the obtained measurements;
- sending, via a wireless first communication interface of the wind-sensing optical scope, information indicative of the wind measurement to an external ballistic computer;
- receiving, subsequent to sending the information, a ballistic solution at the wind-sensing optical scope from the external ballistic computer;
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- sending, with the wind-sensing optical scope, information indicative of the ballistic solution to an optical scope display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.