# US 10,480,901 B2 · Riflescope with feedback display and related methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,901 B2 - Document ID: US10480901B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/581,244 - Filed: 2017-04-28 - Published: 2017-08-10 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2013-07-30 - Assignees: Gunwerks, LLC - Applicants: Gunwerks, LLC - Inventors: Christopher Ryan Thomas - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480901B2 ## CPC - F41G 1/473: for lead-indicating or range-finding, e.g. for use with rifles or shotguns - F41G 1/38: Telescopic sights specially adapted for smallarms or ordnance (telescopic sights in general G02B); Supports or mountings therefor {(Means for mounting sighting or aiming devices on firearms F41G11/001)} - G02B 23/14: Viewfinders (for photographic apparatus G03B13/02) - G02B 27/36: adjustable - F41G: WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B) - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract A riflescope having a display that provides information to a user of the riflescope, along with related methods, is provided herein. In one embodiment, a riflescope includes an objective system and an ocular system, wherein a focal plane is defined between the objective system and the ocular system. A display system, comprising a display and a mirror, is positioned at a location between the focal plane and the ocular system. In one embodiment, the distance between the focal plane and the ocular system is equal to a sum of a distance between the display and the mirror and a distance between the mirror and the ocular system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A riflescope comprising: a main tube; an objective system coupled to a first end of the main tube; an ocular system coupled to a second end of the main tube, wherein the objective system and the ocular system are cooperatively configured to define at least one focal plane; and a display system comprising a display and a mirror, wherein the display and the mirror are positioned between the at least one focal plane and the ocular system, and wherein the mirror occludes only a portion of a view presented from the objective system to the ocular system; wherein the at least one focal plane is positioned a first distance from a plane extending through a distal surface of the ocular system, the display is positioned a second distance from the mirror, and the mirror is positioned a third distance from the plane extending through the distal surface of the ocular system, the first distance being different from the second distance, and wherein the sum of the second distance and the third distance equals the first distance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, wherein the display is configured to emit light in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of the riflescope. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, wherein the mirror is oriented at an angle of approximately 45° relative to light emitted from the display. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, wherein the display and the mirror are located on a common side of an optical axis extending from the objective system through the ocular system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, wherein the display and the mirror are located on diametrically opposite sides of an optical axis extending from the objective system through the ocular system. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, further comprising a reticle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, further comprising an erector system located within the main tube. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The riflescope of claim 1, further comprising a processor in electronic communication with the display system. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The riflescope of claim 8, further comprising memory in electronic communication with the processor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The riflescope of claim 8, further comprising at least one sensor in electronic communication with the processor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The riflescope of claim 8, further comprising a communications device for communicating with an electronic device external from the riflescope, the communications device being in electronic communication with the processor. ### Claim 12 A method of providing information to a user of a riflescope, the method comprising: providing a riflescope having an objective system and an ocular system, a focal plane being defined between the objective system and the ocular system; disposing a display between the focal plane and the ocular system; emitting light from the display in a direction that is non-parallel to an optical axis of the riflescope to a mirror that occludes only a portion of a view presented from the objective system to the ocular system; reflecting the emitted light to the ocular system, wherein the reflected light is arranged as indicia containing information for the user of riflescope; wherein the focal plane is positioned at a first distance from the ocular system, and wherein the method further comprises positioning the display at a second distance from the mirror and positioning the mirror at a third distance from the ocular system such that the first distance is different from the second distance and locating the mirror and the display such that the sum of the second distance and the third distance equals the first distance.