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US 11,473,875 B2Granted
Weapon sighted camera system
AssigneeTactacam LLC
InventorsJeff Peel, Garrison Peel
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described which provide weapon sighted cameras. A camera can be mounted on a weapon and, after a set-up procedure, can acquire a target without using a weapon sight of the weapon.
Claims17
A camera system for use with a weapon having a weapon sight affixed to the weapon, the weapon sight providing a weapon sight view with a weapon sight aim point zeroed to an aim point of the weapon, the camera system comprising:
- a camera configured to be mounted to the weapon and capture images of a camera view of the camera:
- a display device configured to present the images of the camera view and a digital reticle over the images of the camera view;
- a manual windage adjustment configured to horizontally adjust the camera and its camera view with respect to the aim point of the weapon and independent of the weapon sight and its weapon sight aim point when the camera is mounted to the weapon;
- a manual elevation adjustment configured to vertically adjust the camera and its camera view with respect to the aim point of the weapon and independent of the weapon sight and its weapon sight aim point when the camera is mounted to the weapon;
- and
- wherein the manual windage adjustment and the manual elevation adjustment permit aligning the camera so that a central portion from the images of the camera view coincides with the weapon sight aim point;
- and
- wherein the display device is configured to adjust a location of the digital reticle independent of the weapon sight such that the presented digital reticle coincides with the central portion of the images and the weapon sight aim point.
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A weapon system comprising:
- a weapon;
- a weapon sight mounted to the weapon that provides a weapon sight view zeroed to an aim point of the weapon;
- a camera mounted to the weapon such that the camera provides a camera view with a different line of sight to the aim point of the weapon than the weapon sight view, wherein the camera is configured to capture images of the camera view;
- a display device is configured to present the images of the camera view;
- a manual windage adjustment configured to horizontally adjust the camera and its camera view with respect to the aim point of the weapon and independent of the weapon sight and its weapon sight view;
- and
- a manual elevation adjustment configured to vertically adjust the camera and its camera view with respect to the aim point of the weapon and independent of the weapon sight and its weapon sight view;
- wherein the manual windage adjustment and the manual elevation adjustment permit aligning the camera so that a central portion from the images of the camera view coincide with the aim point of the weapon sight view;
- and
- wherein the display device is configured to adjust a location of a digital reticle independent of the weapon sight such that the presented digital reticle coincides with the aim point of the weapon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.