# US 12,010,420 B2 · Long-range optical device with image capturing channel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,420 B2 - Document ID: US12010420B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/196,754 - Filed: 2023-05-12 - Published: 2023-09-07 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-19 - Assignees: Swarovski-Optik KG. - Applicants: Swarovski-Optik AG & Co KG. - Inventors: Thomas Salzburger; Christoph Heinrich; Christoph Frech; Daniel Nindl; Helmut Wiedermann; Gerd Schreiter - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010420B2 ## CPC - G03B 17/48: adapted for combination with other photographic or optical apparatus - H04N 23/62: Control of parameters via user interfaces - G02B 23/18: for binocular arrangements {(focusing binocular pairs G02B7/06; adjusting pupillary distance of binocular pairs G02B7/12)} - H04N 1/00307: {with a mobile telephone apparatus (constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00)} - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens} - G02B 7/04: with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification - G02B 23/02: involving prisms or mirrors (G02B23/14 takes precedence) - H04N 2201/0055: By radio - H04N 2201/0084: Digital still camera - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract The invention relates to a long-range optical device comprising at least one sight channel and an image capturing channel, and a processing unit. The image capturing channel may include a camera module with an autofocus function. The sight channel may include a focusing lens and sensor connect to the processing unit for detecting the movement of the focusing lens. The processing unit may be programmed to trigger the autofocus function when termination of movement of the focusing lens is detected. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A long-range optical device comprising: at least one sight channel; an image capturing channel; and a processing unit, wherein the image capturing channel comprises a camera module with an autofocus function, wherein the sight channel comprises a first focusing lens and a sensor connected to the processing unit for the detection of a movement of the first focusing lens, wherein the processing unit is program controlled to trigger the autofocus function of the camera module when detecting a termination of a movement of the first focusing lens, and wherein in the sight channel a first beam path is formed by a first objective, the first focusing lens, an erecting system and a first eyepiece, and wherein in the image capturing channel a second beam path is formed by a second objective, a second focusing lens, and a second lens group, and the camera module, wherein in the first beam path of the sight channel a reference image plane is determined by a reticle or by an image reproduced by projection optics, wherein the first eyepiece of the sight channel is displaceable by means of a second focusing unit for focusing on the reference image plane. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein the image capturing channel comprises the second focusing lens, and wherein the first focusing lens and the second focusing lens are displaceable together by means of a first focusing unit. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein the first focusing unit comprises a focusing ring and an adjusting mechanism, which is coupled to the focusing ring, for displacing the first focusing lens and the second focusing lens in parallel to optical axes of the first and the second beam paths. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein the second focusing unit comprises a diopter ring for displacing the eyepiece lens in parallel to the optical axis of the first beam path. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein the camera module comprises an electronic image capturing sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein the second beam path of the image capturing channel comprises an afocal lens system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein the first focusing lens of the sight channel is arranged on a side of the reference image plane facing away from the first eyepiece. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein two sight channels are formed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein a support unit is formed, in which support unit at least one first housing of the sight channel, a second housing of the image capturing channel, the adjusting mechanism and the processing unit are arranged. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The long-range optical device according to claim 1, wherein an electronic operating button is provided for retrieving a preselected parameter and carrying out a function. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The long-range optical device according to claim 10, wherein a memory unit is formed for storing parameters and/or functions. ### Claim 12 A long-range optical device comprising: at least one sight channel; an image capturing channel; and a processing unit, wherein the sight channel comprises a first focusing lens and a sensor connected to the processing unit for the detection of a movement of the first focusing lens, wherein the image capturing channel comprises, in that order, an objective, a second focusing lens, a second lens group and a camera module, wherein the camera module is formed as a unit with a separate objective, an electronic image capturing sensor and with an integrated autofocus function, and wherein the processing unit is program controlled to trigger the autofocus function of the camera module when detecting a termination of a movement of the first focusing lens.