Guidance system for optical instruments
Assignee7Speer Engineering, LLC
InventorAlex Bonham
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Abstract
A guidance system mountable to an optical instrument includes an electronic output indicator (EOI) array, the EOI array positioned at a perimeter of an eyepiece of the optical instrument upon mounting the guidance system to the optical instrument, and a controller. While the guidance system is mounted to the optical instrument, the controller includes executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory thereon to, execute a plurality of operating modes, including, for each operating mode, dividing the EOI array into a different plurality of EOI subarrays, and modulating the state of each of the EOI subarrays responsive to a different set of one or more sensor signals.
Claims20
A guidance system mountable to an optical instrument, the guidance system comprising:
- an electronic output indicator (EOI) array, the EOI array positioned at a perimeter of an eyepiece of the optical instrument upon mounting the guidance system to the optical instrument, and
- a controller, wherein, while the guidance system is mounted to the optical instrument, the controller includes executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory thereon to:
- execute a plurality of operating modes, including, for each operating mode:
- obtaining configurable parameter values corresponding to the operating mode, wherein there are configurable parameters that are different for different operating modes;
- dividing the EOI array into a different plurality of EOI subarrays, and
- modulating each of the plurality of EOI subarrays responsive to a different set of one or more sensor signals.
A method of operating a guidance system mountable to an optical instrument, the method comprising:
- positioning an electronic output indicator (EOI) array at a perimeter of an eyepiece of the optical instrument upon mounting the guidance system to the optical instrument, wherein,
- while the guidance system is mounted to the optical instrument,
- executing a plurality of operating modes, including, for each operating mode:
- obtaining configurable parameter values corresponding to the operating mode, wherein there are configurable parameters that are different for different operating modes,
- dividing the EOI array into a different plurality of EOI subarrays, and
- modulating each of the plurality of EOI subarrays responsive to a different set of one or more sensor signals.
A guidance system for an optical instrument, comprising:
- a housing mountable to the optical instrument,
- an array of electronic output indicators (EOIs),
- one or more sensors, and
- a controller, wherein
- mounting the housing to the optical instrument positions each of the array of EOIs at a perimeter of an eyepiece of the optical instrument, and
- while each of the array of EOIs are positioned at the perimeter of the eyepiece, the controller includes executable instructions stored in non-transitory memory thereon to:
- execute a plurality of operating modes, including, for each operating mode:
- obtaining configurable parameter values corresponding to the operating mode, each operating mode having a different set of configurable parameters,
- dividing the array of EOIs into a different plurality of EOI subarrays, and
- modulating each of the plurality of EOI subarrays responsive to a different set of signals from the one or more sensors, including modifying how the controller modulates EOI states of each of the subarrays of EOIs by defining one or more of threshold values, ranges, durations, and blink frequencies associated with modulation of the subarrays of EOIs.
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