# US 12,604,086 B2 · Telescope with at least one viewing channel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,086 B2 - Document ID: US12604086B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/466,807 - Filed: 2023-09-13 - Published: 2024-08-01 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-09-16 - Assignees: Swarovski-Optik KG. - Applicants: Swarovski-Optik AG & Co KG. - Inventors: Bernhard Angerer; Georg Blatnig; Matthias Daxner; Mario Dohr; Klaus Gravogl; Stefan Jörer; Thomas Salzburger; Marco Seeber; Eva-Maria Sonnweber; Sebastian Wachsmuth - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604086B2 ## CPC - G02B 23/04: for the purpose of beam splitting or combining, e.g. fitted with eyepieces for more than one observer (G02B23/10 takes precedence) - H04N 23/635: {Region indicators; Field of view indicators} - G02B 23/10: reflecting into the field of view additional indications, e.g. from collimator - G02B 23/12: with means for image conversion or intensification - G06V 10/25: Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI] - H04N 23/61: based on recognised objects - H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders - H04N 23/64: {Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image} - H04N 23/667: Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes - G02B 23/18: for binocular arrangements {(focusing binocular pairs G02B7/06; adjusting pupillary distance of binocular pairs G02B7/12)} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A telescope having at least one viewing channel comprises at least one camera. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A telescope having at least one viewing channel, the telescope comprising: at least one camera, wherein the telescope is configured to calculate, upon actuation of an actuator element based on a detected instantaneous movement of the telescope, an achievable image sharpness for an image to be captured with the camera and to indicate to the user whether the image can be taken with the desired image sharpness and/or to indicate to the user whether the achievable image sharpness is suitable for automatic object recognition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The telescope according to claim 1, further comprising: at least one display visible in the at least one viewing channel, in particular overlayed, particularly preferred reflected, in the at least one viewing channel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The telescope according to claim 2, characterized in that it is configured to recognize objects in images captured by the camera. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The telescope according to claim 3, characterized in that it is configured to generate a virtual marking frame and to represent it on the display, wherein the telescope is further configured to recognize at least one object represented within the marking frame of the display. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The telescope according to claim 1, characterized in that it has at least one memory with user-specific and/or topic-specific and/or location-specific information, in particular information on locally occurring animal species and/or field names and/or mountain names and/or POIs and/or that the telescope has a data interface for data exchange with at least one external memory with user-specific and/or topic-specific and/or location-specific information, in particular information on locally occurring animal species and/or field names and/or mountain names and/or POIs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The telescope according to claim 1, further comprising: at least one camera focusing lens and at least one focusing lens arranged in the viewing channel, wherein the telescope is configured to determine a relative position of an image center of a camera image relative to an image center of an image displayed in the at least one viewing channel based on a movement of the focusing lenses. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The telescope according to claim 1, further comprising: a mode selection wheel, preferably arranged on a user-side end face of the telescope, for calling up at least one function of the telescope, wherein different functions are called up in different positions of the mode selection wheel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The telescope according to claim 7, characterized in that at least one position of the mode selection wheel can be assigned a function that can be selected by a user. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The telescope according to claim 1, characterized in that it is a binocular with a first tube and with a second tube, wherein a first viewing channel extends through the first tube and a second viewing channel extends through the second tube, wherein the two tubes are connected to each other by a hinged bridge, wherein the two tubes are pivotable about a hinge axis of the hinged bridge to adjust an interpupillary distance, and wherein the camera has a camera beam path, wherein the hinge axis and an optical axis of the camera beam path are arranged coaxially to each other, and wherein a camera tube containing the camera beam path forms the hinge axis of the hinged bridge. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An observation and image capturing system, comprising: at least one telescope according to claim 1 and at least one electronic terminal, wherein the at least one telescope and the at least one electronic terminal are coupled to one another via a connection at least temporarily.