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US 2019/0376764 A1Published application
Analog-Digital Hybrid Firearm Scope
AssigneeTrackingpoint, Inc.
InventorDouglas Richard Hammond
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a firearm system can include an optical scope. The optical scope may include a direct-view optics assembly and a switchable microdisplay element. The direct-view optics assembly can include an objective lens and a viewing lens, and may be configured to direct and focus light received by the objective lens toward the viewing lens. The switchable microdisplay element may be configured to selectively interrupt a light path between the objective lens and the viewing lens to present image data to the viewing lens.
Claims21
An optical scope comprising:
- a direct-view optics assembly including an objective lens and a viewing lens, the direct-view optics assembly configured to direct and focus light from a view area received by the objective lens toward the viewing lens;
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- a switchable display element configured to selectively interrupt a light path between the objective lens and the viewing lens, the switchable display element to receive an electrical signal including image data and to present the image data to the viewing lens.
A method comprising:
- in a first mode, providing light received at an objective lens of an optical scope through a first focal plane including a reticle to a viewing lens of the optical scope;
- receiving an input corresponding to a change of position of a lever of the optical scope;
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- in a second mode, coupling a switchable display element into the optical path, the switchable display element to receive an electrical signal including image data and to provide the image data viewable from the viewing lens.
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An optical scope comprising:
- control circuitry;
- a direct-view optics assembly including an objective lens and a viewing lens, the direct-view optics assembly configured to direct and focus light received by the objective lens toward the viewing lens;
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- a switchable display element coupled to the control circuitry and configured to selectively interrupt a light path between the objective lens and the viewing lens, the switchable display element to receive an electrical signal including image data and to the present image data to the viewing lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.