Cant sensitivity level
AssigneeSig Sauer, Inc.
InventorJoseph Fruechtel
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Abstract
A method of establishing a cant sensitivity level for an optical sighting system for a shooting device, the method comprising: receiving a range measurement; establishing a cant sensitivity based, at least in part, on the range measurement; determining a cant of the shooting device relative to a vertical transverse axis of the main optical axis of the optical system; activating, when the cant of the shooting device exceeds the cant sensitivity, an electronic cant indicator structured to provide an indicator signal to a user; and deactivating the electronic cant indicator when the cant of the shooting device does not exceed the cant sensitivity.
Claims20
A method of establishing a cant sensitivity level for an optical sighting system, the optical sighting system having a main optical axis extending from an ocular end to an objective end of the optical sighting system, the main optical axis being fixedly aligned with a long axis of a shooting device, the method comprising:
- receiving a range measurement, the range measurement indicating a distance from the shooting device to an intended target;
- establishing a cant sensitivity based, at least in part, on the range measurement;
- determining, by an inclinometer, a cant of the shooting device relative to a vertical transverse axis of the main optical axis of the optical system;
- activating, when the cant of the shooting device exceeds the cant sensitivity, an electronic cant indicator structured to provide an indicator signal to a user;
- and
- deactivating the electronic cant indicator when the cant of the shooting device does not exceed the cant sensitivity.
A method of establishing a cant sensitivity level for an optical sighting system, the optical sighting system having a main optical axis extending from an ocular end to an objective end of the optical sighting system, the main optical axis being fixedly aligned with a long axis of a shooting device, the method comprising:
- receiving a range measurement at a mobile device external to the optical sighting system, the range measurement indicating a distance from the shooting device to an intended target;
- displaying the range measurement through a mobile application running on the mobile device;
- receiving, through the mobile application, a user input indicative of a desired cant sensitivity;
- establishing a cant sensitivity based, at least in part, on the user input;
- determining, by an inclinometer, a cant of the shooting device relative to a vertical transverse axis of the main optical axis of the optical system;
- activating, when the cant of the shooting device exceeds the cant sensitivity, an electronic indicator structured to provide an indicator signal to a user;
- and
- deactivating the electronic indicator when the cant of the shooting device does not exceed the cant sensitivity.
A method of establishing a cant sensitivity level for an optical sighting system, the optical sighting system having a main optical axis extending from an ocular end to an objective end of the optical sighting system, the main optical axis being fixedly aligned with a long axis of a shooting device, the method comprising:
- receiving a range measurement, the range measurement indicating a distance from the shooting device to an intended target;
- establishing a cant sensitivity based, at least in part, on the range measurement;
- determining, by an inclinometer, a cant of the shooting device relative to a vertical transverse axis of the main optical axis of the optical system;
- activating, when the cant of the shooting device does not exceed the cant sensitivity, an electronic cant indicator structured to provide an indicator signal to a user;
- and
- deactivating the electronic cant indicator when the cant of the shooting device exceeds the cant sensitivity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.