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 for a firearm, the guidance system comprising:
- an electronic output indicator (EOI) array having more than two elements, the EOI array around 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,
- during operation execute an operating mode including
- modulating the elements responsive to a plurality of 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 at least one operating mode, including, for each operating mode,
- 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 plurality of the elements of the EOI array each configured to produce light of more than one color.
A guidance system for an optical instrument, comprising:
- a housing mountable to the optical instrument,
- an array of electronic output indicators (EOIs) positioned annularly on a support surface,
- a mountable surface having circuitry thereon positioned perpendicularly to the support surface,
- one or more sensors, and
- a controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.