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US 2026/0288932 A1Published application
Viewing optic with software capabilities implemented by an enabler
AssigneeSheltered Wings Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics
InventorsSam Hamilton, Ian Klemm, Calen Havens, Tom Cody, Garrison Bollig, William Lowry, Cory Taylor, Tim Rue, Tony Palzkill, Alexander Lewis, Keegan Jauch, Zach Sausen
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a a viewing optic with an integrated display system. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a enabler configured to provide or activate or unlock select software to a viewing optic having an integrated display system.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a viewing optic having an optical system with an objective lens system that focuses a target image from an outward scene to a first focal plane located between the objective lens system and an erector lens system that inverts the target image, an active display configured to generate an image that is viewed in the first focal plane of the optical system;
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- an enabler configured to provide the viewing optic access to one or more software programs.
A system comprising:
- a viewing optic having an optical system having an objective lens system that focuses a target image from an outward scene to a first focal plane;
- an erector system that inverts the target image;
- a beam combiner placed between the objective lens system and the erector lens system;
- an active display configured to generate an image;
- a collector lens system configured to collect light from the active display;
- and a reflective material configured to direct the generated image from the active display to the beam combiner, wherein the generated digital image and the target image are viewed in the first focal plane;
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- an enabler configured to unlock one or more software programs that are stored within the viewing optic.
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A system comprising:
- a viewing optic having an optical system for viewing a target image, an erector system that inverts the target image, and an active display configured to generate a digital image, wherein the generated digital image is combined into an image of the outward scene in a first focal plane of the optical system located between an objective lens system and the erector system;
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- an enabler configured to provide a new software program to the viewing optic, wherein the new software program was not present on the viewing optic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.