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Apparatus and method for detecting optical systems in a terrain
AssigneeCarl Zeiss Optronics GmbH
InventorGunther Kuerbitz
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AssigneeCarl Zeiss Optronics GmbH
InventorGunther Kuerbitz
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A method and an apparatus are used for detecting optical systems, for example a sniper within a terrain. The terrain is optically scanned by means of a movable mirror and the position of the optical system is determined from a measurement made by a laser unit and is optically displayed. The position of the optical system is directly determined from the measurement made by the laser unit by evaluating the intensity of a light beam from the laser unit, after having been reflected by an optical surface of the optical system. The position is optically reflected into the field of vision of a telescope. The apparatus comprises a laser unit having a movable mirror, a control unit for detecting the position of the optical system from a measurement made by the laser unit, and a device for optically displaying the position. The device for optically displaying is a telescope, and means are provided for optically reflecting the position of the optical system into the field of vision of the telescope.
A method for detecting optical systems within a terrain using a portable sighting apparatus that is positioned relative to a telescope through which the terrain is viewed by a user, wherein said terrain is optically scanned by means of a movable mirror, a position of said optical system being determined from a measurement made by a laser unit, wherein said position of said optical system is directly determined from said measurement made by said laser unit by evaluating an intensity of a light beam from said laser unit after having been reflected by an optical surface of said optical system, said position being optically reflected into a field of vision of a telescope from a front end thereof, so as to appear through the telescope within the view of the user.
A portable sighting apparatus for detecting optical systems within a terrain comprising a laser unit having a movable mirror, a control unit for detecting a position of said optical system from a measurement made by said laser unit, and a device for optically displaying said position, wherein said control unit determines said position of said optical system directly from said measurement made by said laser unit by evaluating said intensity of a light beam from said laser unit after having been reflected by an optical surface of said optical system, said device for optically displaying being a telescope that is positioned relative to the laser unit, and means for optically reflecting said position of said optical system into a field of vision of said telescope from a front end thereof so as to appear within the view of a user viewing the terrain through said telescope.
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