Infrared range-finding and compensating scope for use with a projectile firing device

A range compensating scope assembly, comprising:

• an erect image telescope mounted upon an axially extending surface associated with a projectile firing device, said telescope including an elongate housing with a series of spaced apart lenses disposed between an eyepiece and an opposite objective lens, a reticle display field being projected upon a prism established along an optical path established within said telescope and which is viewable by a user;
• a laser range-finding scope housed within a component in parallel disposed fashion relative to said erect image telescope, said range-finding scope incorporating a microprocessor and timer control circuit in operative communication with a pulse generator, said microprocessor outputting a signal to a display driver and further including at least one mirror and a display lens located between said display driver and prism for projecting light and creating a new focal plane not situated between said spaced apart lenses;
• a switch in operative communication with said microprocessor for initiating said timer control circuit and pulse generating functions, said timer control circuit interfacing between said microprocessor and an output to said pulse generator, as well as interfacing between said microprocessor and an input from an infrared detector positioned at a selected communicating location with said prism;
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• a light emitting display for generating a display image disposed between said display driver and a further selected communicating location with said prism opposing that of said infrared detector.

A range compensating scope assembly, comprising:

• an erect image telescope mounted upon an axially extending surface associated with a projectile firing device, said telescope including a housing with a series of spaced apart lenses, a reticle display field being disposed along an optical path established within said telescope and which is viewable by a user;
• a laser range-finding scope housed within a component in parallel disposed fashion relative to said erect image telescope, said range-finding scope incorporating a microprocessor and timer in operative communication with a pulse generator, infrared laser projector, and a detector;
• a microprocessor generated signal communicating to a prism located along said telescope optical path and, in combination with a display driver located in proximity to said prism and further including at least one mirror and a display lens located between said display driver and prism for projecting light and creating a new focal plane not situated between said spaced apart lenses, establishing a horizontally projected targeting display image upon said reticle display field representing a corrected aimpoint;
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• said microprocessor calculating both a range and said corrected aim point resulting from a common clock providing a simplified internal data transfer to said microprocessor via a frequency divider component, a serial interface communicating to said microprocessor at least one of range finding and aiming point calculation, an EEPROM unit being in separate communication with said microprocessor and providing memory for storing at least one of trajectory data, range-finding and aiming point parameters, said processor outputting said corrected aim point to another timer configured in parallel with a threshold control and in turn communicated to an IR detector and amplifier.