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US 8,336,776 B2Granted
Aiming system for weapon
AssigneeTrijicon, Inc.
InventorsAnthony Horvath, Aaron Adkins, Richard Willard, Paul Stoltz
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Abstract
An aiming system for use with a weapon is provided and may include a processor, at least one sensor in communication with the processor, and a memory in communication with the processor. The aiming system may also include a display in communication with the processor that displays a corrected-aiming point based on at least one simulated bullet trajectory and at least one simulated bullet impact location determined by the processor.
Claims21
An aiming system for use with a weapon, the aiming system comprising:
- a processor;
- at least one sensor in communication with said processor;
- a memory in communication with said processor;
- and
- a display in communication with said processor and operable to display a corrected-aiming point based on at least one simulated bullet trajectory and at least one simulated bullet impact location determined by said processor, said processor using closed-loop control to generate said corrected-aiming point by iteratively generating said simulated bullet trajectory and said simulated bullet impact location until said simulated bullet impact location impacts a desired target at a desired location.
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A method comprising:
- aligning a weapon with a desired target;
- energizing an aiming system associated with said weapon;
- determining a range to said target;
- generating by a processor a number of simulated bullet trajectories;
- generating by said processor a number of simulated bullet impact locations;
- generating by said processor said simulated bullet trajectories and said simulated bullet impact locations using closed-loop control until an error between said simulated bullet impact location and said target is within a predetermined range;
- and
- generating a corrected-aiming point if said error is within said predetermined range to aid a shooter in adjusting a position of said weapon to allow a projectile fired from said weapon to contact said target at a desired location.
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A method comprising:
- aligning a weapon with a static target;
- energizing an aiming system associated with said weapon;
- determining a range to said static target;
- generating by a processor a static corrected-aiming point to aid a shooter in adjusting a position of said weapon to allow a projectile fired from said weapon to contact said static target at a desired location;
- detecting movement of said static target;
- generating by said processor a moving corrected-aiming point based on said static corrected-aiming point to aid the shooter in adjusting a position of said weapon to allow a projective fired from said weapon to contact said moving target at a desired location;
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- simultaneously displaying said static corrected-aiming point and said moving corrected-aiming point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.