Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120297658 | System and Method of Controlling Discharge of a Firearm - A method includes defining a designation point on a target within a view area of a scope coupled to a firearm and determining an angular motion deviation of a muzzle of the firearm from the designation point. The method further includes initiating firing of the firearm when the angular motion deviation is below an acceptable level. | 11-29-2012 |
20130167423 | Trigger Assembly and System Including a Blocking Mechanism - A trigger assembly includes a trigger shoe configured to disengage a sear to release a firing mechanism in response to force applied by a user. The trigger assembly further includes a blocking mechanism configured to selectively prevent the release of the firing mechanism in response to a control signal. | 07-04-2013 |
20130180147 | Trigger Assembly and Method of Optical Detection of a Trigger Assembly State - A trigger assembly includes a plurality of components including a trigger shoe configured to disengage a firing mechanism in response to a force applied by a user. The trigger assembly further includes a first PCB having at least one optical sensor to receive light and a controller configured to determine a positional state of at least one of the trigger shoe and a selected one of the plurality of components in response to the light received by the at least one optical sensor. | 07-18-2013 |
20130286216 | Rifle Scope Including a Circuit Configured to Track a Target - A rifle scope includes at least one optical sensor configured to capture a video of a view area, a display, a processor coupled to the display and to the at least one optical sensor, and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive user input that identifies a target within the video, apply a visual tag to the target within the video, and adjust the visual tag to track the target within a sequence of frames. The memory further stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to provide the video including the visual tag to the display. | 10-31-2013 |
20130286239 | Rifle Scope with Video Output Stabilized Relative to a Target - A rifle scope including a display, at least one optical sensor to capture video of a view area, and image processing circuitry coupled to the display and the at least one optical sensor. The image processing circuitry is configured to select visual elements within a sequence of frames of the video and to align the visual elements within adjacent frames of the sequence of frames to produce a video output corresponding to the view area that is stabilized relative to a target. The image processing circuit is configured to provide the video output to the display. | 10-31-2013 |
20130288205 | Rifle Scope and Method of Providing Embedded Training - A method includes providing a visual representation of a targeting environment to a display of a rifle scope, where the visual representation includes a target and a reticle. The method further includes receiving a trigger pull signal at a processor coupled to the display, determining an impact location of a virtual shot in response to receiving the trigger pull signal, and dynamically adjusting the target within the visual representation in response to determining the impact location. | 10-31-2013 |
20130329211 | Target-Correlated Electronic Rangefinder - A viewing device includes a laser rangefinder circuit configured to capture range data associated with a target within a view area and at least one sensor configured to capture orientation data associated with an aim-point of the laser rangefinder circuit concurrently with capturing the range data. The viewing device further includes a controller coupled to the laser rangefinder and to the at least one sensor and configured to automatically determine a range to the target from the range data based on the orientation data and a target location within the view area. | 12-12-2013 |
20140002680 | Electronic User Interface and Method for Controlling Precision Guided Firing of a Rifle | 01-02-2014 |
20140157646 | Rifle Scope, Apparatus, and Method Including Proximity Detection and Warning System - A method of providing proximity detection includes receiving a signal at a rifle scope indicating proximity of a second rifle scope. The method further includes providing a visual alert to a display of the rifle scope based on the proximity. | 06-12-2014 |
20140158763 | Optical Device Including an Adaptive Life-Cycle Ballistics System for Firearms - A method includes determining a shot count within an optical device coupled to a firearm. The shot count corresponds to a number of shots taken using the firearm. The method further includes determining a muzzle velocity parameter from a life-cycle profile of the firearm based on the shot count as an input into a ballistics solution. | 06-12-2014 |
20140168447 | Optical Device Including a Mode for Grouping Shots for Use with Precision Guided Firearms - An optical device for use with a firearm includes an image sensor configured to capture visual data corresponding to video of a view area, and includes a display, and a controller coupled to the image sensor and to the display. The controller is configured to provide the video including a visual marker at a previously selected tag location on a target within the video to a display. The controller is configured to reapply the visual marker to the previously selected tag location on the target within the video, shot after shot, when the controller is in a group shooting mode. | 06-19-2014 |
20140184788 | Portable Optical Device With Interactive Wireless Remote Capability - A firearm scope comprises an optical sensor to capture video data, a display, a transceiver configured to communicate data wirelessly through a communication channel, and a controller. The controller can be configured to provide a portion of the video data to the display, provide media content including the video data to the transceiver for wireless transmission, receive a signal from the communication channel in response to the wireless transmission, and selectively modify the portion of the video data to the display in response to receiving the signal. | 07-03-2014 |
20140188385 | System and Method of Locating Prey - A method includes receiving location data corresponding to a physical location of a user at a computing device and receiving prey data corresponding to a relative position of an animal at the computing device from a gun scope. The method further includes determining a location of the animal relative to the computing device based on the location data and the prey data. | 07-03-2014 |
20140350849 | System and Method of Locating Prey - A method includes receiving location data corresponding to a physical location of a user at a computing device and receiving prey data corresponding to a relative position of an animal at the computing device from a gun scope. The method further includes determining a location of the animal relative to the computing device based on the location data and the prey data. | 11-27-2014 |
20140360072 | Precision Guided Firearm Including an Optical Scope Configured to Determine Timing of Discharge - A precision guided firearm (PGF) includes a trigger assembly and an optical device coupled to the trigger assembly. The optical device is to predict a time when an aim point of the PGF is less than a programmable threshold distance from a selected location on a target and to control the trigger assembly to discharge the PGF at the time. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360081 | Precision Guided Firearm With Hybrid Sensor Fire Control - A precision guided firearm (PGF) includes a trigger assembly and an optical device coupled to the trigger assembly. The optical device includes an optical sensor configured to capture video of a view area and includes at least one motion sensor. The optical device is configured to process video frames of the video to determine a distance between an aim point of the PGF and a selected location on a target and to determine a trajectory of the aim point based on the video frames and motion data from the at least one motion sensor. | 12-11-2014 |