Display-type optical telescope sight
An optical sight device includes a housing, a display panel and a reflecting element. The reflecting element is disposed in the housing. The reflecting element is disposed along an optical path defined from a point of an observer looking through the housing to the display panel. The reflecting element is provided between the observer and the display panel.
1. An optical sight device, comprising:
a sight housing that includes a passage and a connecting element, the passage having an open front and an open back, and the connecting element being configured to detach and attach to a gun;
a reflecting element disposed in the passage of the sight housing; and
an image output unit disposed in the passage of the sight housing, the image output unit providing aiming information including an aim indicator and an aiming information video to the reflecting element, the reflecting element causing the aiming information to be reflected towards and viewable to an observer, wherein
the reflecting element includes a doublet,
a first surface of the doublet and a third surface of the doublet include spherical surfaces,
the image output unit provides the aiming information video to a second surface of the reflecting element, and
the second surface of the reflecting element causes the aiming information video to be reflected towards and viewable to an observer.
2. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein the second surface is an aspherical surface having a conic coefficient.
3. The optical sight device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a measurement sensor that obtains measurement data related to a target, the measurement sensor being disposed in the sight housing; and
a controller configured to provide the aiming information to the image output unit, the aiming information including the measurement data.
4. The optical sight device of claim 3 , wherein
the sight housing includes a data communication module, and
the controller is configured to receive data from the data communication module and to provide the aiming information including the data to the image output unit.
5. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein the image output unit includes a flat panel display device.
6. The optical sight device of claim 5 , further comprising:
a measurement sensor that obtains measurement data related to a target, the measurement sensor being disposed in the sight housing; and
a controller configured to provide the aiming information to the image output unit, the aiming information including the measurement data.
7. The optical sight device of claim 6 , wherein
the sight housing includes a data communication module, and
the controller is configured to receive data from the data communication module and to provide the aiming information including the data to the image output unit.
8. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein
the image output unit includes a flat panel display device, and
the second surface is an aspherical surface including a conic coefficient.
9. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein the sight housing and the reflecting element are arranged such that an observer is able to simultaneously observe a target and the aiming information.
10. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein the housing includes an inclined recess, and the image output unit is disposed in the inclined recess.
11. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein the passage of the sight housing includes a recess, and the image output unit is disposed in the recess.
12. The optical sight device of claim 1 , wherein the doublet includes a first lens and a second lens disposed adjacent to the first lens.
13. The optical sight device of claim 12 , wherein the first lens includes the first surface, the second surface includes an interface between the first lens and the second lens, and the second lens includes the third surface.
14. An optical sight device, comprising:
a sight housing that includes a connecting element, the connecting element being configured to detach and attach to a gun;
a reflecting element disposed in a passage of the sight housing, the reflecting element including a doublet, and a first surface of the doublet and a third surface of the doublet being spherical surfaces; and
an image output unit disposed in the sight housing, the image output unit providing aiming information including an aiming information video or an image to a second surface of the reflecting element, the second surface of the reflecting element causing the aiming information to be reflected towards and viewable to an observer, wherein
radii of curvature of the first surface and the third surface of the reflector satisfy the following equation:
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1
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n
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1
R
1
,
D
2
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n
R
3
D
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D
2
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d
n
D
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D
2
=
0
,
wherein D 1 is a refractive power of the first surface, D 2 is a refractive power of the third surface, d is a distance between the first surface and the third surface, R 1 is a radius of curvature of the first surface, R 3 is a radius of curvature of the third surface, and n is a refractive index.
15. The optical sight device of claim 14 , wherein the second surface is an aspherical surface having a conic coefficient.
16. The optical sight device of claim 14 , further comprising:
a measurement sensor that obtains measurement data related to a target, the measurement sensor being disposed in the sight housing; and
a controller configured to provide the aiming information to the image output unit, the aiming information including the measurement data.
17. The optical sight device of claim 16 , wherein
the sight housing includes a data communication module, and
the controller is configured to receive data from the data communication module and to provide the aiming information including the data to the image output unit.
18. An optical sight device, comprising:
a housing that includes a passage having an open front and an open back;
a display panel disposed in the passage and operable to project an aim indicator and an aiming information video; and
a reflecting element disposed in the housing, wherein
the reflecting element is disposed on an optical path defined from a point of an observer looking through the housing to the display panel,
the reflecting element is provided between the observer and the display panel,
the reflecting element includes a doublet,
a first surface of the doublet and a third surface of the doublet include spherical surfaces,
the display panel provides the aiming information video to a second surface of the reflecting element, and
the second surface of the reflecting element causes the aiming information video to be reflected towards and viewable to an observer.
19. The optical sight device of claim 18 , wherein the display panel is an electronic display panel.
20. The optical sight device of claim 19 , wherein the display panel includes a liquid crystal display.
21. The optical sight device of claim 18 , wherein the display panel includes an organic light-emitting device panel.
22. The optical sight device of claim 18 , wherein the display panel is configured to display a reticle to an observer.
23. The optical sight device of claim 18 , further comprising
a data communication unit configured to receive information, wherein
the display panel is configured to display the information to an observer.
24. The optical sight device of claim 18 , wherein
the reflecting element is a doublet, and
an internal surface of the doublet reflects light irradiated by the display panel.
25. The optical sight device of claim 18 , further comprising
a sensor that obtains measurement data related to a target, wherein
the display panel is configured to display the measurement data to an observer.