IP Library Granted Patent US 11,493,778
Granted Patent B2
US 11,493,778 · App. 16/875,254 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Long-range optical device with an opto-electronic display

Inventors: Mario Dohr (Innsbruck, AT); Herbert Hermann (Hall, AT); Thomas Salzburger (Stans, AT); Wilfried Thaler (Kramsach, AT); Rene Zangerl (Hall, AT)
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Patent No.
US 11,493,778
App. No.
16/875,254
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The technology relates to a long-range optical device for a firearm with an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target, the long-range optical device further comprising an opto-electronic display device, wherein the display device comprises an LCoS display for displaying variable data or a target mark, wherein a display beam path of the display device runs at least partly in the observation beam path for displaying the remote object.

Claims (19)

1. A long-range optical device for a firearm comprising:

an objective and an eyepiece, through which an observation beam path is formed for aiming at a target;

a display beam splitter positioned in the observation beam path;

an illuminating beam splitter being located on the display beam splitter;

an opto-electronic display, for displaying variable data or a target mark; and

a light source, wherein light of the light source is reflected by the illuminating beam splitter to the opto-electronic display and reflected by the opto-electronic display defining reflected image information to be displayed, the reflected image information passing through the illuminating beam splitter into the display beam splitter, an image produced on the opto-electronic display being superimposed with an image of a remote object, in the observation beam path by the display beam splitter, and

wherein between the illuminating beam splitter and the opt-electronic display a wave plate is arranged, wherein the wave plate is formed by a λ/4 plate.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display beam splitter is arranged between a reversing system and the eyepiece.

3. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a section of a transition of a display beam path to the observation beam path is localized in the display beam splitter.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the display beam splitter is arranged between a reversing system and the eyepiece.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opto-electronic display, the λ/4 plate and the illuminating beam splitter are joined together respectively by adhesion.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opto-electronic display is connected to a display control, wherein the display control comprises a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

7. The device as claimed claim 6 , wherein the display control and the opto-electronic display are connected to one another by a bus system, wherein the bus system comprises a Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI).

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein it comprises a rangefinder with a laser transmitter and a laser receiver.

9. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein a transmitting beam path of the laser transmitter runs at least partly in the observation beam path.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein it comprises an inclination sensor.

11. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein it comprises a main control unit with a ballistics computer.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the main control unit is designed for generating image information data for representing a variable graticule on the opto-electronic display.

13. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opto-electronic display comprises a LCoS display.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 7, 2022
From: SWAROVSKI-OPTIK KG.
To: SWAROVSKI-OPTIK AG & CO KG.
Reel/Frame 062079/0463 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2020
From: DOHR, MARIO; HERMANN, HERBERT; SALZBURGER, THOMAS; THALER, WILFRIED; ZANGERL, RENE
To: SWAROVSKI-OPTIK KG.
Reel/Frame 052682/0142 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50674/2016 · Jul 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15655559 · Jul 20, 2017
Related Publication 20200278560A1 · Sep 3, 2020
Cited By (1)
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