IP Library Granted Patent US 12,010,420
Granted Patent B2
US 12,010,420 · App. 18/196,754 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Long-range optical device with image capturing channel

Inventors: Thomas Salzburger (Stans, AT); Christoph Heinrich (Aldrans, AT); Christoph Frech (Thaur, AT); Daniel Nindl (Innsbruck, AT); Helmut Wiedermann (Pill, AT); Gerd Schreiter (Wattenberg, AT)
Assignee: Swarovski-Optik AG & Co KG.
H04N23/62H04N1/00307H04N23/54H04N23/63G02B7/021G02B7/04H04N2201/0055H04N2201/0084
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Patent No.
US 12,010,420
App. No.
18/196,754
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a long-range optical device comprising at least one sight channel and an image capturing channel, and a processing unit. The image capturing channel may include a camera module with an autofocus function. The sight channel may include a focusing lens and sensor connect to the processing unit for detecting the movement of the focusing lens. The processing unit may be programmed to trigger the autofocus function when termination of movement of the focusing lens is detected.

Claims (26)

1. A long-range optical device comprising:

at least one sight channel;

an image capturing channel; and

a processing unit,

wherein the image capturing channel comprises a camera module with an autofocus function,

wherein the sight channel comprises a first focusing lens and a sensor connected to the processing unit for the detection of a movement of the first focusing lens,

wherein the processing unit is program controlled to trigger the autofocus function of the camera module when detecting a termination of a movement of the first focusing lens, and

wherein in the sight channel a first beam path is formed by a first objective, the first focusing lens, an erecting system and a first eyepiece, and wherein in the image capturing channel a second beam path is formed by a second objective, a second focusing lens, and a second lens group, and the camera module, wherein in the first beam path of the sight channel a reference image plane is determined by a reticle or by an image reproduced by projection optics, wherein the first eyepiece of the sight channel is displaceable by means of a second focusing unit for focusing on the reference image plane.

2. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the image capturing channel comprises the second focusing lens, and wherein the first focusing lens and the second focusing lens are displaceable together by means of a first focusing unit.

3. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first focusing unit comprises a focusing ring and an adjusting mechanism, which is coupled to the focusing ring, for displacing the first focusing lens and the second focusing lens in parallel to optical axes of the first and the second beam paths.

4. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the second focusing unit comprises a diopter ring for displacing the eyepiece lens in parallel to the optical axis of the first beam path.

5. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the camera module comprises an electronic image capturing sensor.

6. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the second beam path of the image capturing channel comprises an afocal lens system.

7. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first focusing lens of the sight channel is arranged on a side of the reference image plane facing away from the first eyepiece.

8. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein two sight channels are formed.

9. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein a support unit is formed, in which support unit at least one first housing of the sight channel, a second housing of the image capturing channel, the adjusting mechanism and the processing unit are arranged.

10. The long-range optical device according to claim 1 , wherein an electronic operating button is provided for retrieving a preselected parameter and carrying out a function.

11. The long-range optical device according to claim 10 , wherein a memory unit is formed for storing parameters and/or functions.

12. A long-range optical device comprising:

at least one sight channel;

an image capturing channel; and

a processing unit,

wherein the sight channel comprises a first focusing lens and a sensor connected to the processing unit for the detection of a movement of the first focusing lens,

wherein the image capturing channel comprises, in that order, an objective, a second focusing lens, a second lens group and a camera module,

wherein the camera module is formed as a unit with a separate objective, an electronic image capturing sensor and with an integrated autofocus function, and

wherein the processing unit is program controlled to trigger the autofocus function of the camera module when detecting a termination of a movement of the first focusing lens.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2023
From: SWAROVSKI-OPTIK KG.
To: SWAROVSKI-OPTIK AG & CO KG.
Reel/Frame 063662/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 15, 2023
From: SALZBURGER, THOMAS; HEINRICH, CHRISTOPH; FRECH, CHRISTOPH; NINDL, DANIEL; WIEDERMANN, HELMUT; SCHREITER, GERD
To: SWAROVSKI-OPTIK KG.
Reel/Frame 063640/0706 →
Priority Claims (1)
AT A 50657/2019 · Jul 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17464085 · Sep 1, 2021
Continuation 16931981 · Jul 17, 2020
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