Self-correcting scope
A self-correcting scope compares the original aim point of a projectile discharge device with the actual impact point and self-corrects the scope to account for the offset between these two points. The scope uses a typical optical lens which converts the incoming image to a digital image which is displayed by the invention on a digital display device which functions as the “eyepiece” of the scope. The invention also compresses the image either to the left or to the right or both of the field of interest in order to allow a shooter to be able to detect an intrusion into the field on interest from a point farther than can be achieved in a non-compressed image.
1. A self-correcting scope for a projectile discharge device that fires a projectile, the projectile hitting an impact point after being discharged by the projectile discharge device, the self-correcting scope comprising:
a scope body having an optical lens that receives light, the scope body adapted to be mounted to the projectile discharge device;
a computer having a storage device; and
an image display device communicatively coupled to the scope body and to the computer such that the light captured by the optical lens is displayed on the image display device as an image, the image also recorded on the storage device by the computer, the image display device having a centering point located thereon such that at the moment the projectile discharge device discharges the projectile at an aim point,
wherein the image displayed on the image display device is displayed in a left field panel, a center panel, and a right field panel such that the left field panel, the center panel and the right field panel are located side-by-side to one another and such that a first portion of the image is displayed within the left field panel, a second portion of the image is displayed within the center field panel and a third portion of the image is displayed within the right field panel and wherein the third portion of the image is visually compressed, and
the image displayed on the image display device has the centering point superimposed over the aim point, and thereafter the computer locates the impact point, the computer calculates an offset based on the difference between the aim point and the impact point, and superimposes the aim point over the impact point using the offset by shifting the image on the image display device.
2. The self-correcting scope as in claim 1 wherein the centering point on the image display device remains stationary.
3. The self-correcting scope as in claim 2 wherein the centering point on the image display device is part of a reticle.
4. The self-correcting scope as in claim 3 wherein a shape of the reticle is variable.
5. The self-correcting scope as in claim 4 wherein the light captured by the optical lens passes through a semi-transparent mirror wherein the light is split into a first light path that is received by the image display device and a second light path that is received by the computer.
6. The self-correcting scope as in claim 5 further comprising a buffer wherein at the image received by the computer is buffered.
7. The self-correcting scope as in claim 6 further comprising an accelerometer coupled to the computer, such that when the projectile discharge device discharges the projectile, the accelerometer measures a deflection of the projectile discharge device which is communicated to the computer, the computer using the deflection to calculate the offset.