Visual target acquisition scope system

Abstract

In a visual target acquisition scope system for an adjustable connection is provided between a zero magnification scope viewed by a first eye of a user and a power scope viewed by a second eye of the user. The system includes first and second movable sections connected and controlled by an adjustment locking mechanisms. According to the system, while the user is looking at the object through said zero magnification power scope by the first eye and looking at the object through the high power scope by the second eye, the target visible to the first eye is simultaneously visible to the second eye, so as to provide immediate acquisition and viewing of the object through the high power scope by the second eye.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]THIS APPLICATION CLAIMS PRIORITY TO U.S. PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION No. 61 / 397,926 FILED BY YOACHIM C. RUSS ON JUNE 18, 2010 WHICH APPLICATION IS HEREBY INCORPORATED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to the field of optical devices in general, and more particularly it relates to a visual target acquisition system for high power scopes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]It is known that looking through a high power scope at an object often offers a narrow field of view. In fact, an increase in the power, or magnification, results in a decrease, or further narrowing of the field of view. In the field of optics, the power or magnification is the amount of enlargement one uses over what the naked eye sees naturally. This is typically expressed in numbers followed by an X sign. Zero magnification is expressed as 1×, double the magnification is 2×, and ten times is 10× and so on.[0004]The difficulty of viewin...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]The present invention provides a rapid visual target acquisition by means of a system which comprises a red dot scope with zero (1×) magnification and a high power scope. This system allows a simultaneous use of such optical devices as, for example, the 1× red dot scopes with high power spotting scopes, riflescopes and star gazing scopes. The system of the invention brings together a 1× power scope with a high power scope in a particular novel way. Since a 1× scope provides the widest possible field of view, it allows for the rapid locating of any target with one eye. Combining with the high power scope simultaneously provides the other eye with a magnified view of that target.

[0011]The design and precise execution of the assembly of the invention results in the automatic optical plane alignment of the 1× red dot scope and the high power scope, thereby reducing the need for multiple adjustments. The red dot in the 1× scope superimposes a centered point of reference in the field of view. This not only aids in acquiring any target rapidly, it also eliminates the need for constant adjustments as the distance to a target changes.

Problems solved by technology

In fact, an increase in the power, or magnification, results in a decrease, or further narrowing of the field of view.

The difficulty of viewing any object through a high power scope comes in various forms.

One difficulty is in finding the object and viewing it.

Another difficulty is in maintaining a target in the magnified field of view for the duration of the viewing period or as long as needed by a viewer.

In this Patent, while a low power scope affords a wider field of view than a high power scope, it still does not provide the widest possible field of view.

This does not allow for any needed adjustments for viewing targets at different distances.

Furthermore, the device of the Mise Patent does not allow for simultaneous viewing with both eyes through both scopes.

This forces the viewer to constantly move his / her gaze from one scope to the other, thereby risking not finding or losing the target altogether.

While binoculars are used to aid in finding a target, a binocular does not afford a wider field of view than a monocular (single barrel) scope with the same power.

Constant adjustments of this setup will result in constant misalignments.

It could also result in a complete loss of potential targets.

The setup of the Cluff Patent does not allow for simultaneous viewing with both eyes through the binoculars and the spotting scope.

This forces the viewer to constantly move his / her gaze and risks losing the target or not finding it at all.

This is because every lens system, arrayed on an optical axis (lenses arranged in line in a single tube or barrel), suffers some imperfections or aberrations.

That is why the relative aberrations in a binocular are not pronounced enough to cause a major problem and might never be noticed.

However, if they are not symmetrical, as in the McCabe Patent, the disparate aberrations will degrade the quality of the picture and cause confusion in the mind of the viewer.

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